Biography: New York-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Joe Pesci, Palminteri brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they were. Born in 1952, Palmintieri grew ... show all New York-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Joe Pesci, Palminteri brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they were. Born in 1952, Palmintieri grew up in a tough area of the Bronx and it gave young Calogero (Palminteri's given first name) the life lessons that would later prove very useful. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and started out pursuing his craft in 1973 studying with Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio. He appeared off-Broadway in the early 1980s while paying his dues as a bouncer and doorman in nightclubs, among other jobs. In 1986 he headed west and found that his ethnic qualifications helped tremendously. Slick attorneys, tough hoods and hard-nosed cops were all part of his "tough guy" persona in such TV shows as "The "Wiseguy" (1987)", "Matlock" (1986)" and "Hill Street Blues" (1981)". In films he started off playing a 1930s-style gangster in Sylvester Stallone's "Oscar (1991/I)". Although his roles were sharp, well-acted and with a distinct edge to them, there was nothing in them to show that he was capable of stronger leading parts. Then in 1988 he wrote himself a play entitled "A Bronx Tale," a powerful one-man stage commentary in which he depicted his bruising childhood in great detail, which included witnessing gangland slayings. Palminteri brought each and every character to life (18 in all) in this autobiographical piece -- his friends, enemies, even his own family. He showcased for years in both Los Angeles and New York, finally sparking the interest of his film idol, Robert De Niro. DeNiro, wanting to direct for the first time, saw the potential of this project and brought both it and the actor/writer to the screen. Palminteri played one of the flashier roles, Sonny, a gangster, in the movie version. An unknown film commodity at the time, he had stubbornly refused to sell his stage property (the offers went into the seven figures) unless he was part of the package as both actor and screenwriter. DeNiro, who became his mentor, backed him up all the way, and the rest is history. "Bronx Tale, A (1993)" was a major crowd pleaser as well as a critical hit, and, at age 41 Palminteri became an "overnight" star. Other important projects quickly fell his way. He received a well-deserved Oscar nomination the following year for his portrayal in Woody Allen's hilarious jazz-era comedy "Bullets Over Broadway (1994)" of a Runyonesque-type hit man. He was on the right side of the law in both "Perez Family (1995)" - his first romantic lead--and "The Usual Suspects (1995)". He was the ill-fated brute in "Diabolique (1996)" and wrote a second screenplay, "Faithful (1996)", in which he again plays a hit man, terrorizing both Cher and 'Ryan ONeal. Though finding himself invariably caught in a rather tight-fitting typecast, it has been a secure and flashy one that continues to run strong into the millennium. Surprisingly, the one obvious show he has yet to be featured in is HBO's "Sopranos, The" (1999)", but it's probably just a matter of time. hide |
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| The Dukes,(Chazz Palminteri and Robert Davi) a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager (Peter Bogdanovich) is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool would attempt, which leaves them even more desperate. When all seems lost, they find themselves. Underneath the laughter, "The Dukes" is a film that explores the intricacies of re-defining yourself; not only dealing with lost fame but applies to anyone whoever found themselves at the bottom of the mountain looking up where they once were; and how ,in changing times, to hold onto your true self Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, USA
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| Obsessed by the world of pool, Johnny ('Mars Callahan' (qv)) could be one of the best. But his mentor and "trainer" Joe ('Chazz Palminteri' (qv)), a shady hustler who decides how and who Johnny plays, is holding him back from his dream. When the day finally comes, Johnny breaks from Joe, which leads to only one thing — violence. Joe is beaten up by some of Johnny's buddies as a sign to leave him alone, and with this final act of freedom, Johnny leaves the world of pool-sharking. After an ultimatum from his girlfriend Tara ('Alison Eastwood' (qv)), Johnny finally commits to a "real" job in the construction business, but is soon miserable there. He finds himself spending most of his time with his younger brother Danny ('Michael Rosenbaum (I)' (qv)) who it seems is following in his footsteps on the road to a life Johnny left when he broke from Joe. As for Joe, he is bent on revenge for the beating he took, and soon he has a new protégé Brad ('Rick Schroder' (qv)) who is just as good if not better then Johnny. And he's got his eye on Johnny's brother. The two play a high-stakes game of pool which ends in a huge debt owed to Joe, and soon Johnny finds that his brother is in jail for trying to steal the money he owes. The only way out for Johnny is to play Brad, which results in a "race to nine" showdown that pits two of the greatest players against each other for large sums of money, and Johnny and Danny's lives. Search keywords
