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Andy Sidaris explains how "Lethal Weapon" (1987) inspired him to make "Guns" (1990): "The two girls, the airplane and Hawaii was my thing, I conceived the whole thing. I’ve always seen a lot of buddy pictures, like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. That stuff is sensational. I said, ‘Hey,...

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