Funny Face (1957) contains four of the original George and Ira Gershwin songs from the otherwise unrelated 1927 Broadway musical of the same name that had starred Fred Astaire. "[4]:161 Charness stated that Singin' in the Rain's references to Berkeley "marks the first time the Hollywood musical had ever been reflexive, and amused at its own extravagant non-dancing inadequacy, at that" and that Berekeley's "overhead kaleidoscope floral pattern is predominantly featured, as is the line of tap-dancing chorines, who are seen only from the knees down. They set the standard for the musical genre, placing their musical numbers either within the context of a stage performance or tacked on and gratuitous, without furthering the story or developing the characters. Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical Singin' in the Rain, released in April 1952, which has appeared on lists of the best films ever made. [2], Donen's next film was Lucky Lady (1975), starring Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman and Burt Reynolds. "[2] The film's complicated and non-linear story is about the 12-year relationship between Hepburn and Finney over the course of four separate (but interwoven) road trips that they take together throughout the years in the south of France. The film is actually two shorter films presented as an old fashioned double feature, complete with a fake movie trailer and an introduction by comedian George Burns. Il possède son étoile sur le Walk of Fame (6153 Hollywood Boulevard) depuis le 8 février 1960[19]. [3] In 1998, Film director Martin Scorsese presented Donen with the Honorary Academy Award at the 70th Academy Awards. Bob Fosse, Gower Champion and Kurt Kasznar also appear, with music by Burton Lane and Ira Gershwin. The second film is Baxter's Beauties of 1933, a tribute to the extravagant musicals of Busby Berkeley. [4]:311–312 Debbie Reynolds downplayed his contributions to Singin' in the Rain, stating that "Stanley just operated the camera, because Stanley didn't dance."[4]:182–183. "[5]:34, On the Town starred Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin as three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York whose romantic pursuits lead them to Ann Miller, Betty Garrett and Vera-Ellen. Mais c’était le premier à vendre à ses clients plus que seulement la nudité. She makes it her mission to domesticate them and, upon Milly's sarcastic suggestion, the brothers kidnap six women from a neighboring town to marry them. The boys' first names put together provided the name for Cary Grant's character in the 1963 movie Charade. Their first collaboration Cover Girl firmly established their intentions, particularly in the "Alter Ego" dance sequence. "[5]:26 Composer Saul Chaplin said that "Gene was the prime mover and Stanley an eager and talented pupil. Scorsese gave tribute to Donen speaking about his career and his impact on film before playing a montage of his work in the movies from Singin' in the Rain, and Funny Face, to On the Town and Charade. "[5]:8 Kelly stated that Donen was the only person he knew that understood how musicals could progress and better suit the film medium. "[2], Nostalgia for old Hollywood movies would be a theme of Donen's next film: Movie Movie (1978), produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment and scripted by Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller. Eventually a deal was reached that both released Donen from his MGM contract and allowed him to make his next two films at Paramount and Warner Brothers respectively. [4]:58 Donen came up with the idea for the "Alter Ego" dance sequence where Kelly's reflection jumps out of a shop window and dances with him. "[4]:172, While Kelly completed his service in the U.S. [62] He was the subject of the 2010 documentary Stanley Donen: You Just Do It. [4]:169 One of its earliest supporters was critic Pauline Kael, who said that it "is perhaps the most enjoyable of all movie musicals – just about the best Hollywood musical of all time. [65], On February 21, 2019, Donen died at age 94 from heart failure in New York City. Il tourne ensuite Attaque au Cheyenne Club (1970) avec James Stewart et Henry Fonda et Hollywood, Hollywood (1976). His film output became less frequent in the early 1980s and he briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002. La scène rejetée au départ par le studio, est finalement acceptée et reste, à ce jour, un modèle du genre. [5]:228 According to Donen "only a tiny bit of what Barry shot ended up in the finished film. Parce qu’à toutes les époques, cette grande