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Watching Charade from 1963. Twice Walter Matthau has had to explain to Audrey Hepburn who the CIA is. Guess they weren't a household name back then -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Mar 27 '21, 20:35

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Bay of Pigs was '61 but maybe CIA wasn't mentioned in the news. In '65 Burt Reynolds starred in "Operation C.I.A." - Max Mar 27, 20:47 3
- I've never seen Operation CIA, guess I'll put it on the 60s list -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 20:51 2
  - heh, read the bottom of that wikipedia link -- nm - Max Mar 27, 20:53 1
    - I'll put it at the bottom of the 60s list :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 20:54
I need to watch this. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 20:42 6
- Free on Prime -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 20:46 5
  - Fun Fact: They forgot to copyright it, so it immediately entered the public domain. -- nm - Ender Mar 27, 21:25 2
    - Wow, how does that happen? -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 21:30 1
      - I was also curious about this. Apparently, before 1978 you actually had to affix a copyright notice to the work for it to count. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 27, 21:32
  - We have it on Vudu and Blu-ray. I love this movie. (He’s seen it, he’s just forgotten.) -- nm - kelly Mar 27, 20:47 1
    - cute film, I see why you love it -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 21:32
fact. Cary Grant turned down the role because the story originally had him chasing Hepburn. he felt the audience would hate a man his age pursuing a - Peglegpete Mar 27, 20:40 1
- That explains some things. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 20:44

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