Samson and Delilah – February, Film Movie Update!

Happy February! Samson and Delilah is just  gearing up for its US educational tour with New Yorker Films. Screening this month in Minneapolis, Ithica, Ventura and LA, check out the IndiePix Box Office for more info. Also be sure to send us an email if you would like to see Samson and Delilah play in your town. We are excited to announce that Samson and Delilah is currently available on the Netflix movies to watch list and will be finally available on DVD on March 1st- Pre-order your copy of Samson and Delilah here!  Samson and Delilah will also be available through Amazon DVD releases.  Please help us spread the word, and be sure to ‘save’ it to your Netflix queue (wink wink nudge nudge!).

 

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Samson and Delilah – Screening Update!

Samson and Delilah opens this Friday at the WEST END CINEMA in Washington DC and at the GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER in Chicago!

WEST END CINEMA - 5:15, 7:15 & 9:15PM (click here for more details)

GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER – Friday 8:00PM, Monday 6:00PM

We would like to thank The National Geographic All Roads Film Project for their kindness & support!

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Samson and Delilah – Hello DC!

Though Samson and Delilah has not reached its desired US audience- it is steadily expanding and your support is key to its success. Next on the agenda is the brand new West End Cinema in DC and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, with screenings to open up in California in December leading up to its DVD release on December 28th.

The theatrical business is not easy, but with its challenges, comes its rewards. we personally want to thank the fantastic organizations that continue to support Samson and Delilah’s US campaign: National Geographic All Roads, Sundance Institute, NYU, AusFilm, Smithsonian Institute, Survival International and the American Australian Association.

Samson and Delilah will open in Washington DC & Chicago on November 19th for a limited time- stay tuned for more information and don’t forget to save Samson and Delilah to your Netflix queue now!

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Samson And Delilah – Cajun Food Anyone?

We are excited to announce that Samson and Delilah will be opening at Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center this Thursday October 22 for one week only! Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students/seniors, $5 members. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sunday-Monday, through Oct. 28. 3 p.m. Saturday.

So head down to New Orleans for some great food, music and film!

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SAMSON AND DELILAH OFFICIALLY OPENS!

It’s the day we have all been waiting for– Samson and Delilah has finally opened in NYC! A lot is riding on this opening, so please tell everyone you know. Independent theatrical distribution can be a tough battle. Cinemas across the US select films based on their NYC opening weekend Box Office before deciding whether to book the film or not. This means that for a film like Samson and Delilah we need a spectacular NYC opening! The reviews keep coming in- and if you saw the NY TIMES today- you may have noticed on page C9 Samson and Delilah’s review…

Samson and Delilah Opens today at VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS for one week only! Get your tickets here, and PLEASE spread the word!

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Samson And Delilah – A BAMtastic Night

Special thanks to everyone who made it out to BAM on Tuesday. Here’s a recap written by IndiePix President Bob Alexander. Enjoy!

THE BAM SCREENING OF SAMSON AND DELILAH Delilah TONIGHT

The screening of Samson and Delilah at the Brooklyn Academy of Music screening room was a great success. Last week, the film was part of the National Geographic Society’s “All Roads” festival. This Friday night, the film opens commercially in New York City at the Village East Cinema. But tonight, over 200 people across New York City attended this screening in Brooklyn and they and party goers attended the reception afterwards. It was a great event, and IndiePix was super-pleased with this launch of the film. I have two stories to tell across the jump!

After the screening of the film — which really left the crowd (me included) breathless — Warwick and Kath participated in a Q&A. Obviously, they have done these things before. But Kath, before she answered the first question said: “I want to acknowledge this audience which is the largest audience we have had for a Q&A. Usually half the people walk out!” At which point, the moderator said: “Brooklyn is special!”

And that’s really the case. The audience was totally engaged in the Q&A and the repartee was great. At the end of the Q&A in the wrap up remarks, Warwick said:

“I know this film has been really difficult to get into North America and there have been a lot of problems, but the people at IndiePix have been terrific and Kath and I applaud their courageous efforts to bring this film to you all.”

What a totally great thing for him to say and we — all of us from Indiepix — totally appreciate his comments.

