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Trying To Identify A 70s/80s Movie

posted 2 years ago by warrior-poet (1369)
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Hoping this rings a bell with someone. I watched it in the 80s on HBO, but the movie itself is older. It took place in a gold mining town in wintery conditions. The scene I recall most vividly has a guy holding a lantern and someone shredding his arm with a shotgun.

Anyone have a clue? I know that's not much to go on.
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[–] warrior-poet (1369) 2 years ago

Never mind. Just found it. Posted too soon. It was actually the 1971 movie McCabe & Mrs. Miller by Robert Altman. While I've been aware of this movie over the years I've never made the connection to what I'd seen as a teenager in the 80s on TV, and had thought I'd never actually seen that particular Altman film. Well, guess I have. The scene I'm remembering takes place at about 1:44:18.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGhRGjwxb_c
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[–] Mustang (5568) 2 years ago

I’ve done that before. Thought a film was older or more recent than it really is. Sometimes our memories aren’t that accurate or we equate the time we saw the film with when it was made.

[–] BillHicksFan (10710) 2 years ago

Such a great movie. A simple story (told with a different kind of narrative) about the American system.

10/10