soeur du Music-Hall illumine les périodes sombres et fait un pied de nez au climat ambiant, en dansant dans les flaques sous un parapluie, par tempête et grand vent, en attendant qu’il tourne. [4]:97 Donen's second wife was actress Marion Marshall, who had been the girlfriend and protégé of Howard Hawks and later married actor Robert Wagner. [2] David Quinlan called him "the King of the Hollywood musicals". [4]:229 Astaire plays an aging fashion photographer who discovers the intellectual bohemian Hepburn at a used bookstore in Greenwich Village and turns her into his new model while falling in love with her in Paris. Il jette très vite son … Donen's musical Give a Girl a Break (1953) stars Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion and Helen Wood as three aspiring dancers competing for the lead in a new Broadway musical. [2], Inspired by Astaire, Donen took dance lessons in Columbia[2] and performed at the local Town Theater. [4]:141[5]:55, Now established as a successful film director, Donen continued his solo career at MGM with Fearless Fagan (1952). En 1999, il est classé quinzième plus grande légende du cinéma par l'American Film Institute. And he got his money's worth out of me. Originally envisioned as a sequel to On the Town, Kelly, Dailey and Kidd play three ex-GIs who reunite 10 years after World War II and discover that none of their lives have turned out how they had expected. Dans son film suivant, Escale à Hollywood avec Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly fait encore preuve d'innovation dans la chorégraphie qu'il met en place, notamment dans la scène où il danse avec Jerry la souris en dessin animé. Film director and comedian Elaine May was his partner from 1999 until his death in 2019. It closed after four days.[4]:337–338. Because every time Stanley looked at Jeannie, he saw Betsy, whom he loved; and every time Jeannie looked at Stanley, I guess she saw me. Bergman plays a famous and reclusive actress who falls in love with the supposedly married playboy-diplomat Grant. Avec Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman Comédie musicale Bien sûr, ce n'est pas un Minnelli ou un Donen, mais Rita Hayworth, flamboyante, nous livre ses talents d'actrice comique et de danseuse, entourée d'un Gene Kelly très amoureux. 7 janv. The film was written by Julian Mitchell and Stanley Price, with an uncredited rewrite by Peter Stone. [4]:338, In 1993, Donen was preparing to produce and direct a movie musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Michael Jackson. As part of the deal to secure the Warner-owned Gershwin music he wanted for Funny Face, Donen accepted the offer[4]:229 and he and Abbott co-directed the film version. [4]:241 Sight & Sound, in contrast, accused it of being anti-intellectual. [45]:137 They separated in 1950 and divorced in 1951. "[4]:247 It was only a modest financial success,[2] but Jean-Luc Godard praised it and declared "Donen is surely the master of the movie musical. The film is loosely based on Astaire's real-life career with his sister and early dancing partner, Adele Astaire, who retired after marrying an English lord in 1932 and includes one of Astaire's best remembered dance sequences, the "You're All the World to Me" number where he appears to defy gravity by dancing first on the walls and then on the ceiling. Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe wrote the music and screenplay and filming was done on location in Tunisia. [4]:248 Donen described his working relationship with Abbott as relaxed, stating that "[Abbott would] play tennis, come watch on the set for an hour, then watch the rushes, then go home. [4]:131–132[4]:184, Donen's relationship with Gene Kelly was complicated and he often spoke bitterly about his former friend and mentor decades after they worked together. Loosely based on the life of fashion photographer Richard Avedon, who was also the visual consultant and designed the opening title sequence for the film, it was written by Leonard Gershe and included additional music by Gershe and Edens. [22], Donen made another Hitchcock-inspired film with Arabesque (1966), starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. Voir plus d'idées sur le thème actrice, style de steve mcqueen, style audrey hepburn. "[4]:146, Donen made a host of critically acclaimed and popular films. They were married from 1972 to 1985, but remained close friends after their divorce. His most important contribution to the art of film was helping to transition movie musicals from the realistic backstage settings of filmed theater to a more cinematic form