Adam 2009  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Max Mayer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker, Haviland Morris, Adam LeFevre, Mike Hodge, Peter O'Hara, John Rothman, Susan Porro, Maddie Corman, Terry Walters, Jeff Hiller
Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne) moves into her Manhattan apartment and soon meets her new neighbor, Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy). Adam, who suffers from Aspberger's Syndrome, lacks communication skills and is often embarrassed, but Beth is intrigued by Adam. They form a friendship despite concerns of Beth's mother Rebecca (Amy Irving), and, as their friendship deepens, Beth pulls Adam into the outside world.
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The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina 2002 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Adventure
Director: Glenn Chaika
Cast: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alexandra Boyd, Peter Gallagher, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Guillaume, Bebe Neuwirth, Esai Morales, Michael Chiklis, Yvette Freeman, Jon Stewart, Jane Leeves, John Patrick White, Emma Samms
The Grimm brothers meet Hans Christian Anderson. Tiny Tom (voice of Elijah Wood) and just-as-tiny Thumbelina (voice of Jennifer Love Hewitt) live in a tiny community. The adventure begins after full-size humans kidnap Thumbelina to be the star in a circus sideshow. But, after she frees herself, events deteriorate as the mean Mole King intends on making her his bride. Tom and Thumbelina shall overcome, with the help of tiny forest creatures. A fun adventure ride for the younger crowd. From Disney with lots of songs.
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 American Beauty 1999  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Barry Del Sherman, Amber Smith, Joel McCrary, Erin Cathryn Strubbe, Matthew Kimbrough
Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) have grown apart over their years of marriage when Lester falls head-over-heels for their daughter Jane's (Thora Birch) best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Carolyn, meanwhile, begins an affair with successful realtor Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher), and Jane becomes chummy with her neighbor, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley). Their tangled lives all come together one stormy night amidst bizarre misunderstandings. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, five of which captured Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Spacey), and Director. Other nominations included Bening for Best Actress.
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Cafe Society 1995  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raymond DeFelitta
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frank Whaley, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer, Anna Levine, Christopher Murney, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Richard B. Shull, David Patrick Kelly
Mickey Jelke (Frank Whaley) is heir to the oleo fortune. When his parents cut him off financially, he talks his girlfriend into performing acts of prostitution so they can collect enough cash to marry. Justice prevails, and Mickey Jelke gets his due when she testifies against him, and he pays the consequences.
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 1988  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher, Michael Murphy, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel Jenkins, Danny Darst, Ken Michels, Matt Malloy, David Miller, Kenneth V. Jones, Matt Smith, L.W. Wyman, Brian Haley
Based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this is a very well-produced, made-for-TV film about the compulsive Captain Queeg (Brad Davis) whose crew mutinies and takes over their minesweeper. Lt. Steve Maryk (Jeff Daniels) led the mutiny because a deadly storm was brewing, and Maryk felt that Capt. Queeg was losing his sanity. The act leads to a court martial. Defense attorney Lt. Barney Greenwald (Eric Bogosian) calls Queeg to testify for the defense–knowing that the only way to win the case is to prove that Capt. Queeg really was incompetent. A compelling story.
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 Center Stage 2000  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Shakiem Evans, Donna Murphy, Debra Monk, Ilia Kulik, Julie Kent, Victor Anthony, Elizabeth Hubbard, Eion Baley, Christine Dunham
Twelve young dancers compete for the prize of acceptance into the prestigious American Ballet Company. Jody (Amanda Schull), Eva (Zoe Saldana), Maureen (Susan May Pratt), and Erik (Shakiem Evans) are among the hopefuls in this story that provides an inside look at the world of dance that is enlightening.
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Cupid & Cate 2000 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brent Shields
Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Gallagher, Philip Bosco, Joanna Going, Rebecca Luker, Brenda Fricker, David Lansbury, Robinne Lee, E. Katherine Kerr
Cate (Mary-Louise Parker), the product of a dysfunctional family, runs a small vintage clothing boutique. She has a boyfriend, but the relationship doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Then along comes Harry (Peter Gallagher), and Cate is sure that she has found her man. But, when Harry is diagnosed with cancer, Cate must make a decision in this made-for-TV ("Hallmark Hall of Fame") film.
