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• Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:48 AM

  I could go on...

  Movies I loved as a kid:

  Old Yeller (my very first movie, ever; I cried a lot, though; I might have been a bit too young at four or five)

  In the Heat of the Night (saw this with my dad when I was 8; it was intense, but I learned a lot)

  Franco Zefferelli's version of Romeo and Juliet (yes, there were naked people, as well as blood and brawling, but I was enthralled, and I've loved Shakespeare ever since)

  How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (I have no idea how this would stand up to the test of time, but my sister and I watched it every time it was on TV)

  The Great Race (Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis -- a fun flick, lots of silly stuff, and my son loved it when he was 8)

  Some westerns:

  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (another rather intense film, but still a great adventure)

  Cat Ballou (haven't seen it in years; liked it a lot around the age of 9 or 10)

  Jeremiah Johnson (Redford flick, definitely for teens)

  Around the World in Eighty Days (both versions -- my eight-year-old son adored the Jackie Chan version)

  As far as the Hitchcock debate goes, I still recall loving the colors and glamorous setting of To Catch a Thief.

  Oh, I can't forget Genevieve Bujold in Anne of a Thousand Days

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  Dr. Zhivago (I suppose that falls into the blockbuster category)

  My son liked the old version of Pippi Longstocking

  What about Sleeper and Bananas for teens?

  —eclipse Read eclipse's other letters
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