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== Films |
== Films == |
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* In the HBO movie ''Safe House'', Patrick Stewart plays an old man who is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. He tells his caretaker that he used to be a <s>CIA</s> DIA agent and people are out to get him because [[He Knows Too Much]], so he insists on elaborate security precautions bordering on the ridiculous. Until the end, it's unclear whether his paranoia is justified or if he's just a crazy old man. As it turns out, they really are out to get him. |
* In the HBO movie ''Safe House'', Patrick Stewart plays an old man who is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. He tells his caretaker that he used to be a <s>CIA</s> DIA agent and people are out to get him because [[He Knows Too Much]], so he insists on elaborate security precautions bordering on the ridiculous. Until the end, it's unclear whether his paranoia is justified or if he's just a crazy old man. As it turns out, they really are out to get him. |
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* The [[Mel Gibson]] movie ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]'' features an obsessive-compulsive paranoid conspiracy theorist... who turns out to be mostly right, though {{spoiler|he's more ''remembering'' than ''speculating''}}. |
* The [[Mel Gibson]] movie ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]'' features an obsessive-compulsive paranoid conspiracy theorist... who turns out to be mostly right, though {{spoiler|he's more ''remembering'' than ''speculating''}}. |
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* ''[[The Conversation|The Conversation]]'' {{context}} |
* ''[[The Conversation|The Conversation]]'' {{context}} |
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* Played with in ''[[The Departed]]''. Mob boss Frank Costello and the police captain that is investigating him both assume that the other has planted a mole in their organization. They're both right. However, both miss out on catching the moles, and neither realize {{spoiler|that each side has more than one mole at work.}} |
* Played with in ''[[The Departed]]''. Mob boss Frank Costello and the police captain that is investigating him both assume that the other has planted a mole in their organization. They're both right. However, both miss out on catching the moles, and neither realize {{spoiler|that each side has more than one mole at work.}} |
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* [[Watership Down (film)]] has Fiver, a rabbit who is fidgety and constantly spouting prophecies of doom for the rabbits. In the beginning of the film, Fiver claims that the warren is in danger and all of the rabbits have to leave before it's too late. Many of the rabbits don't believe him, and while some leave to find another warren, the rest get killed by humans who are developing the land. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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