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The Year in Movies

NPR

By Scott Simon

Published January 3, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell tells NPR's Scott Simon his favorite movies from the year past, including Dirty Pretty Things, In America and Whale Rider.

Copyright 2004 NPR

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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