that integrates film with dance. [15]:201 The reason for the release being delayed for over a year was Parks's appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee and his eventual admission of former membership of the Communist Party and his naming of others. The animation was supervised by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and is credited to the MGM animation producer Fred Quimby, but the idea for the scene was Donen's. [58] In his final years he occasionally appeared at film festivals and retrospectives[59][60][61] and continued to develop ideas for film projects. "[23] On the other hand, Time magazine called it the feeblest of all known variations on the Faust theme. [4]:269 Donen would self-produce nearly all of his films for the rest of his career, sometimes under the name "Stanley Donen Productions". [4]:336–337 In 1989 Donen was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of South Carolina. https://www.elle.fr/People/La-vie-des-people/News/acteurs-mythiques/ It received poor reviews upon release, but was re-evaluated by film critic Armond White in 2007. "[43]:107 He also complimented Donen's direction in the "Moses Supposes" number, including "certain camera techniques which Donen had by now formularized ... the dolly shot into medium shot to signify the ending of one shot and the beginning of another. The "Give a Girl a Break" dance between Reynolds and Fosse was choreographed backwards and then played in reverse to create the illusion that the two are surrounded by hundreds of balloons that instantly appear at the touch of their fingers. The effect is dizzying. Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated during their final collaboration, It's Always Fair Weather (1955). [4]:30–31 Eventually Donen was fired from Best Foot Forward,[4]:33 but in 1942 was the stage manager and assistant choreographer for Abbott's next show Beat the Band. [17] This time, MGM refused to allow the co-directors to shoot on location in New York. [4]:277–278, Grandon Productions produced Donen's next film: The Grass Is Greener, released through Universal Pictures in December 1960. Le film Dany, le chat superstar (Cats Don't Dance), de Mark Dindal, 1997, lui est dédié. Pour les autres, un frère. The film was a success both financially and critically. Dans les années 1960, son Gigot, le clochard de Belleville (1962) est un échec , mais il renoue avec le succès en réalisant Hello, Dolly ! Photo by Joel Rouse of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence; retouched by Wikipedia user nagualdesign. In this film Brynner plays an American gangster who is deported to the Greek island of Rhodes. They were married from 1990 to 1994. He replaced the original director Susan Schulman just six weeks before the show opened. And what is Donen's real standing as a director?" [2], Kelly was at the height of his fame after the release of An American in Paris (1951). Il est probablement, avec Fred Astaire, la personnalité masculine la plus marquante de la comédie musicale hollywoodienne des années 1950. French film critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon has said that Donen's contribution to the evolution of the Hollywood musical "outshines anybody else's, including Vincente Minnelli's". [45]:233–234 Donen almost quit the film,[4]:212 and his friendship with Kelly ended. A l'époque du It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture), which it won. [4]:337 Later that year Donen directed the stage musical The Red Shoes (based on the Powell and Pressburger film) at the Gershwin Theatre. Donen said that he "must have seen the picture thirty or forty times. "[15]:42 Kelly became more involved with the Singin' in the Rain script during its third draft, which was when its structure began to resemble the final version. Stanley Donen (/ˈdɒnən/ DON-ən;[1] April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are On the Town (1949) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), both of which starred Gene Kelly who co-directed. "[4]:214 He also described Donen as being thought of as his whipping-boy at MGM. The film includes a musical montage which Donen said was "doing Busby Berkeley here, only we're making fun of him. The shot was achieved by building the set inside a steel-reinforced rotating cylindrical chamber, with the camera attached to the cylinder. [4]:xi – xv Donen's work influenced later directors of film musicals Bill Condon, Rob Marshall,[40] and Baz Luhrmann[41] The 2011 film The Artist pays tribute to Singin' in the Rain (among other films),[42] and Donen praised the film