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The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is The Stunt Man (1980)

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is The Stunt Man (1980)

Peter O'Toole delivers one of the best performances, ever, in Richard Rush's cult classic Movie World Noir

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Quentin Tarantino has done wonderful things for the careers of character actors like Robert Forster. Tarantino has long been a character actor’s best friend and most loyal benefactor. A peerless student of Hollywood, Tarantino fills his movies with half-remembered faces like Steve Railsback, who might have expected a call from the Oscar-winning auteur after learning that his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood would explore Hollywood’s past involving the Manson Family and the relationship between an actor and his stunt man.

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