tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281651612011-12-14T21:56:30.256-05:00Rich Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04883386588727303782noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165161.post-22447665476713519842007-07-10T23:30:00.000-04:002007-07-10T23:59:35.425-04:00

One of my all time favorite movies is the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker disaster spoof Airplane!. If you by chance haven't seen the film, there's no real way to describe the film's offbeat, random, out-of-left field sense of humor. It's something you'll just have to experience for yourself.I first saw the movie sometime in the early 1980s, at my friend's house on HBO. It was a comic revelation to us and

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It's been a question that seems to have been on Disney fans' lips since the first DVD players rolled off the assembly lines and into retail outlets over 10 years ago- “When is Disney going to release Song Of The South on DVD?”Well, it looks like they just might have an answer soon enough.Over at the eponymous JimHillMedia.com, Jim Hill addresses just such a possibility in his weekly “Why For?”

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The folks over at DoubleViking.com, a sort of on-line variation of magazines like Maxim, have published an article announcing something that I've known for the past 23 years-Real Men Love The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!To be sure, some of the reasons the writer gives are a bit tongue in cheek. But he is correct in stating "If you haven’t watched it, then you are

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With all the hype surrounding the live action adaptation of the popular Transformers 1980s cartoon sure to make the film a hit at least over its opening weekend, it’s not surprising that we’re starting to hear rumblings and announcements for similar big-budget projects.G. I. JoeCinematical is reporting that, after years of wallowing in development hell, Paramount is putting their adaptation of

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Since its January premier at the Slamdance Film Festival, the documentary The King Of Kong and its inside look at competitive video gaming and one man's quest to break the world's record for classic Donkey Kong arcade game has been generating positive reviews as it continued across the spring festival circuit in advance of its August 17 limimted theatrical release. (My own review can be found

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I wasn’t even sure I wanted to write about the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars for today. There has already been enough ink spilt and bandwidth burnt about the franchise recently that I don’t think there’s much, if anything, I can add. Still…I was eight years old the summer of 1977 when Star Wars came out. I still remember how my friend Todd, who was the first among us to see the

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FameAlthough it hasn’t been announced officially, Film Jerk reported on Friday that Andy Fickman has been selected to helm MGM’s remake of Fame, which we previously reported about here. As Fickman has already directed such family friendly films as the Amanda Bynes comedy She’s The Man and the Disney football flick The Game Plan with Dwayne Johnson, it gives one pause to wonder if the studio is

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OK, now that everyone's seen Spider-Man 3, there's plenty of new films opening this weekend at your local cinema.28 Weeks Later Delta Farce The Ex Gerogia Rule

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AintItCoolNews has an interesting news report/editorial on some recent changes that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made to the rules regarding the eligibility of documentary films for possible Academy Award consideration.Among the new rules include stipulations that feature-length documentaries must now screen for at least seven days in 14 markets across ten states as well

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Movies that look back to the 1980s or glimpse the future are just a portion of what's in store for this weekend at your local cinema.Kickin' It Old SkoolNextThe CondemnedJindabyne

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I've already talked about my love for the 1980 Flash Gordon.Well, earlier today, Universal has announced that a new DVD release of the movie will be hitting store shelves on August 7. Titled "Saviour Of The Universe Edition" (though I have no idea why they went with the British spelling), no details have been announced as to what this edition will contain. We do, however, know that the cover will

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Thrillers, both comedic and dramatic, head up this week's releases.Hot Fuzz Fracture Vacancy Stephanie Daley The Tripper

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Lot’s of remakes being announced by the studios over the last week or so. Here’s a rundown of what cinematic new retreads are coming our way.FameMGM has announced that they will be revisiting the New York Academy of Performing Arts with a remake of Alan Parker’s 1980 musical Fame. Set at the real world school for young entertainment industry hopefuls, the original film starred Irene Cara and

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Thrillers, historical action-adventure, personal voyages of discovery and a talking meatball are your new choices at the local cineplex this weekend. Or you could go see Grindhouse.DisturbiaPathfinderYear Of The DogPerfect StrangerAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters

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Regular updates have slowed down a bit as I have been at the Philadelphia Film Festival for the past week. Look for coverage with numerous film reviews in the next few days.

