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Originally Posted by Buehler445

There were several places it could have fallen apart, but was held together by great performances.

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The 2 stories you referenced are the big ones, Harelson's in particular with Kostner sitting outside in view all the time.

When Kostner attacks the gas station attendant could have come apart pretty easily.

Pretty much every time Harelson talked about not sleeping.

The car chase scene could have fallen apart pretty easily.

Whenever they'd run into the mob, there wasn't even any dialogue but it was really powerful stuff and added a lot to the narrative.

Even the scene at the end where Harelson jumped out from behind the blind happened so quick, it could have been a "get the **** out of here" moment.

I'm sure there are other scenes too, but looking back, it took some really powerful performances to hold it together, because that story is so crazy, the Great Depression was so long ago, and the production was pretty damned ambitious in what it attempted to tackle.

I'm sure it won't get any buzz about it, but this is pretty much the diametric opposite of Michael Bay.

I do wonder if the gas station scene actually happened. Wouldn't surprise me if he did something like that, though. I'm going to pick up the book that Pennywise recommended, but from what little I have read about Hamer he was a tough customer with a short fuse and a very personalized view of right and wrong.