But let me say this: What ever we do pales in comparison to the creative energy and courage that Warwick and Kath have demonstrated in not only making this film, but bringing it to the world — first in Australia, and then in Cannes, and now here. Their work is so completely impressive that we are humbled to have the opportunity to serve that work and bring it to the public.

Later in the evening, I had a note from a friend who attended the screening:

I loved the film makers statement afterwards about the process of making artwork as more important than the selling of it in the aboriginal tradition — the painting as a by-product of the process of creating it. How often in our society today we forget all about the journey, we are always so anxious for “the destination”!

Was also thinking that if everyone saw this film instead of the new Bruce Willis movie this weekend the world would be a totally different place on Monday! Congrats to Indiepix for making films like this available!

What on earth are we talking about? You’ll just have to see it — and you can see the film in theaters through the end of December. At that point it will be available in retail stores, for rent, on your cable VOD channel, and digitally to download or rent. Sometimes we have the opportunity to serve works of art and creativity that command your attention. This is one of those films, and I hope you have the opportunity to see it in one of these venues in the next few months.

Cast Of Samon and Deliah - Short Stories About Love

Warwick Thornton, Faye Ginsburg & Kath Shelper

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Samson and Delilah – Hot Off the Press!

Samson and Delilah Hits NYC with a welcome! Thanks to everyone that made it out to BAM last night. It was a fantastic way to kick off Samson and Delilah’s take over of America. Check out the fresh new reviews below, and stay tuned for more to come!

THE L MAGAZINE.COM, review by Caitlin Bahrey – October 13, 2010
http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/aborigine-love-story/Content?oid=1775080

TIME OUT NEW YORK.COM, review by David Fear – October 13, 2010
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/film/89846/samson-and-delilah-film-review

VILLAGE VOICE.COM, review by Andrew Schenker – October 13, 2010
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-10-13/film/love-blooms-against-a-harsh-aboriginal-outback-in-samson-and-delilah/

INDIEWIRE.COM, review by Eric Kohn – October 13, 2010
http://www.indiewire.com/article/2010/10/13/review_love_in_the_outback_warwick_thortons_samson_and_delilah


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Samson and Delilah – An LA Reception

Good Morning LA! This Thursday night we will be hosting an intimate reception to celebrate the up-coming release of Samson and Delilah in LA. We invite you to join Director Warwick Thornton and Producer Kath Shelper at a secret venue in Melrose. Please RSVP here for more info.

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Samson and Delilah – NYC Opening!

Samson and Delilah will open at Village East Cinema in NYC on October 15, before expanding nationally. Please click here for screening times and tickets! The film will also be screening at IndieScreen in Brooklyn from October 16. Stay tuned for more information.

The US release will kick off with a special preview screening at BAM on Tuesday October 12 featuring a Q&A with director Warwick Thornton and Producer Kath Shelper, followed by a party upstairs at BAMcafe for all attendees! Get your tickets here!

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Samson and Delilah Set to Hit Brooklyn with a BAM

With only one week to go until Samson and Delilah hits New York City, it has us all wondering- where did September go!?

Having just wrapped up an exclusive screening at the inspirational ALL ROADS FILM FESTIVAL in Washington DC, Samson and Delilah is finally set to make its US theatrical Premiere in NYC. Commencing with a special preview screening and gala reception at BAM in Brooklyn, before opening theatrically at Village East Cinema and IndieScreen in Williamsburg on October 15.

On Tuesday October 12 we will celebrate the release of this inspirational film at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in the very trendy neighborhood of Fort Green in Brooklyn. The event will kick off with a special preview screening at BAMcinematek (Open to the general public- get your tickets here!) followed by Q&A with Director Warwick Thornton and Producer Kath Shelper, with word on the street it will be moderated by a very special guest…

Afterwards invited guests and ticket holders will head upstairs to BAMcafe for a very exclusive gala event to officially kick off Samson and Delilah’s US Release, featuring an Australian style celebration which will include a live didgeridoo performance by Cameron McCarthy and Australian beer and wine.

With a list of fantastic organizations and sponsors on board to dance the night away with us, it my pleasure to offer an exclusive chance for you and a guest to win VIP tickets to join us! Simply sign up here to enter the draw, the winner will be announced on Friday October 8.

