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Have this one on DVD/VHS and watch it from time to time. Always good for a few laughs and feel good movie. This one is on my top 25 movies of all times. Goldie is just great and I feel it's her best movie. Rodney McDowall played his roll perfect and carried the final few scenes of the movie very well. Kurt Russell was perfect for the roll of woodsman and the chemistry between he and Goldie was not just acting.

I am surprised they never did a spin off as it seemed to be more story to tell at the end. Something like she never really got the money and was forced to live a spartan life where money didn't matter but love did, until the end where she got all the money after all. Something like that would have made for a good second story.

Every movie doesn't have to be academy award material. In fact many if not most movies try to be entertaining with interesting ideas. This is one of those movies. A WWII submarine backdrop that forces an alliances between two fighting sides for mutual survival. Ya, sub experts can pick apart some of the tech and tactics but that's not the point of the movie. It's like going to a stage play and picking apart the stage props as not being realistic. It's not the stage but the story that is interesting in this movie. As the world faces global warming, expensive energy, nuclear issues we all can take a lessen that working together to solve our problems would be far more productive than trying to kill each other (the under lying story of this movie).

You want to learn something about city politics, police corruption, drug dealing or how this tapestry of city corruption is woven together then watch The Wire. This is truly an excellent series, with superb acting, writing, directing, and truly outstanding characters.

With season three starting Sept 18th I can wait. First season was drugs in The Projects, second season was down on the Baltimore docks, with longshoreman, drugs, prostitution, unions, and every changing need for dock workers and space for condominiums and all the politics that go in-between.

This is a must see and makes HBO my #1 channel to watch. BTW, my favorite character is Omar (Michael K. Williams). Omar is kind of a modern day Robinhood. Steels from the drug dealers and gives to himself and his crew. This guy redefines cool. 10/10