Siskel & Ebert: Best of 1991
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- 0:00 Intro
0:27 Thelma & Louise
2:48 Grand Canyon
5:06 Commercials
8:13 Beauty & The Beast
9:50 A Woman's Tale
11:44 Commercials
12:14 Boyz N The Hood
14:40 An Angel at My Table
16:43 Commercials
17:43 Hearts of Darkness
20:02 JFK
23:44 Commercials
25:17 Ebert's Best
26:17 Siskel's Best
Actually like when they talk over each other. There is respect, but they want to execute their jobs to the best of their ability. There are no wasted words, and the editing is perfect.
That cheese ball intro warms my heart every time!
Sheila Florence was Fantastic
I saw this movie when I was 12 and I loved it
Angel at my table is just amazing.
I absolutely loved Grand Canyon -still one of my all-time favorites
And sure enough, Beauty and the Beast did open up Animation and Several were nominated for Best Picture
I would have loved to see these two review movies in the more recent decades….I really miss them.
Thank you. These “best ofs” are my favorite. I wish every year was posted on TH-cam
By next weekend, all of them from 1980-2005 will be up. There are about 5 missing now and I'm working getting them posted soon.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 Thank you sir, you are doing the lords work. 🙏
@@flaccidusminimus2170 the real MVP. Thank you
@@sonnyblack0870 I've compiled public playlists of all the available Best and Worst shows, as well as their Academy Award segments. Hopefully these prove to be useful tools for other viewers.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 Thanks I appreciate the notification. Actually when I went and checked your channel I realized I’ve already watched pretty much all your siskel & ebert content lol.
Siskel and I have very differing tastes, but Hearts of Darkness is a fantastic documentary. It’s amazing how much the filming of Apocalypse Now mirrors the documentary about it!
Thanks for sharing this with us!
1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Barton Fink
3. JFK
4. The Fisher King
5. Raise the Red Lantern
6. My Own Private Idaho
7. Terminator 2
8. The Rapture
9. The Rocketeer
10.Shadows and Fog
Ju Dou? That is considered a classic, now. (2023) Gene really knew what he was talking about.
This is obe of the few times in which Gene’s list is more impressive than Roger’s
The ads are probably one of the most interesting things in this vid
Thank you for uploading this!
Your welcome👍
I definitely have Thelma and Louise on DVD!
8:14 Great Scotland Yard. It's Disney's Beauty And The Beast My All Time Favourite Disney Animated Blockbuster Movie. Thanks Mate. X
Thank you for posting these gems. 27:30
So like many people here I am going through the old clips and also checking the posts and the fims released in that year. It seems clear that most of us like things dark ( so much for love for Barton Fink LOL) but I also look back now and feel it was not a great year for films. Still some I recall with warth and a smile ( Life is Sweet) and I feel really good when I see posts mention films like Raise The Red Latern, Riff Raff, Rambling Rose . Sometimes just because you know a film such as Rambling Rose or Doc Hollywood is not a Top 10 film does not diminish the fact that it was entertaining and made you feel good. As best as I can recall I think the films that blew me away that year were Raise the Red Lantern, Life is Sweet, Riff Raff, Heart of Darkness, and Barton Fink . It is amazzing to the think that Yimou, Mike Leigh, Coens, and Ken Loach went to to direct a number of films that were even better those films. I absolutely hated Angel At My Table and also did not like some of Campion's later work ( The Piano ) but thought Power of the Dog was very good. Perhaps I need to revisit "Angel" . I may be wrong but I suspect when it comes to the Asian films back then Gene and Rodger were operating a year behind because of release dates as I commented on the 1990 that I was suprised they had not cited Joudou so as I move over to the 1992 clip I am anticipating seeing them mention Raise the Red Lantern.
Fun Fact: The movie Grand Canyon inspired the Phil Collins' song, "Both Sides of the Story."
Fun fact: the movie has aged like milk.
