How Did We Miss David Mamet's 'Spartan?'
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David Mamet's 'Spartan' (2004) opens with one of my favorite lines of movie dialogue. We begin in the woods, watching men and women run through a rigorous training course in which they are being pursued. At one point, a cadet stops to catch her breath and doesn't see a figure watching her, sitting nearby, observing her actions. He's identified only as Scott, the Master Gunner, and played by Val Kilmer. Scott asks her, 'You had your whole life to train for this moment. Why aren't you ready?' The...

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