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welcome everyone Adam the woo here happy
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Wednesday to you I'm going to start this
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Vlog off by showing you where I've hid
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my Adam the woo stickers they're right
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down
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there underneath this Barrel they're
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wedged in there protruding out a little
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bit so you can actually find them
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basically you'll figure out where that
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is because of what I'm about to show you
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right now it's actually right here at
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this old area where a dumpster used to
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be and there's some sort of an oil can
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and I placed Fort Adam the woo stickers
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right here in Rome Georgia and when in
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Rome you must hide stickers for the
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people who live locally that want to
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come get one and then leave a few others
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for someone else of course when in Rome
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that terminology does not apply to
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Georgia or to sticker hiding but then
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again maybe we should start a new winin
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Rome pra
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sounds legit right it's my second
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channel daily blog channel it's the
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daily Rome
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Georgia why am I here in Rome Georgia
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I've actually never been here to the
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Grand small city of Rome in fact I never
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even really knew it existed until
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recently when I figured out that the
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filming locations from the inro the very
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first few minutes of one of my favorite
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movies of all time one of my top 10
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favorite movies ever started off the
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beginning of the movie started off
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driving right down this road a scene
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with Harrison Ford when you think of
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Harrison Ford and when I think of
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Harrison Ford you always think of Star
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Wars and Indiana Jones those are his two
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legendary iconic roles that I love I
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have a very special place in my heart
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for both both of those roles and both of
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those characters however that being said
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I think in my mind and in my heart I
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believe that his best role ever was in
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the
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1986 film by Peter Weir directed it who
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also directed witness directed him in
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witness the year before and then a
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couple years later directed Robin
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Williams in Dead Poet Society Peter Weir
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was a great director still is a great
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director he actually still is alive and
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he also directed The Truman Show with
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Jim Carrey another great film many great
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films however Peter Weir directed a
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small little movie starring Harrison
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Ford which in my opinion like I was
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saying compared to Indiana Jones
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compared to Han Solo in Star Wars Empire
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Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi for
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me the very best Harrison Ford movie and
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performance was a small movie called the
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mosquito Coast released in 1986 filmed I
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believe in 1985 the beginning
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of 1986 somewhere around that area and
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like I was saying before was filmed and
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shot right on this very Road in fact you
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can see that billboard right there that
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says have a great day and this little
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abandoned building can actually be seen
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in the shots when Harrison Ford is
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driving his truck River Phoenix played
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his son sitting in the passenger seat
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they're actually driving right where
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that green car is coming towards us they
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turn right here on Turner Mcall
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Boulevard and Martha Barry Boulevard so
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they're driving down Turner Mall
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Boulevard and they turn right onto
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Martha Barry Boulevard all right got to
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press the button and grow across the
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street cuz I want to actually show you
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as we walk down the exact spots that
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River Phoenix and Harrison Ford cruise
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down all right we're walking across I'm
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not going to jaywalk today I'm actually
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going to legitimately walk across you
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can
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see those women right there are sharing
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their
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excitement see here I had the walk
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signal and they're doing a cheer of some
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sort right there all right got to press
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this where are we going we're going this
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way we're going across Martha Berry
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Boulevard so like I was saying right
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down this road the scene starts off it
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was actually probably only about a
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minute into the movie it starts off with
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an aerial shot of River Phoenix hailing
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his father and talking about his father
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with great honor and dignity talking
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about how his father was a famous
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inventor in his own mind he was not
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world famous he was just an inventor
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that likes to invent things and and
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basically think outside the box do
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things his own way he dropped out of
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Harvard this is the character Ali Fox
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played by Harrison Ford dropped out of
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Harvard to get an education he said
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because he felt he could actually by not
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going to school and not working a
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traditional job at actually going out
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into the world and creating his own
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things that he would actually get more
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of an education than he would doing
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things the traditional way so basically
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the premise of the movie is a man with
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his family and his children he got fed
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up with consumerism and basically the
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way things were heading with all of
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these wonderful places Wendy's Bojangles
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Arby's Burger King so basically
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he's ranting at the very beginning it
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starts off with a crane shot you can
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actually see one of the colleges here in
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Rome starts off as a crane shot coming
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over a bridge that bridge is right down
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there and then the very next scene
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Harrison Ford is right here at this
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exact intersection just go on YouTube
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and look up what what's the name of the
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video the name of the video is mosquito
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Coast look around you cuz he starts off
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saying look around you and he pulls
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right here at this corner turns this
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this corner you can actually see the
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billboard where I've actually hidden the
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stickers in that little abandoned
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dumpster area and you can actually see
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where that gentleman standing over there
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that abandoned building you can see him
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driving his old truck with River Phoenix
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they turn this corner and where this
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Walgreens is right here there was
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actually a church building the church
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building has been removed and now we
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have a Walgreens they're cruising right
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along this stretch of road going up that
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hill of course you know when you film
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movies you film things a little a little
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bit out of sequence so the shots
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basically are this way where we have