Gene believed that 1991 was not much better than 1990, declaring that the headline for that year should be "Hollywood Forgets How to Make Good Movies; Foreign Films Excel." In addition to the films listed above, Gene also enjoyed "City Slickers", "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", "Homicide", "Bright Angel", "The Doctor", "The Doors", "True Colors" and Martin Scorsese's remake of "Cape Fear". These served as de facto runners-up to his top 10. (SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, December 22, 1991)
1991 (year i was born) Top 10:
1. JFK
2. Bugsy
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Boyz N the Hood
5. Silence of the Lambs
6. Thelma and Louise
7. Point Break
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
9. Jungle Fever
10. The Fisher King
Grand Canyon-Larry Kasdan-so underrated.Los Angeles @Rodney King,before riots.I hate to say it but,the simpson verdict did help cool down down & diffuse a tense situation there.I remember that things cooled down from 1996 on:)....
Hearts Of Darkness:A Filmmaker's Apocalypse is one of the Best Movies I've Ever Seen:)saw it in Boulder Colorado 1992:)
I'm shocked that Silence Of The Lambs isn't on either of their lists. Not only was that one of the best movies of 1990, it was arguably the *_#1 BEST_* of the year. To some people it's one of the best movies of the entire decade. Beautifully written, amazing actors/actresses, and legit terrifying and it doesn't need the cheap jump scares that today's horror flicks need to be scary.
Roger would eventually add Silence to his "Great Movies" list in 2001.
Oddly enough they didn’t care for it very much at the time, Ebert certainly less than Siskel.
Oddly enough they didn’t care for it very much at the time, Ebert certainly less than Siskel.
JFK was the best that year
Goodfellas was the best movie of the 90’s
So many of these films have been forgotten, The Silence of the Lambs and T2 have never been forgotten and never will so long as the movies live.
Two mediocre films are going to live forever? Yeah right.
@@Brian-qn7fn You've done nothing to refute the post you commented on. Inarguably, both T2 and Silence of the Lambs have had a greater impact on movies and the pop cultural landscape than movies like Grand Canyon or The Man in the Moon. More than happy to entertain an argument here, but the argument goes beyond what you think of T2 or Silence.
T2 and Silence of the Lambs… what else can be said…still a milestone in 2023!
Terminator 2 is mediocre at best.
So glad that Sheila Florence is lauded here
Roger has "The Rapture" as his number 10, i love that film but no one ever seems to know it when i mention it. i really liked "Grand Canyon" as well. but for the life of me i have never understood the popularity of 'Thelma And Louise". also i still cannot believe they both disliked "Silence Of The Lambs".
Only Gene disliked it. Roger gave 3.5 out of 4 stars, a very good movie in his estimation, but his admiration for it increased over the years and he eventually added it to his Great Movies essay collection.
@newwavepop I agree that The Rapture did not receive the recognition of half of the "crap" that enjoyed more praise! It defies comprehension when intelligent films are overlooked in favor of the heavily promoted ones.
Same on T and L
am currently revisiting both 1991 and 1996 in the order of siskel & Ebert episodes whenever possible and although it's only june my list for 1991 i think would be:
1. An Angel at My Table
2. JFK
3. Barton Fink
4. Boyz N the Hood (I might also find room for Grand Canyon upon a rewatch)
5. City of Hope
6. Homicide
7. L.A. Story
8. Life is Sweet
9. The Rapture
10. The Silence of the Lambs
I am doing the same exercise. I like some of your choices ( City of Hope, Life is Sweet, and others) . I have to admit that I have really disliked Campion films including " Angel" and " The Piano" but loved Power of The Dog. The problem for me with " Silence" is that I just always preferred Brian Cox as Hannibal and for whatever reason it just affects my ranking ( but love Ted Levene...... in anything )
Btw, Mr Robert. I agree that Brian Cox was a truly chilling Hannibal Lector.
My Top 10 from 1991 (based on production date):
1-The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
2-Beauty and the Beast (1991)
3-Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
4-Barton Fink (1991)
5-The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
6-Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
7-A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
8-Only Yesterday (1991)
9-Thelma & Louise (1991)
10-Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Silence of the Lambs has to be one of the most overrated movies ever.
