Hard Times Alphabet
I saw this in other movie so...
A for American Depression
B for BRONSON!
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Edgar Allen Poe
shareF for Fists - how could Chaney's unprotected knuckles survive intact after bouncing off Robert Tessier's bullet hard skull?
"I'm staring at the abyss.I don't like the look of the abyss"
M is for money, as in "I only come down here to make some money. And to fill in some in betweens."
"I told you it was off." The Jackal
New Orleans
shareO is for opium, which Poe had a weakness for.
"I told you it was off." The Jackal
Punch
shareQ segues back to Poe's opium habit, which he couldn't "quit".
Poe: I have a weakness for opium.
Chaney: That's a habit that's hard to quit.
Poe: Some are born to fail. Others have it thrust upon them.
"I told you it was off." The Jackal
R is for Robert Tessier...
playing the most hardheaded fighter in hard times...
I get the impression that the actor was not someone you wanted to mess with in real life either...
Speed, the Napolean of the South!🍻
shareT is for train - the way Cheney arrived and departed.
U is for undervalued handicaping at the beginning for Cheney. 🎲
shareW for Walter Hill - gotta give props to the director.
shareV is for Variety Magazine who reported that this film did $5 million USD. When in it is estimated to have made between $10 to $11 million USD.
shareOkay, W has already been done outta order, so X is for one of the Roman numerals used twice in this film's copyright:
Copyright © MCMLXXV by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Now, someone bring on home the last two letters to finish this off.
"We all have it comin', Kid." Unforgiven (1992)