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Categories: 2002, Drama, Thriller, USA
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| A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Action, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK, USA
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| Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam. Search keywords
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Categories: 2008
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| A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life." Search keywords
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Categories: 2008, Drama, USA
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| The action packed sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever. Search keywords
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Categories: 2009, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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| Dito, a writer in LA, goes home to Astoria, Queens, the 15-year absence when his mother calls to tell his father and the sick. In a series of Flashbacks, we see young Dito, his parents, his four nearest friends and his girlfriend Laurie, as each tries to navigate family, race, loyalty, sex, old age comes, violence, and who want out. A ball dropped into the subway tracks at the station, small things slip out of his hand. Dito can go home?
Dito, spisovateľ v LA, jede domov do Astoria, Queens, po 15-ročnej neprítomnosti v čase, keď jeho matka žiada, aby sa povedať, jeho otca a chorých. V sérii Flashbacks vidíme mladých Dito, jeho rodičia, jeho štyroch najbližších priateľov, a jeho dievča Laurie, pretože každý sa snaží navigovať rodina, rasa, vernosť, sex, príde staroba, násilie, a ktorí chcú von. A loptička spadne do koľají metra na stanici, malé veci vymknout z rúk. Dito môže ísť domov? Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Crime, Drama, USA
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| After a medicament-worker left badly, Joey Gazelle is entrusted the load to dispose the gun which drew a dirty cop. But things turn badly for Joey after the neighbouring rascal stole the gun and used it to draw his rude father. Now Joey must find the rascal and the gun before civilises her and mills on her find them first.
Après un médicament-op parti mal, Joey Gazelle est confié la charge de disposer le fusil qui a tiré un flic sale. Mais les choses tournent mal pour Joey après que le gosse voisin a volé le fusil et l'a utilisé pour tirer son père grossier. Maintenant Joey doit trouver le gosse et le fusil avant que la police et la foule les trouvent d'abord. Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Action, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA
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| Gangster Sonny is the big man in the Bronx neighborhood of Calogero. A shooting testified by Calogero is the starting point of a persistent tape between the gangster and the small boy. . Calogero grows up under the wings of both men who have torn between his own natural justice and his fascination with Sonny. The neighborhood friends of C are involved in the theft, use of guns, racial conflicts. If C meets girl, things lighter do not become. The jump of C to the masculinity is marked by the tragedy, but also by his recognition of many faces of the love.
Gangster Sonny ist der große Mann in der Bronx Nachbarschaft von Calogero. Ein durch Calogero bezeugtes Schießen ist der Startpunkt eines anhaltenden Bandes zwischen dem Gangster und dem kleinen Jungen. Vater (Busfahrer Lorenzo), jedoch, erweist sich disap-. Calogero wächst unter den Flügeln von beiden Männern auf, die zwischen seiner eigenen natürlichen Gerechtigkeit und seiner Faszination mit Sonny gerissen sind. Die Nachbarschaft-Freunde von C werden am Diebstahl, Gebrauch von Pistolen, Rassenkämpfen beteiligt. Wenn C Mädchen trifft, werden Dinge leichter nicht. Der Sprung von C zur Männlichkeit wird durch die Tragödie, sondern auch durch seine Anerkennung der vielen Gesichter der Liebe gekennzeichnet. Search keywords
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Categories: 1993, Crime, Drama, USA
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| A young man searches " the master " to get the final level of martial workmanship of arts known as the light. Along the way he must struggle against an expert martial villain of arts and a rescue a nice singer of a haunted music promoter.
