Eddie Coyle could use some new friends. This is a gritty crime drama with tons of excellent acting by excellent actors like Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle.
Here is what I look for in movies: characters named Frank (females named Francis count or Italians named Franco, etc.), chickens, tape drives, bongos (just bongo music or even better actual bongos on the screen), vultures, fezzes, flamethrowers, the very rare tumbleweeds and the extremely rare quicksand.
About 10 years ago, I determined that about 80% of all American movies have a character named Frank and I did an IMDB search and found 4,444 characters named Frank.
Lots of Frank characters are not named in the credits, but for some reason, American screenwriters just like that name.
Chickens are always fun. There are never just one chicken, there are always a bunch and they are always running from something. In the Wizard of Oz, the chickens are running away from a tornado. In Knights Of The Round Table a lone chicken is running away from some very hungry Knights.
So be sure to check your movie for these touchstones of excellent movies. The all time greatest movie is What A Way To Go starring Shirley MacLaine. It's got a Frank, chickens, tape drives and bongos...
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