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Dreamchild 1985 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gavin Miller
Cast: Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Caris Corfman, Nicola Cowper, Jane Asher, Amelia Shankley, Imogen Boorman, Shane Rimmer
This story is about Alice Liddell, a fictional name for the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and what happens to her 70 years after the book was published. She goes to America accompanied by a young girl who falls in love with a reporter. Alice opposes their relationship and we share in her fantasies, which counterpoint the realistic flashbacks about Alice and Carroll.
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Fallen Angels, Volume 1 1993 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Cruise
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Alan Rickman, Diane Lane, James Woods, Tim Matheson, Peter Gallagher, Gary Busey
This is the first part of a two-part anthology series based on 1940s literature. All three stories are set in Los Angeles during the World War II era of tough, hard-living characters. In this part of the series, Tom Cruise makes his directorial debut in "The Fighting Frammis." Other stories are "Since I Don't Have You" and "Murder Obliquely."
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High Spirits 1988 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Ray McAnally, Donal McCann, Connie Booth, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith, Tom Hickey, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr
Needing money to maintain his family's Irish castle, Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) rents rooms and advertises that the castle is haunted. He even goes so far as to provide "ghosts." Of course, it turns out that the castle really is haunted, and American tourists, including Jack and Sharon (Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), arrive for a visit. The fun really begins when Jack and Sharon become romantically interested in the real ghosts Mary and Martin (Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson).
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 The House on Haunted Hill 1999  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher, Chris Kattan, Max Perlich, Jeffrey Combs, Janet Tracy Keijser, Peter Graves, James Marsters, Dick Beebe, Slavitza Jovan, Lisa Loeb
Eccentric millionaire Stephen H. Price (Geoffrey Rush) plans a birthday party for his wife Evelyn (Famke Janssen) and offers $1,000,000 to any guest who can stay in a haunted house for one entire night. Once everyone arrives, they realize that they are locked inside. The house was once a mental institution, and it appears that its reputation of being haunted just might be true.
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 How to Deal 2003 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clare Kilner
Cast: Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford, Alexandra Holden, Dylan Baker, Peter Gallagher, Nina Foch, Mackenzie Astin, Connie Ray, Mary Catherine Garrison, Sonja Smits, Laura Catalano
After her dad (Peter Gallagher) walks out on her mom (Allison Janney), Halley (Mandy Moore) begins to suspect that love is not all she had once believed it to be. Even as she begins to fall for a new guy, Macon (Trent Ford), her doubts continue.
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The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, Bruce Campbell, John Mahoney, Peter Gallagher, Steve Buscemi, Jon Polito, Joe Grifasi
In a ploy to drive down company stock prices, Mussberger (Paul Newman) plucks Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) from the mailroom and installs him in the presidential suite. Instead of losing business, Barnes proves himself adept in his new position, and stock prices rise. Different (what else would you expect from the Coen brothers?), 1950s look at big business out of control.
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The Idolmaker 1980  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, John Aprea, Richard Bright, Olympia Dukakis, Joe Pantoliano
Loosely based on promoter Bob Marucci's life (he discovered Fabian and Frankie Avalon), the "Idolmaker" turns singers into rock stars in this entertaining film. 1 User Review
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| | Guy with marketing savvy brings 2 young men to the limelight | Sylver 03/02/2009 | | I own this movie and watch it a couple times each year for good acting, good music, and a lot of fun. Ray Sharkey is at his best, and all the cast is great. |
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Jesus Christ Superstar 2000 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gale Edwards, Nick Morris
Cast: Jerome Pradon, Glenn Carter, Renee Castle, Rik Mayall, Fred Johanson, Frederick B. Owens, Michael Shaeffer, Tony Vincent, Cavin Corwall, Peter Gallagher
This remake of Andrew Lloyd Webber's play is highly dramatic, overly so at times, and has been "updated" by the British stage production, which was filmed before its New York City run. Elaborate sets and some good voices–especially Jerome Pradon, who plays the lead role of Judas.