@@garydeblasio8810 I disagree,but I have to say that I still do not comprehend how Jodie Foster won Best Actress
She wasn't bad, but her performance did nothing to merit a nomination, let alone a win
Michelle Pfeiffer was the original choice and I really wish she had played it
Just imagine that performance
You must not have seen JFK.
@@garydeblasio8810 😂
My Top Ten Movies from 1991, (most of them are my absolute favorites) (based on studios), is,
10. Eve of Destruction. (Orion Pictures) (R.I.P Gregory Hines).
9. White Fang. (Walt Disney Pictures).
8. The Never-Ending Story 2 the next chapter. (Warner Bros pictures).
7. King Ralph. (Universal Pictures).
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 secret of the ooze. (New Line Cinema).
5. Hudson Hawk. (Tristar Pictures).
4. City Slickers. (Columbia Pictures/Castle Rock Entertainment).
3. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. (Warner Bros Pictures/Morgan Creek Productions).
2. The Rocketeer (Walt Disney Pictures).
1. The Addams Family. (Paramount Pictures).
I still don't get how Costner didn't get an Oscar nomination. I know it's a huge ensemble cast but he doesn't get lost in it. Everything revolves around him. If anything Tommy Lee Jones didn't deserve an Oscar nomination for what amounts to 5 minutes of screentime.
When I think of JFK the movie. It’s Kevin Costner and Joe Pesci. Those 2 gave the best performances
What may have ruined Costner's chances was the heat he took from the chattering classes for his turn as an American-accented Robin Hood earlier that same year.
Come to think of it, it was a bizarre year for Costner accents: He gave Jim Garrison the heavy Alabama drawl of Forrest Gump, but the real Jim Garrison talked like Gregory Peck.
All the same, _JFK_ is full of wonderful performances. I think Donald Sutherland should have had a Supporting Actor nom.
10:02 she will always be remembered as Lizzie in Cell Block H lol.
Best of 1991
Beauty & The Beast
Daddy Nostalgia
Doc Hollywood
My Girl
Riff-Raff
Ju Dou
La Belle Noiseuse
Grand Canyon
Thelma & Louise
Boyz N The Hood
Point Break
New Jack City
Terminator 2
Cape Fear
JFK
Life is Sweet
A Woman's Yale
The Man in the Moon
Father of the Bride
The Double Life of Veronique
Paris is Burning
Silence of the Lambs
Frankie & Johnny
The Prince of Tides
The Fisher King
Hearts of Darkness
The Rapture
Doc Hollywood ? My Girl ?
Wow
The Rapture was , for me, an exercise in cognitive reasoning. I was quite surprised that practically everyone involved in the production of the film were of Jewish extraction. To handle this film with such a broad-minded viewpoint, made this a surprisingly effective film. The subject matter, performances, and a certain visual style, make the premise very believable. At points in all of our lives, we ponder the existence of a higher power and our meaning, if any, in this world. The fact that some taking religion to the point of fanatical insanity, is quite frightening.
@@kdohertygizbur I agree. Those would land, not in my book, of being a personal favorite. Those films and a good chunk of the others, would NOT appear on my "best of" list.
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I love Judo.
John Singleton and Boyz n The Hood is really great. Gene hit it with the writing. Lauwrence Fishburne at his best. But, why didn't Singleton make another film as good? Kinda like Spike Lee, his best work was only at the beginning, when he was nobody.
If you watch enough of these videos, you will notice that Gene misses badly far more often that Roger. Another good example here as he says he doesn't like a film that has gone down as a classic by many.
I always thought that Roger Ebert was the better film critic. I think that when he watched a movie he was better at relaxing and enjoying a movie and giving it a chance. Gene Siskel often would nit pick a film apart.
Im surprised that they both didn't have doc Hollywood on their list because they both really liked it.
My Top 10 from 1991 (haven't seen Grand Canyon):
Barton Fink
Beauty and the Beast
Boyz n the Hood
Cape Fear
City Slickers
Father of the Bride (favorite Steve Martin performance)
Hearts of Darkness
JFK
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Top not quite 10 - bad year.
