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February 25, 2005

Chess In The Cinema

The Seventh Seal

What do the films The Seventh Seal, 2001, An American Werewolf in London, Monkey Business, and The Abominable Dr. Phibes have in common? They all feature scenes with chess playing. These films, and many, many more, are featured in the Chess In The Cinema site, which exhaustively tries to list every movie with a scene featuring either chess playing, or even a chessboard. They have a count of 604 so far, and I'll be damned if I could find one that they've missed.

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