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It assigns a movie for each state (although skipping DC). Some of them make you go hmmm:

Florida: Scarface? I would've gone with Wild Things.

Georgia: Deliverance? Unh-unh, the little-known gem (but guilty pleasure) The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia. Yes, they made a movie out of it, starring Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid and Mark Hamill. No, it has really nothing to do with the song, except that both have shootin' and good ol' boys.

Missouri: REALLY unfair to stick them with Jesus Camp, especially if you reuse JC for another state. Should've gone with Meet Me in St. Louis.

Washington State: First Blood??? I thought that took place in upstate New York?

Vermont: What the hell is Super Troopers? How about--HELLO--White Christmas? "This is Vermont, New England's winter playground?"

Louisian: Never even heard of Southern Comfort. I'm going with The Big Easy.

South Carolina: Glory? Hmmm. I would've gone with one of the movies based on Pat Conroy's books, like The Great Santini or The Prince of Tides.

Date: 2011-01-03 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nswakko15.livejournal.com
First Blood took place is a Town called Hope (which is actually in British Columbia, Canada) so yeah, that's weird.
What's wrong with Scarface? It's Miami. Among many other places.
Be happy you don't know what Super Troopers is. That's 1.5 hrs I'm never getting back.

Date: 2011-01-03 05:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ceebeegee.livejournal.com
Because Wild Things is more quintessentially FLORIDA--the humidity, the gators, the swampiness, the pools, the porn music. Okay, maybe not the last. Scarface is just Miami, it doesn't really summon up the whole state the way Wild Things does--also it deals with a really small subset of Florida society, Cuban gangsters. WT has more of a cross-section.

Date: 2011-01-03 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dry-2olives.livejournal.com
Nothing for DC? All The President's Men!!!

Date: 2011-01-03 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ceebeegee.livejournal.com
I was kind of thinking Dick, myself. I love that last shot at the end, when Dick flips them off from the Presidential helicopter over Arlington as "Dancing Queen" is playing.

Date: 2011-01-03 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nswakko15.livejournal.com
I like Dave

Date: 2011-01-04 04:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] king-duncan.livejournal.com
I agree with this post.

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