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Val Kilmer

  (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) Batman, Jim Morrison, Doc Holiday, Nick Rivers Father, Christian Scientist, Actor, Rancher All the girls in UNC loved him,

Stalag 17

  We have Thomas Sullivan  Magnum to thank for recommending this film How did Animal- stand the cold dressed only in long johns He is soaked in mud a few times too. The film is set in that horrible winter of 1944 offscreen Patton is about to relive the Americans at Bastogne   I wonder if Animal is the blueprint for Belushi's character in Animal House - This film is also the inspiration for Hogans's Heroes  I liked the ping pong balls- smoke bomb sequence- Thank you Towering Inferno There is an extended scene of men dancing together-even some cutting in and such. One character dresses up as Betty Grable. It was a more innocent time. One character has been cuckolded and is trying to talk himself into it  The narrator Cookie also seems quite a mild mannered man to be a Sgt  Even in World War Two soldiers could not keep up with their car payments There is a character with shell shock-or battle fatigue  Though this is sometimes played for laughs. It gets de...