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Apex Mountain

Apex cases are debated for the principal cast, filmmakers, torture scenes, Jewish revenge films, Nazi villains, and Diamond District scenes.

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  • Hoffman’s apex is disputed between his 1976 double of this film and All the President’s Men and Kramer vs. Kramer.
  • Dentistry as a movie device is judged near its apex here.
  • Scheider’s apex is placed around Jaws.
  • Devane’s apex is jokingly assigned to The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training.
  • The dental torture is placed among the most famous torture scenes, alongside Casino Royale, Reservoir Dogs, and others.
  • Goldman is judged at or near his apex in 1976.
  • Martha Keller and Schlesinger are assigned Black Sunday and Midnight Cowboy respectively.
  • Inglourious Basterds is selected as the apex Jewish-revenge film.
  • Christoph Waltz and the melting Nazi from Raiders are considered for Nazi-villain apex.
  • The movie is preferred to Uncut Gems for Diamond District scenes.