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Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze Charlie Kaufman
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Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid
& Jim Morris

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Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich
director of
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Stacy Peralta & Tony Alva Stacy Peralta
& Tony Alva

from
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star of
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