Silence of the Lambs
Point Break
Terminator II
Thelma and Louise
The Man in the Moon
JFK - didn't believe it but good drama
Grand Canyon - started out good and then got hooky and sentimental and stupid. Don't base a movie on a Phil Collins song
Boyz in the Hood - Average film, I knew it would be the last praised film by Singleton.
OK i haven't seen the rest but I usually know what I like and don't like from a preview. I didn't like Apocalypse Now so it goes ... .
My Top 10
1. Boyz N The Hood
2. City Slickers
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Hangin With The Homeboys
5. City of Hope
6. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmakers Apocalypse
7. The Five Heartbeats
8. My Girl
9. Point Break
10. Terminator 2.
Honorable Mentions: Beauty and the Beast, Cape Fear, Fisher King, Hard Way, Jungle Fever, The Man in the Moon, People Under The Stairs, Soapdish, Thelma and Louise, Toy Soldiers, What About Bob
Great list. 1991 was the best year of the 90s for movies
This is a stupid list because jfk is no where to be found
Boyz in the Hood won nominations for Best Director and Screenplay but no Best Picture
That's a blot since they nominated Prince of Tides...a good movie...but no way more deserving than Boyz
Boyz n the hood is overrated.. prince of tides is a great movie imo.. menace 2 society was so much better than boyz.. boyz n hood looks like a corny movie in comparison
Grand Canyon was excellent.
My 10 best from 1991:
1. Boyz N The Hood
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. Barton Fink
5. JFK
6. Bugsy
7. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
8. Fried Green Tomatoes
9. City Slickers
10. My Own Private Idaho
Good List,Jacob:)
Good list I loved tomatoes but jfk was the best
23:46 - A colorized film advertised on Siskel & Ebert? If only they knew!
My 10 best of 1991
10. Paris is Burning
9. The Silence of the Lambs
8. JFK
7. City of Hope
6. Barton Fink
5. Riff-Raff
4. The Double Life of Veronique
3. Beauty and the Beast
2. Boyz N the Hood
1. Terminator 2:Judgment Day
So nice to see someone mention Riff Raff
Is your #1 a joke?
Wow no love for The Silence of the Lambs
My favorite films of 1991:
1. Thelma and Louise
2. Rambling Rose
3. Barton Fink
4. Hook
5. Frankie and Johnny
6. Cape Fear
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. JFK
9. Regarding Henry
10. Soapdish
So there.
I suspect they would not make by Top Ten because of Foreign films but it was nice that you mention Rambling Rose and Frankie & Johnny . Very underrated films and also entertaining. Hard to not crush on the talent of Laura Dern from her early years to present day.
@@robertriteman3227 I agree Laura Dern is very beautiful and a great actress. So is Michelle Pfeiffer.
Yes The Faboulus Baker Brothers is in my view the best peformance that she has given and the same for Beau Bridges with it arguably being even Jeff's best role. Really almost a perfect film . @@michaelhouser4778
Terminator 2
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Thelma and Louise
City Slickers
The Fisher King
Boyz in the Hood
JFK
Fried Green Tomatoes
Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country
Grand Canyon
Backfire
Reservoir Dogs
My Girl
Cape Fear
Barton Fink
Reservoir Dogs was from 1992.
I also like Hearts of Darkness better than Apocalypse Now
Surprised that neither of them had the _actual_ best films of 1991 on their lists.
i liked grand canyon
Unreal that "The Silence of the Lambs" didn't make either of their top 10 ten lists. Not only is it one of the best films of that year but one of the best of that decade
JFK being number one and Silence of the Lambs not even making the list is a joke.
And "Cape Fear."
@@FuriousFredo JFK is a classic. Historical nonsense, but an all girl film.
@@FuriousFredo JFK is a better movie.
