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{{quote|''"Director Coleman Francis uses edits like blunt instruments. [[Shaped Like Itself|He uses blunt instruments like blunt instruments.]] His major themes are death, hatefulness, [[Department of Redundancy Department|death]], pain, and [[Rule of Three|death]]...He hurts us and I want him to know it, except if he's still alive
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Each of Coleman Francis' films easily fall alongside such "gems" as ''[[Baby Geniuses]]'', ''[[Monster a Go
==== The Coleman Francis Trilogy: ====
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'''Coleman Francis' films contain examples of:'''
* [[Book Ends]] - Almost certainly unintentional, but his first film, ''The Beast of Yucca Flats'' starts with {{spoiler|Lanell Cado's character being killed by the mutated Dr. Javorsky}}, and his last film, ''Red Zone Cuba'' ends with {{spoiler|another character played by Cado being fatally wounded in a shoot-out}}.
* [[Cameo]] - Anthony Cardoza, Coleman's financier and producer, appears in every one of his films. Additionally, quite a few of the extras in ''The Skydivers'' are all members of Coleman's and Cardoza's extended families.
** Francis himself narrates ''Beast'', appears as a gunman at the end of ''Skydivers'', is in the plane with the sniper in ''Beast'', and plays the lead in ''Cuba''--a performance only enjoyable due to his [[Celebrity Resemblance|physical resemblance]] to [[The Three Stooges|Curly Howard]].
* [[Dull Surprise]] - A disease endemic among Coleman Francis' casts.
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** Reportedly, "Beast" ended up this way because all the audio was accidentally erased after filming.
* [[Leave the Camera Running]] - Used far too many times to count - the scene where Griffin tries to put up the roof of the convertible in ''Red Zone Cuba'' comes to mind.
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* [[Prop Recycling]] - Alleged actor Eric "I ''like'' coffee!" Tomlin's white Ford Ranchero appears in both ''Yucca Flats'' and ''Skydivers''.
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* [[Shaggy Dog Story]] - All three films. ''[[
** Not a very sympathetic one, though.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - In ''[[
* [[Women in Refrigerators]] - Only three female characters survive to the end of a Coleman Francis movie. One is raped and left blind and deaf, without any means of support; the second is widowed and lives the rest of her life as a depressed hermit. The last one is left with a husband who's been winged with a bullet by a gun-crazy policeman and two sons who were nearly killed by the Beast.
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