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Sun Sep-19-04 08:40 PM
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Poll question: Favorite gang related movie.

Mob or Mafia or organized crime stuff doesn't count.

Can be totally a "gang" movie, or important to the plot (example: the bikers in "Every Which Way But Loose").

My favorite... "The Warriors".

I remember when it actually was banned in Boston.

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theKnave

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Sun Sep-19-04 08:46 PM
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1. Apple Dumpling Gang

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072653/

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gollygee

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:29 PM
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7. ROFL (m)

I LOVED that movie when I was a kid!

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theKnave

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:34 PM
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10. me too

The sequel wasn't as good (I was older), but still not bad.

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henslee

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Sun Sep-19-04 10:59 PM
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18. Not really my fave but just saw it. Man what fake grafitti! And it

was good to see a young Don Cheadle, a cool actor. It was deliciously cheesy.

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amerikat

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Sun Sep-19-04 08:53 PM
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2. mad max

or the vampires in "the lost Boys"

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Guy Fawkes

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Sun Sep-19-04 08:54 PM
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3. That depends on what you mean by "gang movies"

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:00 PM
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4. This is a family forum.

(at least I think it is).

Uhhh, what did you have in mind? :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:09 PM
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5. The greatest gang movie isn't on there

meanace to society. At first glance, it seems like it exploits the stereotypes of young blacks in the inner city, but you can find the underlying message which can be applied to all walks of life.

That, and mc eiht as a-wax was the shit.

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Sep-19-04 10:02 PM
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14. Outstanding, intense flick. I love how the tension builds in the last

half of the movie as everything closes in on the main character. O dog is great too.

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jessicazi

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:28 PM
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6. My favorite...

Boyz in the Hood.

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:30 PM
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8. Warriors, come out and playyy-yayyy...

How come the Baseball Furies looked so badass, and sucked so bad at street fighting?

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sundog

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:31 PM
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9. Grease 2

Pink Ladies are baddasssss

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theKnave

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:36 PM
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11. Mmmm....

Michelle Pfieffer singing "Cool Rider" and stradling the ladder... oh, sorry. ;-)

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Sun Sep-19-04 09:59 PM
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12. I voted for "The Wanderers" (also a fine debut novel by Richard Price)

I would have voted for "A Clockwork Orange", but I always consider it a dystopian film, not a gang one.

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Mr. Blonde

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Sun Sep-19-04 10:01 PM
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13. Reservoir Dogs fits your criteria right? n/t.

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Sun Sep-19-04 10:25 PM
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15. Borderline.

The "Dogs" were a one shot deal that could walk away from the action. I'm thinking more in terms of the surrogate family/outcast social clubs.

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Mr. Blonde

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Sun Sep-19-04 10:30 PM
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16. Sid and Nancy? n/t.

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Sun Sep-19-04 10:55 PM
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17. Great movie.

Edited on Sun Sep-19-04 10:57 PM by D__S

Gary Oldman was perfect as Sid. I guess the entourage was a bit of a gang, but it was rooted more in fashion and fads then commitment and/or necessity.

One bit of dialouge:

Punk #1: "I don't want to be a punk anymore". "I want to be a Teddy Boy".

(or something like that... IIRC, it was the black punk kid that said it).

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Sun Sep-19-04 11:04 PM
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19. West Side Story... Definitely

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