June 12th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Music
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Opportunity rocks
Cast: Rainn Wilson … Robert 'Fish' Fishman
Christina Applegate … Kim
Teddy Geiger … Curtis
Josh Gad … Matt Gadman
Emma Stone … Amelia
Jeff Garlin … Stan
Jane Lynch … Lisa
Jason Sudeikis … David Marshall
Will Arnett … Lex
Howard Hesseman … Gator
Fred Armisen … Kerr
Bradley Cooper … Trash
Lonny Ross … Sticks
Jon Glaser … Billy
Jane Krakowski … Carol
Plot: The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert “Fish” Fishman…
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June 12th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:82 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A Skeptic's Journey into the World of Yoga
Writers: Kate Churchill (writer) Jonathon Hexner (writer)
Cast: Norman Allen
Alan Finger
Sharon Gannon
B.K.S. Iyengar
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Cyndi Lee
David Life
Dharma Mittra
Dallas Page
Nick Rosen
Plot: Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is skeptical but agrees to be her guinea pig… add synopsis
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June 11th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | India
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now… It's Happening.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg … Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel … Alma Moore
John Leguizamo … Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez … Jess
Betty Buckley … Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin … Josh
Robert Bailey Jr. … Jared
Frank Collison … Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong … Pvt. Auster – MP
Alan Ruck … Principal
Victoria Clark … Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan … Joey (voice)
Alison Folland … Claire – Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly … Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack … Construction Foreman
Plot: A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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June 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 113 min
Languages: English | Hebrew
Director:
Tagline: Lather. Rinse. Save the world.
Cast: Adam Sandler … Zohan Dvir
John Turturro … The Phantom / Fatoush
Emmanuelle Chriqui … Dahlia
Nick Swardson … Michael
Lainie Kazan … Gail
Ido Mosseri … Oori
Rob Schneider … Salim
Dave Matthews … James
Michael Buffer … Walbridge
Charlotte Rae … Mrs. Greenhouse
Keana Texeira … Rock-throwing Girl
Sayed Badreya … Hamdi
Daoud Heidami … Nasi
Kevin Nealon … Kevin
Robert Smigel … Yosi
Plot: An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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June 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English | Portuguese | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: On June 13, get ready to unleash the beast.
Cast: Edward Norton … Bruce Banner
Liv Tyler … Betty Ross
Tim Roth … Emil Blonsky
William Hurt … Gen. 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Tim Blake Nelson … Samuel Sterns
Ty Burrell … Leonard
Christina Cabot … Major Kathleen Sparr
Peter Mensah … General Joe Greller
Lou Ferrigno … The Incredible Hulk / Security Guard (voice)
Paul Soles … Stanley
Débora Nascimento … Martina
Greg Bryk … Commando #1
Chris Owens … Commando #2
Al Vrkljan … Commando #3
Adrian Hein … Commando #4
Plot: Dr. Bruce Banner, thanks to a gamma ray experiment gone wrong, transforms into a giant green-skinned hulk whenever his pulse rate gets too high. Meanwhile, a soldier uses the same technology to become an evil version of the original.
Awards: 4 nominations
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May 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Come with a Dream. Leave with a Story.
Cast: Vinessa Shaw … Sally St. Claire
Willa Holland … April
Richard Gunn … Todd
Patrick Fischler … Anthony
Fiona Dourif … Becky
Erik Smith … Sammy (as Erik Scott Smith)
Alexander Cendese … Nathan (as Alex Cendese)
Ross Patterson … Joey Zane
Jordan Havard … Wayne
Christopher Allport … Davey Diamond
Jeff Newman … Carlos
Tierra Abbott … Lana
Lisa Arturo … April's Mother
Erik Bragg … Dirk
Alesha Rucci … Adriana (as Alesha Clarke)
Plot: Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent… add synopsis
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May 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: France
Runtime: Argentina:128 min | France:128 min | USA:128 min
Languages: French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Laurent Cantet (scenario) and Robin Campillo (scenario) …
Cast: François Bégaudeau … François Marin
Agame Malembo-Emene … Agame
Angélica Sancio … Angélica
Arthur Fogel … Arthur
Boubacar Toure … Boubacar
Burak Özyilmaz … Burak
Carl Nanor … Carl
Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi … Cherif
Dalla Doucoure … Dalla
Damien Gomes … Damien
Esmeralda Ouertani … Esmeralda
Eva Paradiso … Eva
Henriette Kasaruhanda … Henriette
Juliette Demaille … Juliette
Justine Wu … Justine
Plot: Teacher and novelist Fran
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May 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 124 min
Languages: English | German
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman … Caden Cotard
Catherine Keener … Adele Lack
Sadie Goldstein … Olive (4 years old)
Tom Noonan … Sammy Barnathan
Peter Friedman … Emergency Room Doctor
Charles Techman … Like Clockwork Patient
Josh Pais … Dr. Eisenberg – Ophthalmologist
Daniel London … Tom
Robert Seay … David
Michelle Williams … Claire Keen
Stephen Adly Guirgis … Davis
Samantha Morton … Hazel
Hope Davis … Madeleine Gravis
Frank Girardeau … Plumber
Jennifer Jason Leigh … Maria
Plot: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play. add synopsis
Awards: 5 wins & 9 nominations
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May 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:80 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: On the long road, friendship is everything.
