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Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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Great -- heavy rain and wind will begin in the NYC area starting tomorrow morning. Maybe my Paris flight will be delayed and I can miss the Easy Jet flight I'm supposed to take from Paris to Nice two hours after I land at 6:15 Tuesday morning. Yeah!

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 11, 2008 at 05:06 PM

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mutinyco says ...

Oh look at me! I'm going to the French Riviera! Beautiful actresses! Glamour! Movies! Nude beaches!

Everybody, don't you feel bad for me that getting there is so difficult?...

Posted by mutinyco at May 11, 2008 07:35 PM

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EOTW says ...

mutiny: It's gruver's world, we're just living in it!

Posted by EOTW at May 11, 2008 07:53 PM

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mutinyco says ...

Saraghina, la rumba!

Posted by mutinyco at May 11, 2008 10:09 PM

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Aladdin Sane says ...

You get excited about the most random things Wells. Oh wait, you were being sarcastic. Gotcha.

Posted by Aladdin Sane at May 11, 2008 11:35 PM

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EDouglas says ...

If you're flight's at 5pm Eastern, you might be fine since the heavy wind warning is until that time... heck, my 2pm flight through D.C. might be delayed until 5 so maybe you'll see me at Dulles while I'm trying to see if I can catch my own connecting flight.

Posted by EDouglas at May 12, 2008 04:46 AM