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The Americanization of Emily (NSSC Dark Comedy Classics Series)

Movie Directed by Arthur Hiller, 1964, 115 min

In this biting comedy scripted by the great Paddy Chayefsky, Charlie, a cynical personal assistant to a scatterbrained WW II Admiral, is a self-proclaimed coward opposed to the war. Yet when he and his go-getter roommate, are assigned to film Navy troops landing in a surprise attack, suddenly the two are forced to confront the ridiculousness of war firsthand, risking their lives all in the name of public relations and patriotism. The Americanization of Emily was a vanguard anti-war film, poking fun at mindless patriotism years before such films were fashionable or popularly accepted.

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