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Day of the Jackal ripoff?

posted 20 years ago by mab8485
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Edward Fox as the Jackal destroys one watermelon with a high powered rifle. Lerrieri and his heavies turn the machine guns on an entiure warehouse full of watermelons. Talk about over the top!
Were Mr Majestyk's creators inspired by the Day of the Jackal?

[–] DC1977 19 years ago

Are you being serious??

You're suggesting that Elmore Leonard saw The Day of the Jackal and was so impressed by the watermelon scene that he devised the whole story for this film just so a scene depicting the mass murder of melons could be committed to celluloid?

[–] jgroub 7 years ago

a scene depicting the mass murder of melons could be committed to celluloid

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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[–] jpmkam 19 years ago

ummmm the answer is no.

[–] chandler-47 18 years ago

Nice approach. I always thought there is a deeper meaning in this movie than we all thought ;)

[–] tmnoble 17 years ago

Melon slaughter, subtle but effective.

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] mbooda 16 years ago

Gallagher also liked the scene in Spartacus where the gladiator cavalry train by decapitating watermelons.

[–] naseby 16 years ago

Nah, he was a melon farmer, right? So they're destroying his crop - end of, I'd say!

[–] jmsocool 11 years ago

The melons had it coming.

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[–] Noir-It-All 8 years ago

I hate to think of all of that good wasted.

[–] franzkabuki 8 years ago

Also, the scene where Bronson punches a guy is a blatant rip-off of a scene in The Day Of The Jackal where Edward Fox punches a guy. And they got away with it!

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