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Harrison Ford talking to his son and
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then the next scene is over here River
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Phoenix replying to his dad and it's not
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all shot in exact order based on
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basically you can see what's behind us
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you can see this Wendy's this exact
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Wendy's right here off to the side like
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this Harrison Ford is talking and
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ranting driving his truck and you can
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see the Windy's right outside the window
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just look at the clip I'm not kidding
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you and you can also see this Bojangle
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sign River Phoenix is right here he's
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not driving he has his hand out the
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window wind hair blowing in the wind
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cruising past here and you can actually
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see this right here you can actually see
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this
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exact what is that some sort of a car
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garage you can see that car garage as
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well in the shots and this right here
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this little mechanic shop used to
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actually be like a used car dealership
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the C only last probably about 30
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seconds but it's very powerful just like
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a lot of the movie A lot of the great
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lines that Harrison Ford delivers as Ali
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fox in that movie are wonderful the
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entire movie if you've never seen it
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it's not for everyone in fact it was the
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only Harrison Ford movie that actually
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came out that actually took a loss at
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the box office it only regained at the
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box office about half the money it cost
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to actually produce and to film they
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went from from here Rome Georgia they
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went down to biz on a little river kind
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of in the middle of nowhere basically
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the whole movie was basically in a third
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world country was supposed to be in a
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third world country where Harrison Ford
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won a town basically in a poker
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tournament and he took that opportunity
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to leave all of this all of the goodness
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of fast food consumerism and normal
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everyday life and go and create
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something on his own with his family the
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only downfall of the movie I am a huge
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fan of the movie The only smidgen of the
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movie I would say that probably didn't
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work out from the book and from the
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movie was the fact that he took his
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family down there and his family was not
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on the same wavelength as he was if you
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watched the movie it was definitely the
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most eccentric and crazy character that
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Harrison Ford ever played that being
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said I think you can actually see this
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Arby's in the shot as well and this
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cookout building used to actually be a
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place called Mrs something's chick
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chicken dinners I can't remember the
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name of it was Mrs something chicken
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dinners so anyway cruising along here
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like I was saying shot out a sequence
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when he's cruising along the very last
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scene that Harrison Ford says when he
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says look around you Charlie this place
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is a toilet and then it shows this from
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this angle from over here but actually
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when Harrison Ford looks at his son and
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goes look around you Charlie this place
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is a toilet that shot was actually up
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the road there I'll actually go back
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over to my van and we'll actually do the
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entire cruise that they actually did
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Harrison Ford and River Phoenix I just
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got to cross the road as soon as this
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traffic goes away so basically when you
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watch the clip or the movie hopefully
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you've seen the movie like I was saying
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it's one of my favorite movies of all
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time part of the reason that you're
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watching this video the fact that I'm on
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the road filming videos a big humongous
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chunk of that reason is because of this
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spot right here because of the mosquito
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coat
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because of Harrison Ford's performance
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in the movie and the premise of the
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movie and breaking the mold thinking
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outside the box is part of the reason
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one of the major parts of the reasons
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why I quit my job and started traveling
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and doing videos it's not exactly the
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same as the movie but that movie had a
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massive influence on my life I've
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analyzed it I've seen it probably 200
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times so that being said here is the
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shot they're up there which I'll show
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you momentarily when he says this place
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is a toilet and then it flips around and
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you see Harrison Ford driving his truck
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with some cars behind him and this is
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the angle right
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here there used to actually be a Hardies
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way down there where now the hospital is
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the Bojangle sign is still in the same
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exact spot the cookout was that Mrs
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something's chicken dinner and that's
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there in fact there comes a truck just
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like Harrison Ford Ali Fox's truck maybe
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that that's
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Harrison that guy was going a little too
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fast to be Harrison Ford I don't know if
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Harrison Ford actually speeds through
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small towns but maybe he does he might
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have a truck maybe he's upgraded to a
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red truck so that's the shot go on
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YouTube look it up and I was going to
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show you something else right over here
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I think when River Phoenix says have a
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nice day when he's replying to his dad
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you can actually see this exact angle
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cuz in the background you see that
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building that has that weird little cut
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shaped
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icon behind the cookout building and you
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can see those lights on those light
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poles you actually see those light poles
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here on the corner of Martha Barry and
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this little side road called West 9th
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down there is where I hid the stickers I
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parked here at this Arby's so now I'm
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actually going to get inside my van and
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we're going to take we're going to try
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to take the same Cruise the Harrison
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Ford
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did also look at this this is peculiar
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there's an Arby's right here and then
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there's like a weird little Arby's
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substation down
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there that's kind of weird I've never
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actually seen anything like that before
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mosquito Coast great movie it's not for
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everyone I've actually never met
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Harrison Ford one day hopefully when I
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meet him shake his hand I would like to
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tell him what an honor and a privilege
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it is to actually not only meet him but
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also I want to tell him that I love the
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mosquito Coast I wouldn't even talk
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about Star Wars I wouldn't even talk
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about Indiana Jones I would just talk
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about mosquito Coast because he feels
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that it never got the recognition that
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it actually deserved a lot of people did
