| Are you a movie dunce? Do you not know
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| | the brother of Vic Vega, also known as Mr
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| your Corleone from your Kurosawa? Would
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| | Blonde, in Reservoir Dogs.
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| you recognise a lightsaber if it hit you
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| | 8. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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| in the face? Well, don't panic. To help
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| | Set during the US Civil War, the movie
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| you catch up on your movie knowledge
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| | follows the three protagonists Blondie
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| here's the first instalment in your
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| | (The Good), Snake Eyes (The Bad) and Tuco
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| 2-part crash course in the top 10 movies
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| | (The Ugly) in their search of a hoard of
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| of all time, as voted by the readers of
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| | gold stolen by bank robber Bill Carson.
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| the Internet Movie Database. Careful,
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| | All three want 50% of the gold --
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| though... here be spoilers.
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| | resulting in a good old-fashioned
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| 10. Star Wars IV: A New Hope
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| | standoff. Snake Eyes is shot dead, and
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| A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far,
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| | the honorable Blondie allows Tuco his
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| away . . .
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| | share of the booty.
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| Luke Skywalker, farmhand and son of Darth
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| | Quote: You see, in this world there's two
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| Vader, is torn from his home when his
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| | kinds of people, my friend: Those with
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| aunt and uncle are murdered by Imperial
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| | loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
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| Storm Troopers searching for the stolen
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| | Trivia: Clint Eastwood wore the same
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| plans to the Death Star, a space station
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| | poncho for all three 'Man With No Name'
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| with weaponry capable of destroying
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| | movies -- without washing it once.
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| planets. Luke escapes with his two
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| | 7. Schindler's List
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| droids, Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi,
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| | Schindler's List tells the true story of
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| smuggler Han Solo and first mate
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| | Oscar Schindler, a Nazi industrialist who
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| Chewbacca.
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| | becomes so moved by the plight of the
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| After escaping Tatooine, the ragtag crew
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| | Jewish people during World War II that he
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| stumble upon the Death Star shortly after
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| | devotes himself to saving as many as he
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| it has destroyed the planet Alderaan.
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| | can. Even after rescuing over 1,100 Jews
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| Caught by its tractor beam, their ship is
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| | from the gas chamber, Schindler bemoans
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| dragged in. While attempting to escape
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| | the fact that he could have saved more
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| the Death Star the team rescue Princess
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| | had he sacrificed everything he had.
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| Leia, held prisoner in the ships bowels.
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| | Quote: I could have got more out. I could
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| During the rescue Obi Wan sacrifices
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| | have got more. I don't know. If I'd
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| himself to allow the others to escape.
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| | just... I could have got more.
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| In a grand finale, Luke destroys the
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| | Trivia: Steven Spielberg refused to take
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| Death Star by firing a missile into a
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| | any pay for the film, claiming that it
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| weak spot in the structure of the ship
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| | would feel like he was taking 'blood
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| and Darth Vader, is cannoned off into the
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| | money'.
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| depths of space.
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| | 6. The Seven Samurai
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| Quote: I felt a great disturbance in the
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| | Regarded as Akira Kurosawa's greatest
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| Force, as if millions of voices suddenly
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| | film, the Seven Samurai tells the story
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| cried out in terror and were suddenly
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| | of a terrorised village in war-torn 16th
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| silenced.
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| | Century Japan. Constantly attacked by
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| Trivia: Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds and
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| | gangs of bandits, the residents enlist
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| James Caan reportedly turned down the
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| | the services of seven ronin, or samurai
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| role of Han Solo.
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| | without masters, to protect them.
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| 9. Pulp Fiction
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| | Despite initial tensions between the
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| A movie whose various plotlines are far
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| | villagers and the samurai, they together
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| too intertwined to summarise in a
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| | successfully defend the village against
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| paragraph or two, Pulp Fiction simply
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| | the bandits. However, their success comes
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| tells the story of a day in the life of a
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| | at the cost of the lives of four samurai.
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| group of unusual people -- two hitmen,
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| | Quote: What's the use of worrying about
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| the wife of a gangster, and a boxer who
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| | your beard when your head's about to be
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| killed in the ring among others.
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| | taken?
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| Edited to tie each story together, the
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| | Trivia: The three samurai whose
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| movie often plays out of sequence -- to
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| | characters survived the film were the
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| the point where the final scene and the
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| | first three to die in real life.
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| opening scene take place at the same
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| | So, you're up to date on five of the top
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| time. Full of pop culture references and
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| | ten most popular movies of all time - but
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| quotable lines, Pulp Fiction stays true
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| | that's not good enough! To complete your
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| to form as a Tarantino movie.
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| | movie knowledge, why not read up on the
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| Quote: Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
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| | top five movies in the final instalment
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| Trivia: Vincent Vega (John Travolta) is
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| | of your crash course?
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