Writers: Jonathan Raymond (story) Jonathan Raymond (writer)
Cast: Michelle Williams … Wendy
Lucy … Lucy the Dog
David Koppell … Kid by Fire
Max Clement … Kid by Fire
Sid Shanley … Kid by Fire
Dave Hubner … Kid by Fire
Michelle Worthey … Sadie
Will Oldham … Icky
Wally Dalton … Security Guard (as Walter Dalton)
Roger D. Faires … Recycler in Wheelchair (as Roger Faires)
Boggs Johnson … Recycling Man
Tanya Smith … Grocery Checker
Michael Brophy … Grocery Store Stocker
John Robinson … Andy
John Breen … Mr. Hunt
Plot: A woman’s life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down… add synopsis
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations
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May 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.
Writers: Jason Richman (written by) & Joshua Michael Stern (written by)
Cast: Kevin Costner … Bud Johnson
Madeline Carroll … Molly Johnson
Paula Patton … Kate Madison
Kelsey Grammer … President Andrew Boone
Dennis Hopper … Donald Greenleaf
Nathan Lane … Art Crumb
Stanley Tucci … Martin Fox
George Lopez … John Sweeney
Judge Reinhold … Walter
Charles Esten … Lewis
Richard Petty … Himself
Willie Nelson … Himself
Mare Winningham … Larissa Johnson
Mark Moses … Attorney General Wyatt
Nana Visitor … Galena Greenleaf
Plot: In a remarkable turn-of-events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man’s vote.
Awards: 1 nomination
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May 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 141 min
Languages: Portuguese | English
Director:
Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
Cast: Angelina Jolie … Christine Collins
Gattlin Griffith … Walter Collins
Michelle Gunn … Sandy
Michael Kelly … Detective Lester Ybarra
Jan Devereaux … Operator
Erica Grant … Operator
Antonia Bennett … Operator
Kerri Randles … Operator
Frank Wood … Ben Harris
Morgan Eastwood … Girl on Tricycle
Madison Hodges … Neighborhood Girl
John Malkovich … Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Colm Feore … Chief James E. Davis
Devon Conti … Arthur Hutchins
Ric Sarabia … Man at Diner
Plot: A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 31 nominations
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May 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes we leave everything to find ourselves.
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix … Leonard Kraditor
Gwyneth Paltrow … Michelle Rausch
Vinessa Shaw … Sandra Cohen
Moni Moshonov … Reuben Kraditor
Isabella Rossellini … Ruth Kraditor
John Ortiz … Jose Cordero
Bob Ari … Michael Cohen
Julie Budd … Carol Cohen
Elias Koteas … Ronald Blatt
Shiran Nicholson … DJ Juice rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Cale … Jeweler
Kathryn Gerhardt … New Year's Eve Party Guest #3
Nick Gillie … Livery Driver
Carmen M. Herlihy
Samantha Ivers … Stephanie
Anne Joyce … Leonard's ex-fiance
Mari Koda … Popping Dancer
RJ Konner … Upscale Opera Guest
Evan Lewis … Uncle
Marion McCorry … Nurse
David Ross … Waiter
Jeanine Serralles … Dayna
Jose Edwin Soto
Uzimann … Cab Driver
Elliot Villar … Bystander
Mark Vincent … Ronald's driver
Craig Walker
Plot: A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
Awards: 6 nominations
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May 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Languages: English | German | Russian
Director:
Tagline: In May, the adventure continues.
