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expressed interest in playing the lead role of Alan Hakman. Having loved the script, Williams told Naim that what really “struck” him was the “sense of mortality, something hadn't explored as an actor before”. Within weeks, the rest of the cast and crew was hired. The 95 minutes movie was shot on
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