after attending its Los Angeles premiere. With help from his best friend Cosmo Brown (O'Connor) and love interest Kathy Selden (Reynolds), Lockwood saves his career by turning his latest film into a musical. Because of Bergman's schedule, the film was shot on location in London. "[53] During the shooting of On the Town, all memos and correspondence from MGM to the production were addressed exclusively to Donen and not to Kelly. It starred George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Michael Kidd and Eli Wallach and premiered in competition at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978. Stan had some good ideas and worked with Gene, but he was still the 'office boy' to Gene, in a sense, although Gene had great respect for him. [4]:202, Donen's third and final directorial collaboration with Kelly was It's Always Fair Weather (1955), another musical. En 1990, il épouse Patricia Ward qui lui survivra[20]. It was produced by Freed, written by Comden and Green and the score was by André Previn. He was the last surviving notable director of Hollywood's Golden Age..mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}, Stanley Donen was born on April 13, 1924, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Mordecai Moses Donen, a dress-shop manager, and Helen (Cohen), the daughter of a jewelry salesman. [2] After its completion he fulfilled his MGM contract agreement by working with other studios. I always tried to have an original idea about how to do musical sequences. The investigation leads Peck to one mystery after another, often involving the prime minister's mysterious mistress (Loren). Il est cependant véritablement remarqué dans Pal Joey en 1940, rôle qui lui vaut un contrat par David O. Selznick à Hollywood. En 1944, après avoir tourné Escale à Hollywood sorti l'année suivante et bien qu'au faîte de sa carrière, Gene Kelly souhaite participer à l'effort de guerre et s'engage pour servir dans la division photographique de la Navy, jusqu'en 1946. [4]:90, Many people believe that Donen owed everything to Kelly, and Kelly biographer Clive Hirschhorn described Donen as having "no particular identity or evident talent ... and was just a kid from the south who wanted to make it in show business. Donen eventually dropped out of the project and David Cronenberg directed the film a few years later. Film director Martin Scorsese was chosen to present the award to Donen. Pas question de rivalité entre ces stars : les deux actrices sont amies depuis la fin de l'adolescence : "Je suis rentrée chez MGM quand j'avais 17 ans et Liz y était aussi, mais elle était déjà une star", avait-e… [8]:156 Although Donen often complained that Kelly never gave him enough credit for their work, Kelly did credit him for the Jerry the Mouse[45]:146 and "Alter Ego" dance sequences. [5]:76 The film was later criticized by novelist Francine Prose, who described it as anti-woman, calling it "one of the most repulsive movies about men and women that has ever been made" and a musical about rape. The film was conceived by Donen and written by novelist Frederic Raphael, who was nominated for an Academy Award. [63], In December 2013 it was announced that Donen was in pre-production for a new film co-written with Elaine May, to be produced by Mike Nichols. [55] Donen's second son, Joshua Donen, is a film producer who worked on such films as The Quick and the Dead and Gone Girl. Gene Kelly est nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur acteur pour ce film qui reçoit un grand succès. [2] The film was a hit[4]:310 and was especially popular among American college students. I needed someone to count for the cameraman, someone who knew the steps and could explain what I was going to do so the shot was set up correctly. [2] Filming was harmonious, but Donen thought Kelly's "Broadway Melody" ballet sequence was too long. [5]:84, Other tensions included Donen's hit films[5]:84[45]:232 as compared to Vincente Minnelli's Brigadoon (which Kelly was closely involved in and had wanted to direct)[45]:231–232 and Kelly's own ambitious film Invitation to Dance, both of which were financially unsuccessful. [14] The film stars Larry Parks as a streetwise show business agent who is compelled to marry an innocent young dance teacher (Elizabeth Taylor). "[15]:40 Donen stated that he moved to Hollywood of his own accord;[4]:39 other sources state that he followed Kelly, who then helped him get his first job. Donen used a split screen of the two stars with synchronized movements to make it appear as though they were in the same bed together. [66][67], 1952–1955: