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I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

John Milius

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John Milius
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 11
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
St. Louis
Missouri
John Frederick Milius
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A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.
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