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I am a big fan of movies, not so much of t.v. All movies. I have to say that westerns and detective movies set in the 20's-40's have an especially soft spot in my heart. I will give just about any movie a chance. I even like some chick flicks as long as they are not to gushy or stupid. Or predictable. I wouldn't say that I am a huge movie buff but rarely do I meet someone with whom there isn't at least some common ground with movie interests. Now when I said that that I loved movies I really meant it, in fact on very frequent occasions I have wished my life was a movie. Since I have come to the realization that no matter how hard I wish for it, people with guns aren't going to chase me down the street while I dodge their bullets and return gunfire of my own, I'm not going to have the opportunity to ride a horse into a small town and clean it up by my quick draw gunplay, and the beautiful woman that spies me on the street isn't going to fall hopelessly in love with me after a 20-30 second conversation (this took longest for me to realize). So upon realization of these things around my twelefth birthday (except for the last one I probably realized that around 23-24) I began to realize that although I could not live the life of the movies I could at least dress the part. Following is a list of movies and t.v. shows that have influenced my dress:

• Ocean's Eleven
• Casino Royale
• The Big Sleep (I could of used a host of movies but this was the first that came to mind)
• Casablanca
• Tombstone
• Seinfeld (don't laugh, Kramer specifically)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Gladiator (really just halloween for a couple of years)
• Pushing Daisies (If only I could be as witty as they are)
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• and a couple of WW II movies (Dirty Dozen, Patton, etc...)

Books have also influenced my dress on a much smaller degree although most of this influence has been on the way I would like to dress but due to the extreme nature of the clothes, or lack of ability to find them I have not actually included them as part of my wardrobe (I have never found circa 1780-1800's British Naval Officers garb, but if any stumble upon it I'm holding you responsible for informing me). So although I may never live the life, I can look the part. This has occasionally resulted in people saying that I look like a charcter out of a movie, but due to their lack of movie knowledge they are usually miles away from what I was trying to achieve i.e. saying I look like James Bond when I'm dressed like Philip Marlowe (you are only 30 or 40 years off) or Inspector Gadget (seriously who would dress up as Inspector Gadget? Did he ever solve a crime without the help of his dog or that girl? Come on, if I am dressing as them they are going to be at least pretty cool and have some class).

"Ten million and you are still driving this piece of junk?"

"I spent it all on the suit."