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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Alec Guiness's Thoughts on Appearing in STAR WARS
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:07:09 -0000 (UTC)
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:16:45 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:
>>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

>>>>. . . 

>>>All true, but at least with STAR WARS you have a film that is popular
>>>with people of all ages. I don't think the same is true with BRIDGE
>>>OVER THE RIVER KWAI.

>>Huh? I loved that movie as a kid.

>Yes, but back then it was a new movie.

No, it wasn't. That movie was produced long before I was born.

>Now it's a really old movie and it seems most young people don't pay a
>lot of attention to older movies.

Right now, Star Wars is a hell of a lot older than Bridge was when I
first saw it.