Cast: Harrison Ford … Indiana Jones
Cate Blanchett … Irina Spalko
Karen Allen … Marion Ravenwood
Shia LaBeouf … Mutt Williams
Ray Winstone … 'Mac' George Michale
John Hurt … Professor Oxley
Jim Broadbent … Dean Charles Stanforth
Igor Jijikine … Dovchenko
Dimitri Diatchenko … Russian Suit
Ilia Volok … Russian Suit
Emmanuel Todorov … Russian Soldier
Pasha D. Lychnikoff … Russian Soldier
Andrew Divoff … Russian Soldier
Venya Manzyuk … Russian Soldier (as Veniamin Manzyuk)
Alan Dale … General Ross
Plot: Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 24 nominations
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May 17th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: Spain | USA
Runtime: 96 min
Languages: English | Catalan | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: Life is the ultimate work of art
Cast: Rebecca Hall … Vicky
Scarlett Johansson … Cristina
Chris Messina … Doug
Patricia Clarkson … Judy Nash
Christopher Evan Welch … Narrator (voice)
Kevin Dunn … Mark Nash
Julio Perillán … Charles
Juan Quesada … Guitarist in Barcelona
Richard Salom … Art Gallery Guest #1
Maurice Sonnenberg … Art Gallery Guest #2
Javier Bardem … Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Manel Barceló … Doctor
Josep Maria Domènech … Julio Josep
Emilio de Benito … Guitarist in Asturias
Jaume Montané … Juan Antonio's Friend #1
Plot: Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 19 wins & 28 nominations
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May 17th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: Japan | Netherlands | Hong Kong
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: Japanese
Director:
Tagline: Every family has its secrets. [USA release]
Writers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (screenplay) Max Mannix (writer)
Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa … Ryûhei Sasaki
Kyôko Koizumi … Megumi Sasaki
Yû Koyanagi … Takashi Sasaki
Inowaki Kai … Kenji Sasaki
Haruka Igawa … Kaneko-san
Kanji Tsuda … Kurosu
Kazuya Kojima … Kobayashi-san
Kôji Yakusho … Dorobô rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Gray … Amerika no ashigaru
Plot: An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Awards: 9 wins & 1 nomination
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May 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: France
Runtime: France:150 min | USA:150 min | Argentina:150 min
Languages: French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Arnaud Desplechin (scenario and dialogue) & Emmanuel Bourdieu (scenario and dialogue)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve … Junon
Jean-Paul Roussillon … Abel, Junon's husband
Anne Consigny … Elizabeth their oldest child
Mathieu Amalric … Henri their middle child
Melvil Poupaud … Ivan their youngest child
Hippolyte Girardot … Claude – Elizabeth's husband
Emmanuelle Devos … Faunia, Henri's lover
Chiara Mastroianni … Sylvia – Ivan's wife
Laurent Capelluto … Simon – Junon's nephew – the painter cousin
Emile Berling … Paull, Elizabeth and Claude's son
Thomas Obled … Basile, Ivan and Sylvia's son
Clément Obled … Baptiste, Ivan and Sylvia's son
Françoise Bertin … Rosaimée, Abel's mother's girlfriend
Samir Guesmi … Spatafora, the family friend at Roubaix
Azize Kabouche … Doctor Zraïdi, the oncologist
Plot: The Vuillard family is no stranger to physical/mental illness, loss, and banishment. But when the matriarch becomes in need of a transplant, the whole family is forced to come together, emotional baggage and all, just in time for Christmas. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 14 nominations
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May 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | Norse, Old
Director:
Tagline: It destroyed his world. He won't let it destroy ours.
Cast: James Caviezel … Kainan
Sophia Myles … Freya
Jack Huston … Wulfric
John Hurt … Rothgar
Cliff Saunders … Boromir
Patrick Stevenson … Unferth
Aidan Devine … Einar
Ron Perlman … Gunnar
Bailey Maughan … Erick
John Nelles … Donal (as John E. Nelles)
James Preston Rogers … Bjorn (as James Rogers)
Scott Owen … Aethril
Petra Prazak … Mara
Owen Pattison … Galen, son of Kainen
Matt Cooke … Captain
Plot: During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry.
