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10 Films That Explain the United States on Its Birthday - Newser

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10 Films That Explain the United States on Its Birthday - Newser

Writers make their cases for Dirty Dancing , others in NYT feature

The New York Times put a challenging question to 10 writers to mark the nation's 250th birthday: What is the "definitive" American movie? The result is an eclectic mix of films from 1932 to 2026, and… [+713 chars]

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