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Johnny Skidmarks 1998 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Raffo
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, John Kapelos, Jack Black, Geoffrey Lower, Charlie Spradling, Lee Arenberg, David Doty, Michael Beach
Johnny Scardino (Peter Gallagher) is a police crime photographer by day; at night he gets pictures of illicit lovers in a motel room for later blackmailing. Then the bodies of his cohorts in the blackmail scheme start turning up–and it's not a pretty sight. Johnny is soon the only one left, and nobody can be trusted.
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 Malice 1993 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Peter Gallagher, Josef Sommer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobin Bell
This film is about a college town, rapes, and the arrival of a surgeon (Alec Baldwin). He moves into the dean's home and, as events unfold, the surgeon becomes suspect.
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The Man Who Knew Too Little 1997 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Bill Murray, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson, Geraldine James, John Standing, Anna Chancellor, Nicholas Woodeson, Simon Chandler
Wallace Ritchie (Bill Murray) travels to London to visit his brother James (Peter Gallagher) and is given a ticket to an audience participation game, "Theater of Life." He is then mistaken for someone else and ends up at the center of an espionage plot.
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Mother's Boys 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher, Vanessa Redgrave, Luke Edwards, Colin Ward, Joey Zimmerman, Joss Ackland, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, John C. McGinley
What would make a woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) leave her husband (Peter Gallagher) and three sons? Even more interesting, what would make that same woman return a few years later and try to get back into the family fold? Weak.
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Mr. Deeds 2002 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Jared Harris, Peter Gallagher, Allen Covert, Roark Critchlow, Peter Dante, Conchata Ferrell, Gideon Jacobs, Erick Avari, Harve Presnell, Blake Clark, J.B. Smoove
After small-town pizza shop owner Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) inherits a $40 billion media conglomerate, he heads for New York to do business. Once there, he finds himself the object of prey by greedy stockholders and becomes the subject for tabloid journalists–especially Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) who poses as a school nurse to obtain information that will give her the scoop on Deeds. But, in the process, Babe ends up falling in love with Deeds who is equally smitten with her. This is an updated version of Frank Capra's award-winning 1936 classic, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Andrew McCarthy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Keith Carradine, Sam Robards, Martha Plimpton, David Gow
This is a biography of Dorothy Parker's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) life and wit revolving around the Algonquin Round Table where she and other writers met for lunch during the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Murder of Mary Phagan 1988 TV, 250 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Hale
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Peter Gallagher, Richard Jordan, Paul Dooley, Charles S. Dutton, Kevin Spacey, Robert Prosky, Kathryn Walker, Rebecca Miller, William H. Macy, Wendy J. Cooke
This made-for-TV movie is about a real-life, controversial legal case. In 1913, when a Jew, Leo Frank, was convicted of murder, Governor John M. Slaton ignored dangers to his career as he looked into the case to obtain the truth from questionable evidence.
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My Little Girl 1986 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Connie Kaiserman
Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Pamela Payton-Wright, Anne Meara, Peter Gallagher, Jordan Charney, Traci Lind, George Newbern, Erika Alexander
A wealthy young girl decides to do something worthwhile during summer vacation. Her decision leads her to a home for run-away girls where she learns as much as she helps.
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Perfume 2001 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Rymer
Cast: Paul Sorvino, Sonia Braga, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Rita Wilson, Leslie Mann, Jeff Goldblum, Omar Epps, Mariel Hemingway, Michelle Williams
Icons of the fashion world get together for a show. The film uses this as a backdrop for, basically, cameo appearances by various stars who have been told to improvise. And improvise they do, but without guidelines, it would seem. This experiment will fail to interest most moviegoers.