Un jeune homme cherche "le maître" pour obtenir le niveau final de maîtrise d'arts martiale connue comme la lueur. Le long de la voie il doit lutter contre un méchant expert d'arts martial et un sauvetage une belle chanteuse d'un promoteur de musique obsédé. Search keywords
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Categories: 1985, Action, Comedy, Drama, USA
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| Somebody does a job of unpleasant hatchet on San Fransisco the big noise and Helper D. IN. take the charge of the inquiry. By a web of blackmail and of prostitution implicating the Governor, an old lover of the lawful man appears as a primordial suspect and he must take care of his personal feelings as well as case.
Quelqu'un fait un travail de hachette désagréable sur San Fransisco le grand bruit et Assistant D. A. assume la charge de l'enquête. Par un web de chantage et de prostitution impliquant le Gouverneur, un vieil amant de l'homme légal émerge comme un suspect primordial et il doit s'occuper de ses sentiments personnels aussi bien que le cas. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, USA
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| Arthur is a ten-year-old lively old man whose parents are looking far for the work, which strange grandfather has been failing during several years, and who lives with his grandmother at a home of country that, during two days, will be re-had, demolished, and transformed a block of apartments unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and to pay the debt of family. Arthur discovers that the key to result lies in his descent itself in the land of the Minimoys, creations not more big of what a tooth, who his grandfather helped to transfer to his garden. Somewhere between them it is hidden a battery of rubies, also. Can Arthur be of strong heart and to save the day? The Romance signals also, and they spy on a villain.
Arthur é um velho de dez anos vivo cujos pais estão procurando longe o trabalho, cujo avô esquisito tem falhado durante vários anos, e quem vive com sua avó em uma casa de país que, durante dois dias, será repossuída, demolida, e transformada um bloco de apartamentos a menos que o avô de Arthur volte para assinar alguns papéis e pagar a dívida de família. Arthur descobre que a chave a mentiras de êxito na sua própria descida na terra do Minimoys, criações não mais grandes do que um dente, quem seu avô ajudou a trasladar ao seu jardim. Em algum lugar entre eles é escondido uma pilha de rubis, também. Arthur pode ser do coração forte e salvar o dia? Os acenos românicos também, e um vilão espreitam. Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, France
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| Angelo "snapping" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: He would leave the world of the crime and become an honest enterpriser. To have in spite of, no experience in forming the money on a legal fashion, tackles Snap to keep his promise. He confronts with numerous problems: The followers who know nothing but crime, the policemen who are persuaded that he incubates a production plan, and Oskar who has got just his pregnant daughter.
Angelo "Schnappen" Provolone machte seinen sterbenden Vater eine Versprechung auf seinem Sterbebett: Er würde die Welt des Verbrechens verlassen und ein ehrlicher Unternehmer werden. Trotz, keine Erfahrung im Bilden des Geldes auf eine gesetzliche Mode zu haben, nimmt Schnappen in Angriff, um seine Versprechung zu behalten. Er konfrontiert mit zahlreichen Problemen: Gefolgsmänner, die nichts als Verbrechen, die Polizisten wissen, die überzeugt sind, dass er einen Produktionsplan, und Oskar ausbrütet, der gerade seine schwangere Tochter bekommen hat. Search keywords
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Categories: 1991, Comedy, Crime, USA
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| Lady and the evil-minded pup of Vagrant, the Swindler, sate with rules and with restrictions imposed on him by life in a family and have a big desire of a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from the home and on the streets where he joins a packet of mislaid known dogs as the "Dogs of Junkyard. " The buddy, the leader of the packet, takes an instant by detesting "in the house dog" and considers it a rival. The angel, an age of pup of junkyard Scamp, has a big desire of security and of comfort of life in a family and both become immediate companions. Will the Swindler choose the life wild and free from one mislaid or the unconditional love of his family?.