Samson and Delilah opens in NYC on October 15 before expanding nation wide. Stay tuned for updates!

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Samson and Delilah – Special Screenings

Leading up to Samson and Delilah’s theatrical release we are proud to announce a ’sneak preview’ of the film for NY audiences on September 9th at the exciting new venue INDIESCREEN in Williamsburg.

On October 2nd the film will play in Washington DC as part of THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ALL ROADS FILM PROJECT, “a program dedicated to providing a platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers around the world to showcase their works to promote knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader, global audience.”  This is a really exciting event as it celebrates the talent of indigenous artists from around the world and their collective, universal and juxtaposed experiences.

On a related note we are also thrilled to announce a gala premiere event at BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC in NYC on October 12. This event will not only showcase this inspirational film, but it will also encompass a celebration of Australian and indigenous culture from around the world and is what we imagine to be a night for the senses, featuring music, art, food and celebrity, as well as a highly anticipated Q&A with director Warwick Thornton and the film’s producer Kath Shelper.

To score tickets to the special preview screening at INDIESCREEN please email us directly at paige@indiepix.net this offer is strictly limited to the first 20 to respond. If you are also interested in being apart of the BAM celebration, or would like to offer your art or music to any of these events, please contact us on 212-684-2333 x315.

Stay tuned for more information!

Recent press coverage:

VARIETY

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

ENCORE MAGAZINE

INDIEWIRE

CINEMATICAL

PEDESTRIAN TV

Also on the radar is another fabulous indigenous Australian film BRAN NUE DAE which opens in NYC on September 10, check it out at Village East Cinema!

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Samson and Delilah – US DEBUT

Following a hugely successful theatrical campaign throughout Australasia and Europe, Samson and Delilah was shortlisted for the Academy Awards and featured as one of Australia’s top 3 box office hits of 2009, the highest grossing year in Australian history.  Winning the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Best New Director and Best Film at the Australian Film Institute Awards, Samson and Delilah makes its US theatrical debut in October!

OPENING at Village East Cinemas in NEW YORK City on October 15. Also playing at IndieScreen in BK from October 16.

Where else would you like to be able to see Samson and Delilah?

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Behind the Scenes: Mums

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Kath and Warwick’s mums make their big screen debut in Samson & Delilah.

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Not Rocket

Rowan enjoys the glamorous life of a movie star by carrying a dead kangaroo on his back. Samson is off to impress his girl and her nana with some kangaroo recipes!

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Rocket

Rocket the kangaroo makes a cameo in Samson & Delilah. (A little kangaroo information: We think Rocket is so much better than skippy.)

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Behind the Scenes: Bashed Up

 

Warwick directs Rowan Mcnamara in the scene after Samson gets bashed up and it was  the makeup artist choice to get creative with fake blood.

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Behind the Scenes: Blood

Makeup artist Carol Cameron applies Rowan’s special FX makeup for the first time.

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Ask Warwick: Why Does Samson Wear Cool Shirt Designs Of A Birthday Party Shirt?

From the very first draft of the script, Samson put one of the cool shirt designs from the band Birthday Party on when he gets dressed to go and see Delilah. In pre-production, the costumer Heather Wallace made a t-shirt to Warwick’s specifications — one that he remembered having as a teenager. It was only then that Warwick told us the story of the cool shirt designs.

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Behind the Scenes: Shame

One week until we start shooting and Warwick takes Marissa and Rowan (Samson and Delilah) to a community of Australian aboriginal people located in Jay Creek to rehearse.

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Marissa Gibson – Delilah

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Actors Biography

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Marissa has had small parts in film and television productions as an extra, but this is her first major role. She lives in Alice Springs, where she attends high school and studies her newly favorite subjects – English and Drama. She speaks three languages – Warlpiri, Luritja and English, and until this year was studying Japanese language too. She put her acting wages towards a school study tour of Japan after the completion of filming. She loves to text-message and eat spring rolls from the Alice Springs Sunday Markets.

