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===Film=== {{See also|List of Jamaican films}} Jamaica has a history in the film industry dating from the early 1960s. A look at delinquent youth in Jamaica is presented in the 1970s musical crime film ''[[The Harder They Come]]'', starring [[Jimmy Cliff]] as a frustrated (and [[psychopathic]]) reggae musician who descends into a murderous crime spree.<ref>Kenner, Rob (2009) "[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/movies/21rhone.html Trevor Rhone, a Writer of 'The Harder They Come,' Dies at 69] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730222733/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/movies/21rhone.html |date=30 July 2019 }}", ''[[The New York Times]]'', 21 September 2009, retrieved 11 November 2012</ref> Other notable Jamaican films include ''[[Countryman (film)|Countryman]]'', ''[[Rockers (1978 film)|Rockers]]'', ''[[Dancehall Queen]]'', ''[[One Love (2003 film)|One Love]]'', ''[[Shottas]]'', ''[[Out the Gate (film)|Out the Gate]]'', ''[[Third World Cop]]'' and ''[[Kingston Paradise]]''. Jamaica is also often used as a filming location, such as the James Bond film ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' (1962), [[Papillon (1973 film)|''Papillon'']] (1973) starring [[Steve McQueen]], ''[[Cocktail (1988 film)|Cocktail]]'' (1988) starring [[Tom Cruise]], and the 1993 Disney comedy ''[[Cool Runnings]]'', which is loosely based on the true story of Jamaica's first bobsled team trying to make it in the Winter Olympics.
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