Total Recall: RT Celebrates the Bill of Rights
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The Third Amendment: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Cops and Robbersons (1994, 17 percent) Smarting from the failure of his quickly-canceled Fox talk show, Chevy Chase reunited with his Fletch director, Michael Ritchie, for Cops and Robbersons, a comedy about a tough-as-nails cop (Jack Palance, natch) who moves in with a suburban family in order to nab the crook living next door (Robert Davi). That the movie's premise could be accused of playing fast and loose with our friendly Third Amendment was of little importance to critics -- they had their hands full pointing out flaws in the direction, screenplay, and performances from the cast. Cops and Robbersons made more than one viewer wish we had an amendment forcing Chevy Chase to choose better scripts. |
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The Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Training Day (2001, 71 percent) Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) is certainly no card-carrying member of the ACLU. If he was, he wouldn't be acting in such blatant violation of the Fourth Amendment, which prevents illegal search and seizure without a warrant. During the course of a particularly wild 24 hours on the beat, Harris steals money from not one, but two drug dealers. Washington picked up a Best Actor Oscar for his terrific performance, but if this was the real world, he'd be heaped with scorn from civil libertarians.
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on Jul 02 2008 05:46 PM Nice choices, fellas. I'm a little surprised to see Cops and Robbersons alongside movies like 12 Angry Men and The Godfather II, but it was a nice idea nonetheless. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 02 2008 06:41 PM Happy 4th of July everyone (Reply to this) |
on Jul 02 2008 08:37 PM I think a better fit for Second Amendment movie is Red Dawn. If ever a movie demonstrated a sound defense of the Second Amendment this one is it. Granted a Soviet/Cuba invasion is far fetched. But this movie is a great example of why it is always an individual right to bear arms (as our Supreme Court recently noted) allowing the citizens to form a militia when needed, just as they did in Red Dawn. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 03 2008 12:01 PM Great idea. I agree with some of your Amendment movie choices, but others, I do not. But, nonetheless, great idea! HAPPY 4th OF JULY everyone!!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 06 2008 09:26 AM Death Wish is a movie of excellence. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 07 2008 12:03 PM Good list, just a quick correction on #9. Chris Gardner is the name of Will Smith's character in "The Pursuit of Happyness". His character's name in "Enemy of the State" is Robert Dean. (Reply to this) |
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