@@breesybird9207 LoL no
Better days
I love Grand Canyon, too. A movie that's misunderstood by the masses and now sadly forgotten. One of the great "Sunday Afternoon Flicks"
01. The Silence Of The Lambs
02. Cape Fear
03. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
04. Boys N The Hood
05. Dogfight
06. JFK
07. My Own Private Idaho
08. Heart Of Darkness
09. La Double Vie De Véronique
10. Point Break
5 Terminator 2
4 Grand Canyon
3 Bugsy
2 Boyz n the Hood
1 The Silence of the Lambs.
Is that Lizzy 'bugger me gently' Birdsworth in the thumbnail??
" Its Star Wars "...lmbo
It's amazing neither Roger or Gene have Terminator 2 or Point Break on their list.
I know. Most of those movies they've listed I have either not seen or even heard of.
@@agentprime2179 I think this is partially the point of these shows, to bring awareness to lesser seen good movies, instead of propping up the number 1 movie of the year again
T2 was a mainstream money maker. Both of them did like it. Only Roger really liked Point Break, although Gene didn't hate it, he just thought it was overstuffed. To make their Top 10 of the entire year was a high bar.
Point Break ? Seriously
Terminator 2 is a good movie but not nearly as effective as the first movie and not worthy of a top ten spot.
Here was my top five: 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Beauty and the Beast 3. Bugsy 4. Terminator 2 Judgement Day 5. JFK
I'd go w Roger: JFK slightly better than B&B
1:00 ..... they said they never went by any script. Didn't feel comfortable doing that. Would have preferred to improvise along the way.
I think SIskel has a thing for Jane Birkin movies in 91
I am worse because not only did I have a thing for her but also like her daughter LOL. I think I was in Junior High when the song "J'taime" was release . I got to say her daughter is a good actress and has a nice voice ( she has sung with Beck)
Toxic Avenger 3 doesn't even get a mention.
Films were so great before the internet took hold of the world along with cgi schlock
My Top Ten Favorite Movies from 1991 (and the Movie Companies) is,
10. Eve of Destruction. (Orion Productions).
9. White Fang. (Walt Disney Pictures). Ethan Hawke a National Treasure, Living Legend, the roles that he's been in is Memorable.
8. The NeverEnding Story 2 the next Chapter. (Warner Bros Pictures).
7. King Ralph. (Universal Pictures). John Goodman. a National Treasure, Living Legend, the roles that he's been in is Memorable.
6. Nothing but Trouble. (Warner Bros Pictures).
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The Secret of the Ooze. (New Line Cinema).
4. What About Bob? (Touchstone Pictures).
3. Mannequin 2 on the move. (20th Century Fox/Gladden Entertainment).
2. Backdraft. (Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment).
1. Hudson Hawk. (TriStar Pictures). Bruce Willis a National Treasure, a Living Legend, the roles that he's been in is Memorable.
Here's my Honorable Mentions.
1. Thelma & Louise. (Metro-Goldwyn-Meyers).
2. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. (Walt Disney Pictures).
3. City Slickers. (Columbia Pictures/Castle Rock Entertainment).
4. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. (Warner Bros Pictures).
5. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. (Warner Bros Pictures/Morgan Creek Productions).
6. The Rocketeer. (Walt Disney Pictures).
7. Problem Child 2. (Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment). R.I.P John Ritter - 2003.
8. Terminator 2 Judgement day. (TriStar Pictures/Carolco Pictures).
9. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journeys. (Orion Pictures/Nelson Entertainment).
10. V.I Warshawski. (Hollywood Pictures). Kathleen Turner a National Treasure, the roles that she's been in is Memorable.
11. Doc Hollywood. (Warner Bros Pictures). Michael J Fox. a National Treasure, the roles that he's been in is Memorable.
12. Rover Dangerfield. (Warner Bros Pictures). Animated Movie.
13. Return to the Blue Lagoon. (Columbia Pictures). One of the most Romantic Movies Ever.
14. Bingo. (TriStar Pictures).
15. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. (Metro-Goldwyn-Meyers).
