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252:Running time
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1092:CinemaScore
882:27 February
821:CinemaBlend
593:Roger Ebert
495:South Slope
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310:, starring
256:181 minutes
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332:Kevin Wade
328:Bo Goldman
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239:1998-11-13
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189:Production
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621:earned a
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1182:AllMovie
840:(1998).
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505:Versions
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269:Language
178:Music by
106:Starring
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