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					Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket
					
				 
				What always struck me as funny was the old lanky man with the hat that dances to the 'Dueling Banjoes' at the beginning.  What a freak! 
 
This movie branded the south (and Ned Beatty) forever. (!!!)  
			
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 It certainly did.  God, poor Ned Beatty.  What a brave role for him to do at that time, I think.  And really hard to watch.  I kept thinking, "This...this isn't happening.  What...what's going?  He's not..Oh, he is.  God.  Well, this is certainly taking a...oh...Ned...Ned, poor Ned."