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James Mangold tweets 10 films that have influenced The Wolverine

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By George Wales published 5 March 2013

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James Mangold has frequently stated that The Wolverine will be influenced by more than just the X-Men comics, and has taken to his Twitter feed to make his point in picture form.

The director tweeted a series of images from ten films that have influenced him while making The Wolverine , and very interesting reading they make too.

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You can see all 10 below, and for a bit of amusement, you can see how many you recognise. They’re not labelled you see… there’s at least ten minutes of fun right there!

Take a look at the images below…

I'm posting images from films that inspired / influenced THE WOLVERINE. Name the movies. Even better, go see them. twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #2 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #3 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #4 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #5 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #6 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #7 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Image #8 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Sorry! Image #9 twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

Last Image #10. (and if you don't know it, its just too sad and I ain't telling you.) twitter.com/mang0ld/status… March 2, 2013

For those of you wondering, those images are from…

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Co-starring Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee and Rila Fukushima, The Wolverine will open in the UK on 26 July 2013.

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