Further success and break with MGM, 1956–1959: director and independent producer, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, "Stanley Donen: Master of the Movie Musical", "Stanley Donen, Director of Iconic Movie Musicals, Dies at 94", "Exclusive Interview: The Last Crusade of Screenwriter Jeffrey Boam", "THEATER REVIEW: Is She a Serious Actress? However, she does state that Donen's marriage to Coyne was unhappy[48]:165 and that Donen was very close to both her and Kelly. [15]:58–59 Comparing Donen and Kelly's films as solo directors, Donen's were usually more critically acclaimed and financially successful than Kelly's films. [15]:28 Comden and Green decided to write a story inspired by the time period in which the songs were written, and satirized Hollywood's transition from silent films to "talkies" in the late 1920s. Fred Astaire et Gene Kelly sont mes partenaires. "[4]:213 Betsy Blair claimed to be "surprised and bemused" about Donen's bitterness towards Kelly. Thomson remarked that "nothing in his career suggests that Gene Kelly could have filmed himself singing in the rain with the exhilaration of Donen's retreating crane shot. Les rencontres arrangées donnent rarement lieu à des romances flamboyantes. Mais le jeune assistant (17 ans) se fait virer pour avoir soufflé la petite amie du producteur. Retrouvez les 14 critiques et avis pour le film Les Sept femmes de Barberousse, réalisé par Stanley Donen avec Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards. Ce film a durablement compromis la carrière d'actrice d'Olivia Newton-John qui ne s'est plus jamais vu proposer de rôle de cette importance par la suite sauf Two of a Kind avec Travolta. "[4]:92 Rubin credits Donen and Kelly with making musicals more realistic, compared to Berkeley's style of a "separation of narrative space from performance space"[4]:94 Take Me Out to the Ball Game was Berkeley's last film as a director and today can be viewed as a passing of the torch. [4]:276 Donen's fourth wife was American actress Yvette Mimieux. The film that had the strongest impact on him was the 1933 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical Flying Down to Rio. [4]:76 When Kelly returned to civilian life, he and Donen directed and choreographed Kelly's dance scenes in Living in a Big Way (1947). Lorsqu’il publie le premier numéro de Playboy, Hefner a 27 ans, une envie de montrer l’hypocrisie de l’Amérique coincée dans laquelle il a grandi et, en poche, quelques photos de Marilyn Monroe nue, achetées 500 dollars. Comden, Green and Donen interviewed everyone at MGM who was in Hollywood during that period,[15]:19 poking fun at both the first movie musicals and the technical difficulties with early sound films. S'il continue à tourner jusqu'à la fin de ses jours (plus souvent dans des rétrospectives et des spectacles de commémoration), il ne retrouvera jamais le succès de Chantons sous la pluie. The film was a financial disappointment in the United States, but was successful in England where the original stage version had been a West End hit. [44], By the time they made Take Me Out to the Ball Game they had perfected what Martin Rubin called an "indication of changing trends in musical films" which differed from the Berkeley spectacles towards "relatively small-scale affairs that place the major emphasis on comedy, transitions to the narrative, the cleverness of the lyrics and the personalities and performance skills of the stars, rather than on spectacle and group dynamics. Judy Garland was originally cast in the lead role, but was fired for absenteeism due to illness and replaced by Powell. The film's fun-loving association with the Swinging London of the 1960s divided critics, but Roger Ebert called its satire "barbed and contemporary ... dry and understated", and overall, a "magnificently photographed, intelligent, very funny film. [4]:4–6 His younger sister Carla Donen Davis was born in August 1937. [4]:214[4]:206[46][47], At age 7 Coyne enrolled in the Gene Kelly Studio of Dance in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and developed a schoolgirl crush on him[4]:97[15]:40[45]:29 In her twenties she was cast in Best Foot Forward, where she reconnected with Kelly and first met Donen,[45]:89 later moving to Hollywood with them. The two had only corresponded through mail over the years, and Weber remembers Linney through his collection of old love letters. 