Watch The Swagger

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I like this Al Pacino/Devil's Adovocate rap better than his big devil speech at the end. "That Florida stud thing...'scuse me, ma'am, did I leave my boots under your bed? Not the Trojan army -- just little ole' me. How the hell did that happen? They don't see me comin' -- that's what you're missing.'"

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 22, 2009 at 11:58 AM

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actionman says ...

loved this film. it's silly as hell but so damn enjoyable. and very, very stylish.

Posted by actionman at April 22, 2009 12:20 PM

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rr3333 says ...

Here's the other Pacino speech as done by a very good impersonator (who is now a working actor).

He does scenes from many other big movies very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvX73bqrVo&feature=dir

Posted by rr3333 at April 22, 2009 12:40 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

"Mona Lisa's skirt" is one of my favorite Pacino lines ever. The 90s are actually my favorite era of his, as unfashionable as that is. Ricky Roma, Carlito, Vincent Hanna, Lefty, John Milton, Coach D'Amato, Lowell Bergman. It's his best run.

And he swaggers like that because it takes him .2 seconds to get a woman to come home with him I'm sure, even now.

Posted by BurmaShave at April 22, 2009 12:41 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

rr333, you see that guys FULL METAL JACKET re-enactment? Frighteningly accurate.

Posted by BurmaShave at April 22, 2009 12:43 PM

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rr3333 says ...

check his 'glengarry' re-enactment too. he nailed baldwin and Alan Arkin.

Posted by rr3333 at April 22, 2009 12:48 PM

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DavidF says ...

The end speech of this movie might be the best over-the-top Pacino performance aside from the scene grilling Hank Azaria in Heat.

Posted by DavidF at April 22, 2009 12:52 PM

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Dance Commander says ...

Someone get Warner's on the phone and inform them that this title is languishing on shelves as a 12 year old DVD that looks like total crap by today's standards. They need to update and re-release on Blu Ray ASAP. And pay off the damn artist who got pissy about his sculptue being used and put it back in the film. The big white slab doesn't cut it.

Posted by Dance Commander at April 22, 2009 12:56 PM

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raygo says ...

An all time guilty pleasure, and the first time I noticed Charlize Theron had some talent ... "wasn't the wine Kevin, wasn't the wine" ... just flat-out fun. Great ending too. For as much grief as Reeves gets, I usually find him enjoyable.

Posted by raygo at April 22, 2009 1:43 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

You must obey the Dance Commander!

Posted by BurmaShave at April 22, 2009 1:59 PM

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Scott Mendelson says ...

This the rare movie where I'm vigorously offended by the moral thesis being present, but I love the film anyway. The film basically claims, and Taylor Hackford states as much in the commentary, that some criminal defendants don't deserve a quality defense because the crimes they are accused of are so heinous and/or they are probably guilty in the first place. I know there are a lot of people who feel that way, and those people just don't get it. Still the movie is insanely entertaining none the less.

Posted by Scott Mendelson at April 22, 2009 2:59 PM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Taylor Hackford has about the most verbally accurate name in the history of Hollywood.

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at April 22, 2009 4:12 PM

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actionman says ...

He also does fantastic commentaries

Posted by actionman at April 22, 2009 4:16 PM

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crazyeight says ...

"This the rare movie where I'm vigorously offended by the moral thesis being present, but I love the film anyway. The film basically claims, and Taylor Hackford states as much in the commentary, that some criminal defendants don't deserve a quality defense because the crimes they are accused of are so heinous and/or they are probably guilty in the first place. I know there are a lot of people who feel that way, and those people just don't get it."

Actually, I would hope you'd reevaluate that perspective, Scott.

No lawyer vigorously defends a guilty murderer-- they vigorously defend *their client*, who may or may not be guilty in a court of law.

We don't ask defense attorneys to strive as hard as they do in order to protect guilty people from justice-- we ask them to do that in order to protect the innocent from punishment. In an imperfect world with imperfect knowledge, the only way to do the latter is to do the former.

It's not a moral argument for protecting the guilty, Scott-- it's a moral argument for protecting the *innocent*. If we had 100% perfect knowledge of guilt, their would no defense attorneys at all-- just sentencing.

Posted by crazyeight at April 22, 2009 5:17 PM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

I think you misunderstood him, crazyeight.

I believe Scott was saying he felt the film was arguing that perspective -- which he strongly opposes -- but he enjoys the kitsch and performances, anyway.

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at April 22, 2009 6:37 PM

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