Before the 1960s, the few rare earths that were needed were gathered from sediment deposits along rivers in India and Brazil (like those prospectors washing for gold with pans in Western movies).

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Western movies, though, were part of his life.

ECONOMIST: Sir Alfred Ramsey

Box Office Mojo breaks the films down two way: movies that are similar to True Grit and movies that it classifies as in the Western genre.

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Hong Kong movies, Mr Bordwell submits, must be seen in a different way from western ones.

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