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33
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73
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72
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72
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70
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69
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69
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68
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68
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67
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66
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The
65
Bad News Bears
64
Wedding Crashers
64
Robots
63
Kingdom of Heaven
62
Sky High
57
Madagascar
56
Fever Pitch
55
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
53
Devil's Rejects, The
52
Dark Water
50
Island, The
49
Four Brothers
48
Longest Yard, The
48
Great Raid, The
47
Herbie: Fully Loaded
47
Skeleton Key, The
46
Must Love Dogs
40
Valiant
40
Fantastic Four
38
Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D, The
36
Rebound
35
Stealth
34
Bewitched
33
Dukes of Hazzard, The
31
Honeymooners, The
31
Monster-in-Law
30
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27
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25
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
xx
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78
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65
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62
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55
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88
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87
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83
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83
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82
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82
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81
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81
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80
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80
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80
Howl's Moving Castle
80
Broken Flowers
79
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79
Look at Me
79
March of the Penguins
78
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77
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77
Junebug
76
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76
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76
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76
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74
Tony Takitani
74
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74
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73
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72
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72
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72
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71
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71
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71
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70
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70
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69
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68
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68
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67
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67
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67
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67
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64
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63
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63
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62
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62
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62
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62
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62
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61
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61
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61
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61
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60
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60
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59
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59
Heights
58
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57
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57
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55
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55
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55
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53
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52
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52
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50
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49
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48
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48
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48
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46
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42
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29
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3
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xx
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Star Spangled to Death
Anthology Film Archives
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Jack Smith,
Jerry Sims,
Gib Taylor,
Bill Carpenter,
Cecilia Swan,
Laurie Taylor, Bob Fleischner,
Reese Haire, Jim Enterline,
and
Ken Jacobs
An epic film costing hundreds of dollars! An antic hurdle-course collage combining found-film materials with my own more-or-less staged filming. It is a social-critique picturing a stolen and dangerously sold-out America, allowing examples of popular culture to self-indict. (Anthology Film Archives)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Ken Jacobs
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: May 21, 2004
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
400 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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80
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
As a work of art, Star Spangled to Death has as much in common with the Watts Towers or the Barnes Foundation as with cinema as we know it; still, its theatrical run is most likely the movie event of the year.

80
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
Whether or not this is the final version of Star Spangled to Death (Mr. Jacobs is a youthful 70, with plenty of time for further modifications), it stands as a rare living, breathing example of American avant-garde filmmaking, a species unfortunately well on its way to extinction.

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Semi-indigestible by design, this nonetheless steadily builds in political and historical resonance.


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