Lady et le chiot malicieux de Vagabond, le Filou, se rassasient des règles et des restrictions imposées sur lui par la vie dans une famille et ont une grande envie d'un style de vie sauvage et libre. Il s'enfuit de la maison et dans les rues où il rejoint un paquet de chiens égarés connus comme les "Chiens de Cimetière de voitures. " Le pote, le chef du paquet, prend un instant en détestant "au chien de la maison" et le considère un rival. L'ange, un âge de chiot de cimetière de voitures Scamp, a une grande envie de la sécurité et du confort de vie dans une famille et les deux compagnons immédiats devenus. Le Filou choisira-t-il la vie sauvage et libre d'un égaré ou l'amour sans condition de sa famille ?. Search keywords
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Categories: 2001, Adventure, Animation, Australia, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, USA
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| Ben Sobol, psychiatrist, has some problems: His son's spies on his patient if they open her heart, his parents do not want to be present at his coming wedding, and the problems of his patients do not challenge him at all. Paul Vitti, godfather, has some problems also: Sudden fear attacks publicly to kill a certain inability, people and his best partial stop service, if necessarily,. One day, unfortunately, Ben crashes against one of the cars of Vitti. To the exchange of the calling card of Ben is followed by a commercial visit of Don Paul Vitti itself who freely wants to be from the internal conflict within two weeks before the whole mafia, the Dons hit. Now Ben Sobol feels a little bit challenged because his wedding is soon, his only patient holds him occupies by the assessment of the job of Ben as a 24-hour reserve, and feds continue to force him, to spy Paul Vitti. And how do you treat a patient, that normally repairs problems with a gun?.
Ben Sobol, Psychiater, hat einige Probleme: Seine Sohn-Spione auf seinen Patienten, wenn sie ihr Herz, seine Eltern öffnen, wollen nicht seiner kommenden Hochzeit beiwohnen, und die Probleme seiner Patienten fordern ihn überhaupt nicht heraus. Paul Vitti, Pate, hat einige Probleme ebenso: Plötzliche Angst greift öffentlich, eine bestimmte Unfähigkeit an, Leute und seinen besten Teil-Aufhören-Dienst, wenn erforderlich, zu töten. Eines Tages kracht Ben leider gegen eines der Autos von Vitti. Dem Austausch der Visitenkarte von Ben wird von einem Geschäftsbesuch von Don Paul Vitti selbst gefolgt, der frei vom inneren Konflikt innerhalb von zwei Wochen vor der ganzen Mafia sein will, die Dons treffen. Jetzt fühlt sich Ben Sobol etwas herausgefordert, weil seine Hochzeit bald ist, hält sein einziger Patient ihn beschäftigt durch die Bewertung der Aufgabe von Ben als eine 24-stündige Reserve, und die feds setzen fort, ihn zu zwingen, Paul Vitti zu spionieren. Und wie behandeln Sie einen Patienten, der behebt gewöhnlich Probleme mit einer Pistole?. Search keywords
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Categories: 1999, Comedy, Crime, USA
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| In the Christmas night in New York, the alone divorced publisher Rose Harrison (Susan Sarandon) hopes for a miracle to improve the health of his mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimer's disease. She feels sorry for the patient of the quarter in front of his mother and finds his guest (Robin Williams). Meanwhile, Latin Nina Vasquez (Penélope Cruz) breaks his commitment with his fiancé dear Mike (Paul Walker) due to his stifling jealousy, but it lacks him. Mike is watched by the bartender the strangest Artie Venzuela (Alan Arkin). Poor Jules (Marcus Thomas) hopes to spend the Christmas night in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was an adolescent. The lives of some of these characters cross with others throughout the night.
