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A movie that came out in 1983.

I was not born yet.

Ben, how old were you in 1983?

I was born in 81, so I must have been two when this came out.

Okay, and did you see it in the theaters? Yeah, I went by myself, kind of like you. This is the kind of movie that when you're younger you see it on USA or one of those channels and you watch it. Or TNT TBS bits and pieces it's definitely a

different movie going back and watching it now without some of the stuff taken out

which we can get into you know I hadn't seen this movie ever, believe it or not. Obviously have heard

a lot about it. It's a part of American culture, specifically certainly finance.

This is one of Finance Twitter's favorite ones. American culture, specifically, certainly finance.

This is one of Finance Twitter's favorite ones.

It scored pretty well.

Well, so I watched it for the first time, probably five years ago.

And I think I had an expectations mismatch and the first time I saw it I really didn't love it.

I certainly didn't understand the adoration for the movie but that's because I was very

late to the party so if you were whatever if you were a real person when this came

out he saw it when it came out I totally get how this is an iconic...

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