Marissa on Delilah

“A short film synopsis of Delilah is a teenager who is part of the aboriginal culture in Australia. As an aboriginal girl Delilah participates in traditional aboriginal ceremonies and aboriginal spirituality within her community. Delilah also lives out in the bush where most native people of Australia reside. Delilah is kind hearted and respects her elders.  Delilah with her aboriginal family, who’s lineage dates back to one of the first aboriginal tribes of Australia. When Delilah’s nana suddenly passes away Delilah’s family thinks it’s her fault and punishes her according to aboriginal customs, with sticks. Delilah then meets another Aboriginal teenager, Samson, and they fall in love. Samson and Delilah don’t say it but they feel it. Aboriginal people don’t say very much, we just use body language. Samson and Delilah go into town but have nowhere to stay because they are from the bush so they stay under the bridge in the creek. Samson and Delilah try to get food but they don’t have money so they start to steal, and slowly Delilah becomes another person. I hope the film gives the viewer information about Australia, and indigenous Australian culture. I want the viewer to know that it’s different here, compared to other places, it’s hard to explain, we just live in a different world. This is basically my synopsis film review”

 

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Rowan McNamara – Samson

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Rowan makes his screen debut in SAMSON & DELILAH. Rowan is part of a community filled with Australian indigenous people on the outskirts of the Alice Springs township. Rowan is Eastern Arrente and is originally from Santa Teresa, he is part of the community 80km southeast of Alice.  He is a keen AFL footballer, a devoted fan of Essendon Football Club and has traveled Australia playing footy with his school.Rowan’s favorite food of the moment is lasagne.

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Rowan on Samson

“My name is Rowan Mcnamara, my mother gave me an one of the original aboriginal names, and I act as Samson in the movie. Samson likes hunting, aborigines art, sniffing and listening to music, but not his brother’s band. Oh, and he’s lover-lover for Delilah. I like acting, but not with girls, they just wreck it. nah, only gammon (joking).”

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Mitjili Gibson – Nana

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According to the aboriginal wiki, Mitjili’s noted as being in linage to one of the original aboriginal people of Australia. As part of the Australian aboriginals that first inhabited Australia Mitjili is getting started on her career. Even though her first acting job was playing the title role in film Nana, she is looked at as one of the most famous Australian people. She has also been featured in Beck Cole’s SBS documentary Lore of Love, where she teaches her granddaughters about the traditional rules of love.

Acting is the latest of many jobs in Mitjili’s life. She has also taken up aboriginal dot painting in the last few years and has become a very highly regarded artist. The beautiful aboriginal art symbols and aboriginal poems featured in the film are her own.

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Scott Thornton – Gonzo

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Scott studied acting at the Eora Centre in Redfern, Sydney. His first film role was in a short film called Camping Out by Lee Willis-Ardler.

Scott is Warwick’s older brother and has been bugging him for years to get a part in one of his films – finally his wish came true.

 

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The Verandah Band

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The three band members are part of a real band called The Desert Mulga Band. All three-band members grew up as aborigines in Australia. Matthew Gibson, Steven Brown and Gregwyn Gibson, who were featured in the film, have been travelling to Australia and back doing tours and promotions. They are usually joined by singer Shannon Gallagher. Steven and Gregwyn forgot about continuity and decided to cut their hair after the first week of filming, which caused Carol the makeup artist much grief and amusement, but nothing that a beanie couldn’t fix.

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Warwick Thornton – Writer / Director / DOP / Composer

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Warwick has been waiting patiently for about 20 years to make a feature film about aboriginal ancestry and aboriginal cultures since he first started hanging out at CAAMA Radio in Alice Springs in his teens. Warwick was a teenage DJ at CAAMA and he used to watch the video unit vehicle drive off to exotic places and was forced to hear all the stories when they came back. When a media traineeship came up he jumped at the chance and hasn’t looked back. He learnd his trade of cinematography on the job and then went to AFTRS film school in Sydney for three years. It was here he decided to film Samson and Delilah. aboriginal tribe names

In the Samson movie, Warwick presented aboriginal Australian culture. Not only did he he present Australian desert facts, but he also incorporated original aboriginal tribe names within his movie. Samson and Delilah shows aboriginal people in Australia as  smart, loving, and kind individuals.

