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hollywoodreporter.com - 29 days ago

Matching the mood will matter for Oscars

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At a recent screening for "An Education," as star Peter Sarsgaard and director Lone Scherfig moved easily through the crowd, a debate broke out about the movie's relationship between a 30-year-old man and a teenage girl in 1960s London. "There's an ick factor," a thirtysomething female ...

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