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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: 2025 FIFA Peace Prize. WTAF
Date: 12/06/25 10:44 AM
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I did watch that as a teenager. It left a deep impression.

I saw it sometime in the 80s, must have rented it on VHS. The thing I noticed about that trailer was it made Hayes out to be some sort of hero. He not only was so terminally stupid as to try an amateurish attempt at smuggling, iirc, he murdered one of the guards in the prison, before escaping in a stolen guard uniform. The Wiki article on Hayes says he was sentenced to 4 years, in 70, then sentenced to life in 73. The life sentence was commuted to 30 years in 75. As the TV advert, probably produced before much of anyone knew or cared about Hayes said, "when you're busted for drugs over there, you're in for the hassle of your life". Of course, that was 50 years ago. Interesting, isn't it, that some northern European countries have, by USian standards, lax drug laws, yet have a lower rate of drug use than the US, with it's puritanical approach.

Steve
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