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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Sometimes there are movies that strike you in a certain way, that haunt your memory and provide some of the terms with which you view your own life. For Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss, ''A Guy Named Joe'' must have been a movie like that. Released in 1944, it starred Spencer Tracy as a pilot who dies in combat and is assigned by heaven to return to earth to inspire the younger pilot (Van Johnson) who will take his place. The kicker is that Tracy also has to stand by helplessly and watch while Johnson falls in love with Tracy's girlfriend (Irene Dunne). more...
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2/4
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www.moria.co.nz - : Always is remake of the classic 1940s afterlife fantasy A Guy Named Joe (1943), which told the same story with Spencer Tracy playing a pilot during World War II. This remake had, believe it or not, been a dream project of Steven Spielberg's for some twelve years. It's an old-fashioned film that is slow, gentle and often touching - which may well explain why it did no almost box-office at all despite the calibre of the Spielberg name. more...
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3/5
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efilmcritic.com - : 'Always' is one of the Spielberg films that no-one ever talks about along with 'Amistad' and 'The Sugarland Express'. Even '1941' and 'Hook' generate more attention simply because they're viewed as Spielbergs two main failures. But 'Always' is an unfairly overlooked movie that has more than a little entertainment value. more...
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4/5
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