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May 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: Italy
Runtime: 137 min
Languages: Italian | Mandarin | French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Roberto Saviano (book) Maurizio Braucci (screenplay) …
Cast: Toni Servillo … Franco
Gianfelice Imparato … Don Ciro
Maria Nazionale … Maria
Salvatore Cantalupo … Pasquale
Gigio Morra … Iavarone
Salvatore Abruzzese … Totò
Marco Macor … Marco
Ciro Petrone … Ciro
Carmine Paternoster … Roberto rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Aiello … Famel
Angelo Aliberti … Man in quarry
Vincenzo Altamura … Gaetano (as Gaetano Altamura)
Antonio Amato … Totò's friend
Dora Angelone … Maria's friend
Denis Bajrami … Kid driving truck
Antonio Bastelli … Totò's friend
Vincenzo Bombolo … Bombolone
Leonardo Caforio … Gigante
Rosaria Capuozzo … Cashier
Luigi Caputo … Luigi
Domenico Caruso … Totò's friend
Salvatore Caruso … Quarry director
Vincenzo Caso … Enzo
Enza Castaldo … Farmer's daughter
Italo Celoro … Farmer
Fortunato Cerlino … Farmer's son
Lucia Cerullo … Woman in solarium
Giuseppina Cervizzi … Girl
Roberto Comacchio … Trucker
Fabio Corvietto … Totò's friend
Adolfo Crisato … Killer at the beach
Ettore Cuocolo … Book-keeper
Antonio D'Angelo … Baron
Marcello D'Angelo … Gang member
Maria De Fortis Nadi … Serena
Carlo Del Sorbo … Don Carlo
Claudio De Lucia … Tout
Gaetano di Tota … Totò's friend
Vincenzo Fabricino … Pitbull
Massimo Emilio Gobbi … Enterpreneur
Rosa Granato … Girl
Armando Irace … Killer
Gianni Jasar … Kid driving truck
Anna Liparulo … Girl
Guoquine Long … Long (as Long Guoqine)
Salvatore Lorino … Wounded trucker
Manuela Lo Sicco … Moglie di Pasquale
Santolo Matrone … Gang member
Bjaran Memed … Kid driving truck
Costantino Migliaccio … Gang member
Andrea Mincione … Ex-serviceman
Tetik Nesim … Kid driving truck
Francesco Paesano … O'Chiatto
Francesco Pirozzi … Michele
Gabriele Rainone … Policeman
Italo Renda … Italo
Antonietta Restelli … Girl
Salvatore Ruocco … Boxer
Salvatore Russo … O'Lungo
Vittorio Russo … Vittorio
Simone Sacchettino … Simone
Alfonso Santagata … Dante Serini
Anna Sarnelli … Totò's mother
Antonio Spina … O'Zi Bi
Marco Stanchi … Killer
Salvatore Striano … Scissionista
Addolorata Tenizio … Widow
Bernardino Terracciano … Bernardino
Giuseppe Terracciano … Killer at the beach
Tommy Terracciano … Night club cashier (as Giuseppe Terraciano)
Salvatore Troie … Cashier
Giovanni Venosa … Giovanni
Emanuela Villagrossi … Northern enterpreneur
Ibrahim Yacoubou … Captain
Ronghua Zhang … Xian (as Zhang Ronghua)
Linhe Zheng … Interpreter
Riccardo Zinna … Enterpreneur
Plot: An inside look at Italy’s modern-day crime families.
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 20 wins & 15 nominations
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May 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director: Mark Osborne
John Stevenson
Tagline: Prepare for awesomeness.
Writers: Jonathan Aibel (screenplay) & Glenn Berger (screenplay) …
Cast: Jack Black … Po (voice)
Dustin Hoffman … Shifu (voice)
Angelina Jolie … Tigress (voice)
Ian McShane … Tai Lung (voice)
Jackie Chan … Monkey (voice)
Seth Rogen … Mantis (voice)
Lucy Liu … Viper (voice)
David Cross … Crane (voice)
Randall Duk Kim … Oogway (voice)
James Hong … Mr. Ping (voice)
Dan Fogler … Zeng (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan … Commander Vachir (voice)
Wayne Knight … Gang Boss (voice)
Kyle Gass … KG Shaw (voice)
JR Reed … JR Shaw (voice)
Plot: In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 20 nominations
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May 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Biography, Drama, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: Israel | Germany | France | USA | Finland | Switzerland | Belgium | Australia
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: Hebrew | German | English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai … Himself (voice)
Ronny Dayag … Himself (voice)
Ari Folman … Himself (voice)
Dror Harazi … Himself (voice)
Yehezkel Lazarov … Carmi Cna'an (voice)
Mickey Leon … Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
Ori Sivan … Himself (voice)
Zahava Solomon … Herself (voice)
Plot: An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 23 wins & 23 nominations
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