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter, Steven Brill, Alexandra Root, Earl T. Taylor, David Foil
Impotency and illicit affairs are dealt with in this movie about a married couple, John (Peter Gallagher) and Ann (Andie MacDowell), and Ann's sister Cynthia (Laura San Ciacomo) who is John's lover. Graham Dalton (James Spader) is an old college friend of John who comes to visit, and he videotapes interviews with Ann and Cynthia about their sexual fantasies. Complicated and intriguing at the same time, this film has been directed with sensitivity as the story reveals secrets through which lives change.
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Summer Lovers 1982 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen, Barbara Rush, Carole Cook, Hans van Tongeren, Lydia Lenossi, Vladimiros Kiriakos, Carlos Rodriguez Ramos, Rika Dialina
Backed by a sound track blasting out loud rock music, this menage a trois does not add up to quality filmmaking, even if it does take place on a Greek isle.
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 Titanic 1996 TV, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: George C. Scott, Peter Gallagher, Tim Curry, Roger Rees, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Marilu Henner, Eva Marie Saint, Harley Jane Kozak, Kevin McNulty, Scott Hylands
George C. Scott takes on the role of Captain Smith in this TV version of the 1912 sinking of the famous ocean liner, Titanic. Too many tedious romantic scenes finally give way to improved drama as Smith tries to save his doomed ship. (In the end, Smith could not save the ship, and Scott could not save the film.)
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To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday 1996 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Wendy Crewson, Bruce Altman, Kathy Baker, Freddie Prinze Jr., Laurie Fortier, Rachel Seidman-Lockamy, Loriele New
Based on Michael Brady's play, this story takes place during one weekend on Nantucket–exactly two years after Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer) was killed in a boating accident. Relatives come to visit Gillian's widower, David (Peter Gallagher), and daughter Rachel (Claire Danes) in an attempt to pull David out of the grief that he has experienced since the trauma.
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The Underneath 1995 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Paul Dooley, Elisabeth Shue, Anjanette Comer, Joe Don Baker, Shelley Duvall, Dennis Hill, Harry Goaz, Mark Feltch
Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) returns to his hometown of Austin, Texas, and runs into his love from the past, Rachel (Alison Elliott). It turns out that Rachel is only one of his obsessions. Through a series of flashbacks, the depth of Michael's addictive personality is revealed.
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 While You Were Sleeping 1995 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Jack Warden, Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns, Micole Mercurio, Jason Bernard, Monica Keena, Ally Walker
Lucy (Sandra Bullock) is a shy Chicago Transit Authority token booth clerk who saves her idol Peter (Peter Gallagher) after he is mugged at her station. At the hospital, she is mistaken for his fiancee and decides to go along with the ruse. Problems develop when she becomes involved with the comatose Peter's brother, Jack.
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White Mile 1994 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Alan Alda, Peter Gallagher, Robert Loggia, Bruce Altman, Fionnula Flanagan, Jack Gilpin, Dakin Matthews, Don McManus, Ken Jenkins, Robert Picardo, Max Wright, Tim Choate
After advertising executive Dan Cutler (Alan Alda) arranges a white-water rafting trip for his employees and friends, what starts out as a bonding experience turns deadly when the raft capsizes and some of the boaters are killed. A court battle ensues, brought about by a widow of one of the victims. Based on a true story.
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| 1. Adam (2009)
2. The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002)
3. American Beauty (1999)
4. Cafe Society (1995)
5. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
6. Center Stage (2000)
7. Cupid & Cate (2000)
8. Dreamchild (1985)
9. Fallen Angels, Volume 1 (1993)
10. Fallen Angels, Volume 2 (1993)
11. High Spirits (1988)
12. The House on Haunted Hill (1999)
13. How to Deal (2003)
14. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
15. The Idolmaker (1980)
16. Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
17. Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
18. Last Dance (1996)
19. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
20. Malice (1993)
21. The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
22. Mother's Boys (1993)
23. Mr. Deeds (2002)
24. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
25. The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
26. My Little Girl (1986)
27. Perfume (2001)
28. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
29. Summer Lovers (1982)
30. Titanic (1996)
31. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
32. The Underneath (1995)
33. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
34. White Mile (1994)
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