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not understand it if you watch old
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interviews with
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him talking about the movie he's kind of
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confused why people really did not get
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it he says it was one of his favorite
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roles and his favorite characters that
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he ever
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played and I agree it is a fantastic
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movie I would love to deliver some of
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the lines I basically have the movie
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memorized etched in my head forever but
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I would NE I would definitely not be
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able to deliver them with the impact of
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the great Harrison Ford in one of the
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greatest roles all right I'm going to go
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up here I don't know if we're going to
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be able to go out in traffic I'm I'm
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going to go up here and I'm going to
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turn in the same angle that Harrison
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Ford turned and drove down I pull into
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Bojangles and loop around oh yeah here
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we
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go so they had their windows down I have
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my windows down so basically the shot
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would have started right
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here so here we go Harrison Ford sitting
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just like this turns at this
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intersection there you go in the
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background there's that abandoned
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building there's the billboard look
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around you that's what Harrison Ford
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said why did they come here there was a
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church right here cruising along shows
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River Phoenix sitting right there the
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Bojangles out the window right here you
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see the Wendy's Harrison for talking
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delivering his lines then it cuts off
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back and forth they're on their way to
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the hardware store which happens to be
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Jason Alexander from Seinfeld of course
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you know and love actually one of his
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first rolls was actually in the mosquito
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Coast as the guy who worked at the
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hardware store so they drive up
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this I got to turn into here quickly no
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I'm not going to turn into here I don't
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know where I'm going okay so we're going
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along here right here is where Harrison
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Ford says look around you you see this
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building look around you right here look
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around
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you then he said okay this is actually
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where he says
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it this place is a toilet you see that
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building right there and that's where he
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delivers the line this place is a toilet
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I'm confused I got traffic all around me
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I'm incorrect here's where he says look
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around you Charlie you see that building
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right there b and you see this the final
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shot this place is a toilet bam that was
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the shot from from mosquito coast
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probably should not have been holding
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the phone while I was driving luckily
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there's not a lot of traffic on the road
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I really would have loved to have ran
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into Harrison Ford and River Phoenix
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back in the day while they were hanging
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out here oh here's a better shot here's
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a much better shot of the last scene let
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me jump
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out have you ever seen the mosquito
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Coast if so what did you think I'm not
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trying to say that you will enjoy it but
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I'm saying I enjoyed it because B based
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on my life it really means a lot to me
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that movie and what it stood for there's
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some things about the movie that I don't
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completely agree with just because you
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like something or you're a huge fan of
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something doesn't mean that every line
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and every little Nuance in the movie is
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100% your beliefs that's not necessarily
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true however I do love the performance
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by Harrison Ford and I do love the
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premise of the movie of a Man Who
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Thought outside the box figured I don't
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need all of this to do the normal ramaro
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and that is one of the reasons that
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inspired me to keep
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doing what I'm doing and basically to
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start off doing what I'm doing in fact
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I've been drinking so much water
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lately I think I actually burped up a
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little bit of water there I didn't know
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you could actually
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burp from water but I guess just like
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soda if you drink enough
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water and you got too much in your
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system then you might be belching up
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some water so here's the final line
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right here you can see that Lin Care
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building right there in the final shot
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so basically right where that white car
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is is where Harrison Ford would have
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been right before the shot cuts and
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shows the other angle where I was
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standing on the other side of the road
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where I showed you the billboard and
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where the hardies used to be and the
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Bojangles and all that when he says this
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place is a toilet you see that building
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and you see that building so we've done
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a mosquito coast ride through Rome
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Georgia I've left the stickers get a
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sticker find it on Instagram # fot Adam
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the woo so I know you found it or go on
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facebook/ theed daily woo and let me
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know that you found the stickers running
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a little long on this Vlog I'm going to
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let you guys go but I just want to let
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you know I love you guys I hope you
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enjoy this Vlog I do a lot of filming
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locations that are really close to my
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heart with this one especially this
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strange bizarre Little Road full of fast
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food restaurants at the beginning
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mosquito Coast means an incredible lot
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to me love that movie also I was going
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to tell you Harrison Ford and Peter Weir
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were so dedicated to the movie that the
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year before they actually were nominated
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for some Academy Awards for the movie
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Witness from 1985 instead of going to
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the Oscars they decided to go down to
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Biz in the middle of nowhere on a river
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and build these props big boy this
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machine they had the explosion they
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filmed the town of gono that Harrison
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Ford's character Ali Fox created
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this awesome movie they decided to do
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that and deal with snakes bugs and all
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kind of other creatures of the wild in
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this murky River instead of going to the
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Academy Awards they shunned Hollywood
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for a year just to make this film
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Harrison Ford believed in it it was not
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a commercial success and the critics
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cisc and eert and of course all the
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other major critics at that time shunned
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it gave it thumbs down they hated it so
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hopefully one day people will realize
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the vision of that movie like I have and
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enjoy it so leave some comments about
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the mosquito Coast leave some comments
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about Rome Georgia and go find yourself
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an Adam the woo sticker and I'll see you
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later have a great day bye