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I'm afraid it's much too early to consider Alabama being "reborn." Moore was a terrible candidate, not only for his outlandish views, but for his contempt for the law and his likely criminal behavior. Yet he got a huge support from white men and a large majority from white women. In the next election, Jones will probably lose to a more "normal" opponent. So, though I'm gratified that enough white support could align with African Americans to give Moore the win in this reddest of red states (while many Alabama Republicans stayed home in disgust of their candidate), this will most probably be a short-lived victory.

#5 - The Lavender Hill Mob   Alec Guinness

1. Alan Partridge: Alpha-Papa  Stephen Coogan
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3. U.S. Marshals  Tommy Lee Jones,
4. Bird Man of Alcatraz  Burt Lancaster
5. The Heist  Gene Hackman
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7. The Black Swan  Natalie Portman
8 .Suspicion  Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
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10. Gosford Park  Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon
11. Breaker Morant  Edward Woodward, Barry Brown
12. The Drummer? Jaycee Chan

Extra credit:   Treasure of the Sierra Madre  Humphrey Bogart

Well, you gave away 1 & 8. Suggest you withhold the answers until the week is over.

3. We're No Angels   Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn
6. Analyze This   Robert DeNiro
9. The Big Lebowski   Jeff Bridges

You obviously have not talked to me. I went the agent route at first and received nothing but rejections and, in greater amounts, no responses at all. So I self-published my first novel using CreateSpace. But then I discovered publishers who accept agent-less submissions, and I've been with indie publishers ever since. Granted, you lose profit as a result, but that's in return for having a lot of the heavy lifting done by someone else. The trick is to find a compatible publisher, one that is author-friendly and amenable to addressing concerns. Marketing, though a good publisher helps with that, is still primarily up to the author - as it will be, unless you're a top name like Grisham or Coben, even if you have a Big 5 publisher.

"I want to spend Christmas in Elmira with my family." That's a direct quote from It's a wonderful Life. I can't get any closer than that! At first I thought of Trains, Planes, and Automobiles, but that was for Thanksgiving, not Christmas. I give up.

Considering the time it's been on Amazon, a 20,000 sales ranking is good!

2. Strangers on a Train   Farley Granger, Robert Walker   Patricia Highsmith
4. Mystic River   Sean Penn, Tim Robbins   Dennis Lehane
6. Charley Varrick... Walter Matthau   John H. Reese  (Great movie!)
7. Serpico   Al Pacino   Peter Maas
11. Vertigo   James Stewart   Boileau-Narcejac

No!

Thanks, guys. The sales ranking continues to rise today!