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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) features scenes of St Nicholas Cole Abbey and strikingly open areas of the surrounding London streets. The church has a long history and was damaged by bombing in WW2. Nearly 75 years later the rebuilt area looks quite different. #London

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Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis was a brilliant 90s graphic adventure not directly based on an Indy film. There was also an inferior action adventure. Let's hope that the new game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is more Atlantis and less Dial of Destiny! #IndianaJones

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Alvin York (WW1) and Desmond Doss (WW2) were two conscientious objectors who were the subjects of two excellent biopics: Sergeant York (1941) and Hacksaw Ridge (2016). #ww1 #ww2 #history #Hollywood

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Actors including Clint Eastwood, Vanessa Redgrave, Louise Brooks, Diane Keaton, Orson Welles and Arnold Schwarzenegger talk about their craft on the BBC Arena documentary series. @BBCArchive #bbc #hollywood youtube.com/watch?v=cLFBn4…

40 years ago in 1984 Hollywood had a brilliant blockbuster year: Romancing the Stone, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, The Karate Kid, The Terminator, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Last Starfighter, Footloose, A Nightmare on Elm Street. #hollywood #movies

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Momentous Movie Moment #14: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) When Frodo is stabbed by a Morgul blade on Weathertop, Arwen carries him to Rivendell across the Ford of Bruinen where they face the Nazgûl on horseback. #lordoftherings #tolkien #NewZealand youtube.com/watch?v=Vg9qpw…

BBC Archive from 1982. Jack Nicholson talks about his start in acting, Easy Rider, The Missouri Breaks, The Shining and turning down The Godfather and The Sting. Nicholson is called by Anjelica Huston mid-interview. #hollywood @BBCArchive youtube.com/watch?v=N8ZQ3E…

Momentous Movie Moment #13: It Happened One Night (1934) After jumping ship, Claudette Colbert's heiress Ellie travels with Clark Gable's journalist Peter on a Greyhound bus. A sing-along of the 19th century song The Flying Trapeze ensues. #hollywood youtube.com/watch?v=GoZkTI…

1983: FRED DIBNAH foiled by GINGER TOMCAT at 160ft @BBCArchive #bbc #CatsOfTwitter youtube.com/watch?v=EPqIGQ…

Momentous Movie Moment #12: The Parallax View (1974) Warren Beatty attempts to join the shady Parallax Corporation but must first undergo a test in this brilliant montage in this political thriller. WARNING: disturbing content. #movie #thriller #1970s youtube.com/watch?v=PelEss…

Underrated Classics #2: The Last Starfighter When a coin-op turns out to be a recruiting test for space pilots, gamer Alex Rogan is thrust into the middle of a war. Robert Preston and Dan O'Herlihy are in fine form and computer effects are used ten years before Jurassic Park.

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1939 was a vintage year for cinema: The Wizard Of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Stagecoach, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Destry Rides Again, Dodge City, Another Thin Man, Gunga Din, Gone With The Wind, The Roaring Twenties, The Four Feathers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...

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