Currently information and movies about Aborigines culture is on the back end. This is especially true within western and European societies. In fact, if you were to ask a westerner about aboriginal communities or aborigines culture, they would have no basic knowledge of that subject matter. As a result, Warwick decided to shed some light on Australian aboriginal tribes.  

The aboriginal people of Australia were grateful to Warwick for filming a story about their indigenous Australian culture and customs.  Warwick presented the western world an understanding of aboriginal culture facts and aboriginal information.

After the story of Samson and Delilah the aborigines of Australia will no longer have to contemplate on whether they have a voice. Because they do.

After filming Samson and Delilah, he got bored of sitting around waiting for the phone to ring with work offers, so he decided to write some of his own ideas. His body of work includes short films Payback, Mimi, Green Bush and Nana. He has also directed and shot loads of documentaries including Rosalie’s Journey about the star of the film Jedda.

He lives in Alice Springs and is obsessed with collecting Gibson guitars and riding dirt bikes.

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Kath Shelper – Producer

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Kath pictured here with Beck Cole (standing) who is making a documentary about Rowan and Marissa

Aboriginals, Australia were two words Kath Shelper wanted to know more about. Kath grew up wanting to learn aboriginal history in Australia even though she was raised in country Victoria. Here she completed a PR degree at RMIT in Melbourne (even though she wanted to do Media but didn’t get in). When she finished her PR degree she wanted more facts about aborigines so she hung out in Melbourne and worked on Emma-Kate Croghan’s film school. She scored a producer attachment on Lawrence Johnston’s Eternity and moved to Sydney “just for six months” but fifteen years later she’s still there learning more about the Australia aboriginal history and Australian aboriginal tribes.

Kath has managed to eek a living out of a movie producer salary by shooting more than her fair share of short films. Now she is steadily relieved that she has finally graduated to a feature. Kath and Warwick made Green Bush and Nana together, and Kath’s other films include Plains Empty, Above the Dust Level and Confessions of a Headhunter, which won the AFI Award for Best Short in 2000.

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Peter Bartlett – Assistant Producer / Casting

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Aboriginal, people facts, aboriginal art, Australia. Bartlett is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to these four things. He is also a master when it comes to taking pictures of aborigines and the deserts of Australia. Ask him any of things about these four words and he will give you a story. He knows the meaning of being a aboriginal in Australia. He is did casting, acting, organising, animal wrangling, driving, translating, and snake-removal from the unit based jobs amongst many other roles. He is married to Mitjili’s daughter Cinderella and they live in Alice Springs with their big extended family. Bartlett also worked with Kath and Warwick on Green Bush and Nana. He is a sought-after expert on all things flora and fauna in Central Australia and when David Attenborough comes to town – Bartlett is the man he calls to find those rare species.

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Daran Fulham – Production Designer

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(Daran on set for his 40th birthday)

Daran is quite mad which is why Warwick likes him. They fight – which is healthy, apparently. They went to film school together and Daran has designed most of Warwick’s films including Payback, Mimi and Green Bush. Daran fell in love with a French gal and now lives in Paris and works on big Hollywood films like Defiance and Blood Diamond. He is also a supporter of his two favorite words, aboriginal art, Australia. He has the most massive collection of these two things.

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Roland Gallois – Editor/Actor

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Kath and Warwick had the good fortune of working with Roland on their films Green Bush and Nana, and Warwick will again team with Roland on his new documentary series Art & Soul, about Indigenous art. Roland considers Samson & Delilah a career highlight and celebrated by buying his very own 2 x 3 metre wide Mitjili Napanangka Gibson masterpiece painting titled Aboriginal people, Australia. Roland has worked with lots of other people as well on some amazing projects and even won an AFI Award for his editing work. He also features on-screen as the art gallery owner in the film. Samson, Delilah is only the beginning of his career.

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Liam Egan – Sound Designer

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Liam loves cats. During the sound edit on Samson & Delilah, one of his went missing, which caused major problems in his household for a few days, but the drama ended happily. He has worked with Kath and Warwick on lots of films including the Bit of Black Business series (including Nana), Green Bush, Plains Empty and many more. The sound post was completed at Philmsound because they have a great selection of chocolates, not to mention that Phil’s a nice guy. Robert Sullivan was the ace mixer once again.

 

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