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MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD”

By | May 2004

1:01 – It’s not really a sailing movie unless Brian Doyle-Murray is around to insult Chris Elliot and there’s a tobacco-spitting cupcake….

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MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD̶

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