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While discussing his upcoming film Hostel II with journalists at the New York ComicCon this past February, director Eli Roth talked a bit about the faux-trailer he created for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez’s up coming celebration of 1970s exploitation double features- Grindhouse.“So there was this slasher movie that my friend Jeff and I had been dreaming about,” Roth explains. “Growing

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Hollywood has always been about ballyhoo, sometimes hyping its films through outlandish promotions designed to catch a moviegoers imagination enough to get them down to the local cinema and placing their cash into the boxoffice attendant's hands. (And it still is going on today, as evidenced by New York City's upcoming Spider-Man Week, which coincides with the release of the next installment of

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Director Rachel Talalay's 1995 adaptation of the popular British comic book Tank Girl may have been raked over by critics and generally ignored by audiences during its brief theatrical run, it has managed to gather a small cult following.* Unfortunately, that following isn't enough to ensure that studio MGM would want to put the time, money and effort towards a special edition DVD release that

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Here's a look at some of the films opening this weekend-Blades Of Glory Lookout After The Wedding

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Entertainment Weekly is reporting that while director Richard Donner never really had a solid script for a sequel to his 1985 film The Goonies, he may be revisiting the story of a group of kids who go on an adventure to find fabled pirate gold to save their land developer-imperiled neighborhood in another form- as a musical! The magazine’s website is reporting that Donner states that there is an

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Pre-Saturday Night Live, the predominate comic voice in America in the 1970s was the National Lampoon magazine. It should come as no surprise that several of those responsible for the Lampoons's early success - Michael O'Donoghue, John Belushi, Chevy Chase - would be the ones who would chart SNL's early fortunes. But while some of its leading writers were striking out on their own to Not

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It’s always important for a movie to open with a scene that grips its audience, pulling them into its celluloid world for the rest of its runtime.Although not meant for general consumption, screenplays need to do the same job to whomever is reading them. A junior executive wading through dozens of scripts, hoping to find the next big blockbuster, doesn’t have time to plow through all 100-plus

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Lots of new films opening this weekend. Here's what you have to choose from-The Hill Have Eyes II The Last Mimsy Pride Reign Over Me Shooter TMNT

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We still have a little over two weeks until Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse, but that doesn't mean we still can't get some glimpses of what's in store for us.Thanks to the folks over at Yahoo, you can get to know "The Girls And Guys Of Grindhouse," courtesy of a short video hosted by Tarantino and Rodriguez. Since Yahoo doesn't offer video embedding (Get with it guys!) you'll

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Across The Universe, the 1960s set musical utilizing the songs of the Beatles, is at the center of yet the latest round in the ongoing Hollywood struggle between art and commerce.Specifically, director Julie Taymor is upset that Revolution studio chief Joe Roth has taken the film, re-edited it without her knowledge and test-screened the result last week. In a report in yesterday’s New York Times,

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Last month I told you about how Howard Stern almost starred in Barry Levinson’s film Man Of The Year. But it’s no secret that actors are linked to films that they never actually appear in. Often, the actor and the production have parted ways before the cameras start rolling. George Raft made a career out of rejecting roles that would make Humphrey Bogart a star. Other times, it’s discovered early

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Daydreams of infidelity and impending disaster dominate the two major studio realeases this weekend while the indie studios give us tales of love in London and tribal conquest in 18th-century Kazakhstan.I Think I Love My Wife Premonition Dead Silence Caffeine Nomad

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The Hollywood Reporter has posted a story today where the Motion Picture Assocation of America's Classification And Ratings Admission has announced a change of wording that will accompany the "R" rating certificate on future movies receiving the rating.Previously, the wording accompanying the rating went "Children under 17 not admitted without parent."Going forward, the new advisory will read "

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This past weekend’s $70 million box office gross for the historical action/drama 300 surprised and surpassed nearly everyone’s expectations*, making its director, Zack Snyder, Hollywood’s Golden Boy of the moment. And that’s good news for those comic book fans who have been waiting for a big screen adaptation of the seminal classic graphic novel Watchmen. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons,

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Local cineplexs are being invaded by gladiators, mutated river monsters and credit card companies this weekend. Here's some trailers to help you decide what to look at while you munch your popcorn.300 The Host Maxed Out

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Recent walks through various local chain stores have led me to wonder if I wasn’t seeing quite the variety of DVD titles that I’ve been used to seeing. More and more shelf space seemed to have been taken up with multiple copies of the most popular current releases while older catalog titles, more obscure titles and anything released longer than six months previously were becoming a rapidly

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Over at the fantastic Cartoon Brew, animation historian Jerry Beck has posted scans of a Look magazine article from Januray 1937 which illustrates, through stills and art work provided producer Leon Schlesinger’s artists at Warner’s Termite Terrace, things that the administrators of the Production Code at the Hays Office were keen on keeping out of cartoons in the 1930s.You can read the article

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In a quandry what to see at your local cineplex this weekend?Take a gander at these trailers to see what your choices are-Black Snake Moan Wild Hogs Zodiac