En la Nochebuena en Nueva York, el editor divorciado solo Rose Harrison (Susan Sarandon) espera para un milagro mejorar la salud de su madre, internada en un hospital con Alzheimer. Ella compadece al paciente del cuarto delante de su madre y encuentra a su invitado (Robin Williams). Mientras tanto, Latin Nina Vasquez (Penélope Cruz) rompe su compromiso con su novio querido Mike (Paul Walker) debido a sus celos sofocantes, pero le echa de menos. Mike es acechado por el camarero más extraño Artie Venzuela (Alan Arkin). Jules pobre (Marcus Thomas) espera gastar la Nochebuena en el hospital, donde él gastó la mejor Navidad de su vida cuando él era un adolescente. Las vidas de algunos de estos caracteres se cruzan con otros a lo largo de la noche. Search keywords
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Categories: 2004, Drama, USA
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| Racket is an adaptation of the well-known game of David Rabe on lives crossing of several players of Hollywood and of wannabes which is personal lives threaten to turn in a disaster more interesting than anything that they spread in studios.
Le charivari est une adaptation du jeu bien connu de David Rabe sur les vies se croisant de plusieurs joueurs d'Hollywood et de wannabes qui est des vies personnelles menacent de virer dans une catastrophe plus intéressante que n'importe quoi qu'ils colportent aux studios. Search keywords
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Categories: 1998, Drama, USA
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| After an explosion head-on of sea, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an ocular witness and a participant says the history of events leading up to conflagration. History begins when five men are gathered for one team and grilled of a misappropriation of lorry (the ordinary suspects). The least happy is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - displayed, accused, but trying hopelessly now to go directly. The cops will not leave him peace, however and as they wait for their lawyers to post the deposit, it is spoken in fact to do another job with others four. Everything goes tolerably until the influence of the legendary, obviously omnipotent "Keyser Soze" is estimated. Although dish in modern day, he has a lot of texture of the forties, more suspense, intrigue (one enough high discount of the dead) and many twists in conspiracy.
Après une explosion de front de mer, Verbale (Kevin Spacey), un témoin oculaire et un participant dit l'histoire d'événements menant jusqu'à la conflagration. L'histoire commence quand cinq hommes sont rassemblés pour un équipe et grillés d'un détournement de camion (les suspects ordinaires). Le moins content est Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) un flic tordu - exposé, accusé, mais essayant maintenant désespérément d'aller directement. Les flics ne lui laisseront pas la paix, cependant et comme ils attendent leurs avocats pour poster la caution, on le parle dans le fait de faire encore un travail avec les autres quatre. Tout va passablement jusqu'à ce que l'influence du légendaire, apparemment omnipotent "Keyser Soze" ne soit estimée. Bien que mets au jour moderne, il a une grande partie de la texture des années quarante, plus le suspense, l'intrigue (un assez haut décompte des morts) et beaucoup de tortillons dans le complot. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Crime, Germany, Mystery, Thriller, USA
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| "The Small fairy tale" of Hood of Red Receiving obtains an imaginative update. After the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) is found in the Grandma he has accused of an intention of eating a few beginnings of investigation for Nick Fippers (David Odgen Stiers). Red (Anne Hathaway), the Wolf (Warburton), the Woodcutter (Jim Beluchi) and Grandma (Glenn Close) they give his histories, Fins and brown Bear Cheif (Xzibit) and the rest of the attempt of police officer of quarrels who the Bandit of Tidbit is. Bill: Anthony Anderson, Nervous: Cory Edwards, Boingo: Andy Dick.
"El Pequeño cuento de hadas" de Capucha de Ocultamiento Rojo consigue una actualización imaginativa. Después de Que el Lobo (Patrick Warburton) es encontrado en la Abuelita ha acusado de una intención de comer unos inicios de investigación por Nick Fippers (David Odgen Stiers). Rojo (Anne Hathaway), el Lobo (Warburton), el Leñador (Jim Beluchi) y Abuelita (Glenn Close) dan sus historias, Aletas y Oso pardo Cheif (Xzibit) y el resto del intento de policía de averiguar quién es el Bandido de Golosina. Bill: Anthony Anderson, Nervioso: Cory Edwards, Boingo: Andy Dick. Search keywords
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Categories: 2005, Animation, Comedy, Family, USA
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