Day 69

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You know those blocks of text on the back of video boxs? They give a plot description, the actors who appear in it and give several varieties on "THE GREATEST MOTION PICTURE IN SEVEN DECADES".

I was reading one of these hard sells to a "Tense action-thriller" today and saw something odd. In most of these, Whenever an actor is mentioned, a small list of previous films you would of seen them in appears next to them. For example, Ray Liotta (Identity, Goodfellas, Blow).

Now, on the back of this one, the film choices are puzzling. First Harvey Keitel gets (Red Dragon, U-571). You think "Well, He has been off the radar recently and Red Dragon was alright.)

Next Sylvester Stallone, who plainly is best known for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Driven and the straight to video remake of Get Carter.

And finally Robert De Niro, For a tough drama about corruption, the first films that naturally came to the mind of the copy writer were Meet The Parents, Showtime (you know the one, where he is outacted by William Shatner) and the acclaimed sequel to what many consider the greatest gangster film ever made, That's right, Analyse That!

And not a mention of Rocky and Bullwinkle anywhere.