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Incredible movie. Atmospheric, gritty with amazing performances from Sean Penn and the great C. Walker!!!


Wow, I finally saw this...after listening to Live to Tell so many, many times I never got around to seeing this until now.

Great movie great movie....

Is there a cameo from Madonna in here?

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I just watched it for the first time today. I agree…great movie.

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Great film

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Memorable movie no doubt. From beginning to end it was gripping.

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Great movie and a great theme song.

I remember the first time I watched this back in the day. I was kind of like "what the fuck, that's it??" when it ended the way it did. But in subsequent viewings the ending was pretty much perfect and extremely powerful. The way Sean Penn's character struggled to get the phrase my father out of his mouth. I'm tearing up right now just thinking about how horrible it would be to be part of that family and to go through those things.

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Great movie, Walken and Penn were terrific. It was based on Bruce Alfred Johnston Sr. who led a murderous theft gang in Pennsylvania during the 70s. They were really bad guys to put it mildly.

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