16. Child's Play 3. (Universal Pictures).
17. Deceived. (Touchstone Pictures).
18. Suburban Commando. (New Line Cinema). This Movie has WWE Superstars Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker in it, also Christopher Lloyd is a National Treasure, a Living Legend, the roles that He's been in is just Memorable, also Shelly Duvall is also a National Treasure, a Living Legend, the roles that she's been in is also Memorable.
19. Ernest Scared Stupid. (Touchstone Pictures). a Great Movie to watch on Halloween, It's such a shame that Two Great Legends, Jim Varney (R.I.P - 2000) and Eartha Kitt (R.I.P - 2008) is still gone, even though they're gone, the roles that they respectively were in, is memorable.
20. Cool as Ice. (Universal Pictures).
21. House Party 2. (New Line Cinema).
22. Curly Sue. (Warner Bros Pictures/Hughes Entertainment).
23. All I Want For Christmas. (Paramount Pictures).
24. Cape Fear. (Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment).
25. The Addams Family. (Paramount Pictures). R.I.P Raul Julia - 1994.
26. An American Tail Fievel Goes West. (Universal Pictures/Amblimation). R.I.P Dom Deluise - 2009. Animated Movie.
27. Beauty and The Beast. (Walt Disney Pictures). Animated Movie.
28. My Girl. (Columbia Pictures/Imagine Entertainment).
29. Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered Country. (Paramount Pictures). R.I.P Leonard Nimoy - 2015 and Christopher Plummer - 2021.
30. Hook. (TriStar Pictures/Amblin Entertainment). R.I.P Robin Williams - 2014.
31. Father of the Bride. (Touchstone Pictures). Steve Martin a National Treasure, the roles that he's been in is Memorable.
32. JFK. (Warner Bros Pictures).
33. Fried Green Tomatoes. (Universal Pictures).
Man you must have been about ten back then lol
You did a lot of work for a joke post.
No Addams Family? No Terminator 2? LAME!
No T2. No Backdraft. No Silence of the Lambs, but we get a stinker like Grand Canyon on both of their lists, and then Siskel inexplicably listing Hearts of Darkness at Number 1. Ugh.
No silence of the lambs, no terminator 2, no naked gun or hot shots, no cape fear, no city slickers, no point break. No Robin Hood. They like movies that nobody hears of and sees. I still never heard of some these so called top 10 films. Most look so boring. Why were these guys popular??? They clearly hated horror and action films. They sucked as critics 🤣🤣
I just want to watch film commentary, I don't find old commercials to pique some nostalgia for what things big business was trying to hawk me at the time.
I remember seeing Grand Canyon in the theater and thinking it was laughably bad. I am amazed they both thought it was top 10.
Robinhood prince of thieves
They really don't like each other.
Wait, wait…
She ONLY took Comtrex?!?
😂😂😂
There's a handful of good films, but a pretty weak year overall. Like many have said, Silence of the Lambs not being included on either list is a travesty. That is my biggest gripe about these guys is there hatred for horror movies.
Too bad u "had" to include ads
Siskel's pronunciation of his number 4 choice is.....not so good
Lol
what...no Silence of the Lambs...these guys need a life...lol
My Favorite and Best Flim of the Year 1991 on my opinion
1. T2 Judgement Day
2. Paradise
3. My Girl
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Curly Sue
6. The Addams Family
7. An American Tail 2 Fievel Goes West
8. Return of The Blue Lagoon
You have to be kidding.
whoa whoa whoa whoa.......Roger just said that Thelma and Louise made a series of "mistakes."
I was under the impression that women's actions are always Good and Right; they never make "mistakes."
These guys started on PBS then abandoned it, I suppose for a better deal. PBS had a homegrown hit and then left in the lurch for more money in syndication. Never thought well of them after that!
What? No Terminator 2? Point Break? Silence of the Lambs?? Really??
JFK? Really?
Thelma & Louise was such a dumb movie.
I always hated roger for som reason
Y?
@@Jbaxter85 idk.. he just seemed like a smug prick
Beuty and the beast was so overrated.
Siskel should never have been a film critic. Neither one of them put The Silence of Lamb on their ten best. THUMBS DOWN
I love the 1991 commercials almost as much as the show
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