Great American movies: the Checks and Balance film club

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  The Economist.

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  I'm John and this is Checks and Balance from The Economist.

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  Today, something completely different, as the Monty Python sketches used to begin.

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  Welcome to The Checks and Balance Film Club where we're going to discuss what we think makes a great American movie.

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  And for this episode, I'm joined by Charlotte Howard, who's in New York.

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  James Bennett, who I think is also in New York, and Idris, who's in Washington D.C.

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  All three of them have picked a movie.

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  Idris, in classic style, has picked two movies that were both extremely long.

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  It's easy to spot the podcast member of the team who doesn't have young children.

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  We're going to be discussing those, and we're going to take them in chronological order.

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  And thank you to everyone who sent in their suggestions for a great American movie.

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  We'll get to those at the end.

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  Before we get there, guys, how are you doing?

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  Charlotte, what's going on your end?

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  I'm doing really well.

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  I have to say that I had seen excerpts from, but not the full Godfathers,

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  so Idris finally gave me a reason to watch them both, for which I'm grateful.

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  They were good.

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  There's a reason people like them.

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  Well, save it, we'll get into that.

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