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ScannersDavid Cronenberg’s 1981 science-fiction/horror film Scanners is set to be remade under the direction of Darren Lynn Bousman, helmer of Saw II (2005) and III (2006) as well as the upcoming Saw IV (later this year). David Goyer is set to rewrite Cronenberg’s tale of telepaths who are used as weapons by an evil corporation. (Source- Variety)Weekend At Bernie’sMoviehole is reporting that a

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As I mentioned earlier this week, this past weekend's 2nd annual New York Comic Con was a gathering for more than just comic book fans. There's plenty to see and do for gaming fans and movie buffs with numerous signings, panels and screenings on the conventions schedule.Sure, there's stuff for journalists like roundtables featuring the likes of director Eli Roth. (More on Roth's discussion with

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We have a pair of offerings of movie trailers into today's inaugural edition of Trailer Park for you to feast your eyes upon today.First up is the new 30-second TV spot for Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer. There’s a few new moments from the film not seen in the previous trailer including our first, albeit quick, look at the Fantastic Four’s classic mode of transportation- the

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They may call it a comic book convention, but that is really an understatement.This year’s New York ComicCon (NYCC), which is concluding today, is just one of the numerous major similar events held around the country every year that realizes that comic books and their fans do not exist in their own isolated continuum. Instead comic fans interests lie across numerous related fields and comic books

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While it is supposed to officially debut tomorrow simultaneously on television during CW's WWE Friday Night Smackdown! and the Sci-FI Channel's Special Unit 2 and in theatres running in front of screenings of Ghost Rider, Yahoo has let slip the new trailer for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse out a little early.You can view it on Yahoo here.

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Sometimes I anticipate films for what I'm sure others would think are odd reasons.Case in point: director Julie Tambor's Across The Universe, due out next year.I know Beatles fans who are anxious to see how a movie musical could be put together using the using the vast catalog of Lennon/McCartney tunes available. A friend of mine who has enjoyed Tambor's two previous films, Titus (1999) and Frida

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Well, I guess I can die then…The Houston Chronicle’s tech writer, Dwight Silverman, has posted on his blog a list of 15 films he considers essential film geek watching. Not surprisingly, I’ve seen all films on the list.I’d also have to say that I’m not that impressed with his choices overall. Sure, I’ve enjoyed every film named to one degree or another and 12 of the titles sit on my DVD shelf at

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Yesterday, while discussing the movie offers he has received over the years in the wake of his 1997 autobiographical Private Parts, talk radio icon Howard Stern mentioned that he was in talks with director Barry Levinson to star in last year’s political satire Man Of The Year, with Stern in the lead role that was eventually taken by Robin Williams as a political satirist who runs for the

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One of the upcoming spring films I have been looking forward to the most is the Korean horror import The Host. With its simple yet arresting poster image of a tentacle pulling a young girl through the air, the film promises an interesting genre-blending of classic monster movie thrills and perhaps more modern day horror film chills. The film is already a blockbuster hit in its home country of

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If you're a fan of director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) like I am, you're probably excited that his new film Sunshine, a science-fiction actioner about a spaceship crew tasked with restarting the failing sun.To whet your appetite, here's the film's trailer courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures- Embed This Video Visit Fox Searchlight

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When the Writers Guild announced the nominees for their annual awards, I’m sure more than a couple of people who actually bothered to read the nomination list were probably shocked to see Sacha Baron Cohen’s genius comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhsta (see FilmBuffOnLine review here) to be named as a contender for Best Adapted Screenplay.Most

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If there’s one movie coming this summer that has me excited, it’s Grindhouse- the faux- exploitation double feature from directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Both short films – Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof – sound like pure turgid cinematic pulp, the kind that both directors have acknowledged as influences on their work. And to further replicate the

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While George Lucas may have some skill at constructing classic storylines (with the appropriate thanks to Joseph Campbell), most people would agree that his dialogue writing is not as honed. It was Harrison Ford who once told the writer/producer/director "You can type this shit, but you don't have to say it."Well, if there's ever any demonstration that proves where lucas' strength lies, it's in

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According to a report last week in Variety, the latest James Bond film Casino Royale (see our review here) has grossed over $448 million worldwide at the box office, making it the top grossing Bond film of all time.While this is certainly a validation for the new approach that the producers of the franchise have adopted following the casting of Daniel Craig in the role of the British super spy,

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Happy holidays!I’d like to take a few moments to thank everyone who has stopped by the site this past year. Every month our traffic numbers have gone up and I take that as an indication that we’re doing something right.Hopefully, we’re going to keep on doing something right in to 2007, as we have some great interviews, features, reviews and more lined up to begin debuting shortly after New Years.

