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Simon Pegg & David Schwimmer's favourite films (5 titles)

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No, we're not a couple. We just made a film together. I (Simon) am not going to say Star Wars as it’s kinda boring, and I’m in my 30s and obviously as a young man I was exactly at that right age, and it's been in my work and everyone kind of knows it. So, in replace of that, I would say these are my top three:

by: Simon Pegg & David Schwimmer from London

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Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona on DVD (1987)
Starring: M. Emmet Walsh, Sam Mc, Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Director: Joel Coen
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Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. Hi McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim ..read more »
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Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver on DVD (1976)
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Groundbreaking drama of urban alienation from director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader. Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works as a New York City taxi driver, and is consumed with disgust by the 'filth' which surrounds him. His explosive, psychotic loathing eventually drives ..read more »
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Dawn Of The Dead

Dawn Of The Dead on DVD (1978)
Starring: David Emge, Richard France, Gaylen Ross
Director: George A. Romero
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George A. Romero's sequel to 'Night of the Living Dead' is regarded as one of the great zombie movies. The flesh-eating undead roam the Earth, leaving the living searching for refuge wherever they can. Media types Ross and Emge team up with two burnt-out cops to seek sanctuary in a disused shopping ..read more »
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Kramer vs Kramer

And for me (David), many films spring to mind, but this really inspires me because of the father and son relationship. That set the bar so high, and it's what we're trying to achieve with Simon and Matt Fenton, who plays his son in Run, Fat Boy, Run.

Kramer vs Kramer on DVD (1979)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry
Director: Robert Benton
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Robert Benton's Oscar-winning adaptation of Avery Corman's bestseller takes on contemporary problems of divorce and shifting gender roles, as a jilted husband learns how to be a nurturing father. Manhattan housewife Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) walks out on her workaholic ad man husband Ted (Dustin ..read more »
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Midnight Run

And this movie is one of my all-time favourites. It's a character-driven but moving comedy, with great characters and great performances and a great director.

Midnight Run on DVD (1988)
Starring: Yaphet Kotto, Tracey Walter, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Martin Brest
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Director Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten bounty hunter offered $100,000 to bring in embezzler Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin). Handcuffed to the wimpy Mardukas, Walsh assumes that the ..read more »
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