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What follows is the closing of a generally positive review of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Roger Ebert. For some reason, I find it quite amusing...

"But it's remarkable, isn't it, that the Brits have produced Narnia, the Ring, Hogwarts, Gormenghast, James Bond, Alice and Pooh, and what have we produced for them in return? I was going to say "the cuckoo clock," but for that you would require a three-way Google of Italy, Switzerland and Harry Lime."

I also think that Ebert underestimates his readership. Though now I wonder how many of you know what Ebert is referring to without doing that aforementioned Googlesearch?

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Date: Dec. 8th, 2005 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com
"The Third Man." I have the Criterion DVD in my collection.

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Date: Dec. 8th, 2005 11:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mneme
I sort of do. I can recite the quote, more or less, but I'm blanking for the moment on what character said it in which movie.

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Date: Dec. 8th, 2005 11:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mneme
And that would be because I've heard the quote often enough, but haven't ever actually -seen- the Third Man. Dunno if it was a line that made it into Heavenly Creatures.

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Date: Dec. 8th, 2005 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] braider.livejournal.com
No idea what he's referring to.

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Date: Dec. 9th, 2005 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osewalrus.livejournal.com
I laughed when I read this, then read it to [livejournal.com profile] beckyfeld, who said "huh?" Helps that it was one of my father's favorite movie quotes.

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