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Warner Brothers have announced a disc replacement program for the defective discs in their new Superman Ultimate Collectors Edition which we mentioned yesterday.Here's a statement from Warners Home Video via The Digital Bits-Bonus content was omitted from the Superman III Deluxe Edition in the 14-disc Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. Furthermore, disc one of Superman: The Movie Four Disc

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Fans of the Superman films who are looking to run out to their favorite DVD retailer tomorrow to pick up Warner Brothers’ “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” box set may want to wait a few days.Sure, the 14-disc is loaded to the gills with everything any fan could want- special editions of all four films starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, the new alternate Richard Donner cut of Superman

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Late yesterday afternoon, in the wake of the announcement of his passing, Robert Altman's production company Sandcastle 5 Productions sent out a press release with statements from the many actors and film professionals who worked with him over the years.“I was friends with Bob for 20 years before we worked together on GOSFORD PARK. It was then that I experienced the real magic of Robert Altman.

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Although I'm no great fan of the more recent spate of extreme horror films, I have to admit that the idea behind this coming weekend's After Dark Horror Fest is one that seems so obvious that it should have been done by now. After Dark Films, in association with Lionsgate and Freestyle, has gathered nine horror flicks that would probably have headed straight to videostore shelves - with only a

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There are many films out there that have probably been unfairly lambasted by either critics or the passage of time. For me, one of those films is the 1980 Dino De Laurentiis produced comic-strip adaptation Flash Gordon. A garish collision of primary colors, art deco design and good old-fashioned cliffhanger adventure, Flash Gordon is a movie that never made any pretense at wanting to do anything

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Sacha Baron Cohen’s comic creation Borat, the Kazakhstani reporter with a penchant for asking inappropriate questions, has not only attracted enough people to theaters this past weekend to make Borat: Cultural Learnings On America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan the number one picture at the box office, but to set people talking about which scenes were improvised in the film and

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Wondering if you're living near one of the 168 or so theaters screening the new 3-D version of Time Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas? Find out below!UNITED STATESALABAMABirmingham: Carmike Summit 16Hoover: Rave Patton Creek 15Montgomery: Rave Festival Plaza 16Orange Beach: Rave Wharf 15ARIZONAMesa: Cinemark Mesa 16Peoria: Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18Tempe: Harkins Arizona Mills

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Back during Hollywood’s Golden Age, studios regularly raided the boards of Broadway for source material for their films. However, with the recent success Mel Brooks had in bringing his hit 1968 comedy The Producers to the Great White Way, the flow has seemingly reversed and Broadway producers are mining recognizable Hollywood hits for stage adaptations. A walk through midtown Manhattan’s theatre

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While Gilliam spent a majority of his Question and Answer session at Manhattan’s Film Forum discussing Time Bandits (as detailed here), he did touch upon a few other topics worth sharing.On the future of motion pictures: At the moment, everybody is very confused about where the business is going with DVDs and the Web. I still think there will always be that big pot of money and it is in the hands

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If you happened to catch the new documentary Al Franken: God Spoke at last spring’s Tribecca Film Fest, than you are among the privileged few who got to see a slightly different cut of the film with an extra scene in which the film’s subject, political satirist Al Franken, gets the better of conservative pundit Ann Coulter in a 2004 debate. Apparently, Coulter has refused to sign a release for

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This past weekend director Mike Judge’s long awaited follow-up to his hit comedy Office Space (1999), Idiocracy, finally appeared in theatres, though one would be hard pressed to know it.The film stars Luke Wilson as an army private who is cryogenically frozen and then thawed out in the year 2505 to find that the future isn’t so bright as it is dumb. It seems that over five centuries the stupid

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Although the upcoming film The Black Dahlia is being touted as based on the novel by James Ellroy, the writer of LA Confidential, Ellroy actually based his book on the 1947 Los Angeles murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short. The book supplies fictional closure to a murder that remains unsolved to this day. The case was a headline generator for months after the discovery of the aspiring

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Dean Wormer?- Dead!Neidermeyer?- Dead!Entertainment Weekly?- Dead!Dead to me at least.So glossy press release reprint source Entertainment Weekly has published a list of their 25 favorite online entertainment sites. And in between the glowing ego-strokes for the Youtubes and Defamers and Newsaramas of the cyberworld, the list has one glaring omission- no FilmBuffOnLine.You know, I bust my hump

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So… This is that “Blog” thing all the kids are talking about…Hello and welcome to the Editor’s Blog here at FilmBuffOnLine. My name is Rich and I’m your host. Those who know have heard me say (over and over, probably) that when I started FilmBuffOnLine, I wanted to avoid the cult of personality that seemed to dominate not only entertainment reporting on the internet, but virtually all reportage

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