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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |12.00 am

You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

BY Bernie McSherry

 

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the release of "Jaws", the smash hit film that dramatically altered America's movie and beach going habits. Recognized as the original summer blockbuster, "Jaws" was the first film that opened in wide release and its stunning success ended the traditional staged-release practices that had previously predominated. After "Jaws", big summer films would henceforth be opened upon a thousand or more screens simultaneously. So in case you were wondering, you can thank "Jaws" for providing you with the opportunity to view "Toy Story 3" on 10 screens at 5

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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 |12.00 am

The Big "W"

BY Bernie McSherry

 

In Stanley Kramer's hit ensemble comedy "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", a troupe of early 1960s mid-level comedy stars are sent racing across the Mojave Desert after learning of buried treasure from a dying roadside accident victim. That victim, played by Jimmy Durante, told the assembled group that a fortune lay buried beneath a "big W" on a San Diego beach just before he literally kicked the bucket. The ensuing scramble to be the first to locate the treasure provided the plot vehicle that permitted the director to wreck airplanes, service stations and cars aplenty in an epic comedic

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