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[4]:312 Donen described his childhood as lonely and unhappy as one of the few Jews in Columbia,[2] and he was occasionally bullied by anti-semitic classmates at school. Il épouse en deuxièmes noces Jeannie Coyne, dont il a deux enfants, Thimothy et Bridget. He called the film "a rare Hollywood movie to depict gay experience with wisdom, humor and warmth", and "a lost treasure". Pour faire face au Comité des activités antiaméricaines, il est membre du Comité pour le premier amendement (donc en faveur de la liberté d'expression), co-fondé par Philip Dunne, Myrna Loy, John Huston et William Wyler[16]. Eventually film scholars named this concept "cine-dance" (a dance that can only be created in the medium of film), and its origins are in the Donen/Kelly films. Discography of American Historical Recordings. Donen said that he had "always wanted to make a movie like one of my favorites, Hitchcock's North by Northwest"[5]:166 and the film has been referred to as "the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made. À son retour, il participe au tournage de Ziegfeld Follies et continue sur sa lancée dans plusieurs comédies musicales. Il réalise ensuite plusieurs films, dont la comédie musicale Hello Dolly ave… Unlike On the Town, Kiss Them for Me is a dark comedy that contrasts the officers' selfless heroism with their self-absorbed hedonism while on leave. Weber plays a successful U.S. [2][4]:122–126 In the film, Powell's love affair with a wealthy Englishman (Peter Lawford) threatens to ruin the brother-sister act, while Astaire finds his own romance with another dancer (Sarah Churchill). [2][4]:140 The film was unsuccessful at the box-office. The film starred Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin. Il défendait un style de vie avec « de l’humour, de la sophistication e… [4]:191–192, David Thomson dismisses most of his later comedy films, but praises him for leading "the musical in a triumphant and personal direction: out of doors ... Not even Minnelli can rival the fresh-air excitement of such sequences. [2] Donen signed a one-year contract with Columbia[4]:65 and choreographed several films there,[8]:242:247 but returned to MGM the following year when Kelly wanted assistance on his next film. The Pajama Game exists to prove it. Donen was initially hired to produce, but Grade asked him to complete the film when first-time director Barry was unable to direct. [29] In 2004 he was awarded the Career Golden Lion at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. [45]:202 Tensions between the two exploded on the set of It's Always Fair Weather. According to Barbera "the net result at the preview of Anchors Away that I went to, blew the audience away. "[5]:17 Donen stated that he was excused from military service as 4-F because of high blood pressure. [2], Abbott cast Donen in the chorus of his next Broadway show Best Foot Forward. [4]:231–233 Funny Face was screened in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival and received good reviews from critics like Bosley Crowther. [5]:228, Donen made the science fiction film Saturn 3 (1980), starring Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel. The film was shot in the new CinemaScope format and is remembered for its dance sequences, particularly the "barn raising scene" in which architecture and construction become acrobatic ballet steps. "[21] Charade was produced by Stanley Donen Productions,[4]:288 released through Universal and adapted by Peter Stone from his own novel. Share photos, videos and more at Geni.com. Avec Un jour à New York en 1949, second de ses films avec Frank Sinatra, il fait ses premières armes en tant que réalisateur, avec son complice Stanley Donen, innovant une série de comédies musicales à succès. [52] At a 1991 tribute to Comden and Green, Kelly said in a public speech that Donen "needed [him] to grow up with" but added "I needed Stanley at the back of the camera. Accompanying this movement is a breathless pullback into a high crane shot that takes place at the same time Kelly is swinging into his widest arcs with the umbrella. [15]:4–12 Donen stated that he disliked them and that his own films were "a reaction against those backstage musicals. This film would eventually become Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949). [30], During his career Donen's biggest rival was Vincente Minnelli, to whom he is often compared. Il inscrit son nom à plusieurs classiques du genre, tels que Le Pirate, Un Américain à Paris et Brigadoon de Vincente Minnelli, Un jour à New York et Chantons sous la pluie qu'il coréalise avec Stanley Donen, Les Girls de George Cukor ou encore Les Demoiselles de Rochefort de Jacques Demy.
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