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Egyptian movie wanting the first gourmet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epicure

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'gourmet' is the definition.
(I know that gourmet can be written as epicure)

'egyptian movie wanting the' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'movie' could be 'epic' (I have seen 'Great movie' mean 'epic' so perhaps 'movie' could also mean 'epic') and 'epic' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ure' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'first' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for epicure that I've seen before include "I eat well" , "Gourmet" , "Fine food expert" , "Person with refined taste in food and drink" , "Connoisseur" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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