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Catherine Elise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, t... more

After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career on the Australian stage, taking on roles in Electra in 1992 and Hamlet in 1994. She came to international attention as Elizabeth I in the drama film Elizabeth (1998), for which she won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and received her first of seven Academy Award nominations. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a neurotic former socialite in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Blue Jasmine (2013). Blanchett's other Oscar-nominated roles include Notes on a Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Carol (2015). Her highest-grossing films include The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Cinderella (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018).

Blanchett has performed in over 20 theatre productions. From 2008 to 2013, she and her husband, Andrew Upton, were the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during that period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya and The Maids, garnering several theatre awards and nominations. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 in The Present, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. Blanchett has also received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited Series as producer for the FX/Hulu historical drama miniseries Mrs. America (2020).

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(2003)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

Runtime:

201 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler

8.9

93%

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(2001)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can...

Runtime:

179 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler

8.8

92%

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

(2002)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

Runtime:

179 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Elijah Wood, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler

8.7

95%

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

(2012)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Runtime:

169 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett

7.9

64%

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

(2013)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

Runtime:

161 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish

7.9

75%

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Thor: Ragnarok

(2017)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

Runtime:

131 min

Cast:

Chris Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett

7.9

92%

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

(2008)

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into ...

Runtime:

166 min

Director:

David Fincher

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond

7.8

71%

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Hot Fuzz

(2007)

Action, Comedy, Crime

As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the...

Runtime:

121 min

Director:

Edgar Wright

Cast:

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine

7.8

91%

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

(2014)

Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider who turns out to be Hiccup's mother, Valka. Hiccup and ...

Runtime:

102 min

7.8

N/A

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The Aviator

(2004)

Drama

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Runtime:

170 min

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin

7.5

86%

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(2014)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elve...

Runtime:

144 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Orlando Bloom

7.4

59%

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Eyes Wide Shut

(1999)

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Runtime:

159 min

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Jackie Sawiris, Sydney Pollack

7.4

76%

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Ponyo

(2008)

Animation, Family, Fantasy

The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke, lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Cast:

Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, George Tokoro, George Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi

7.7

91%

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Babel

(2006)

Drama

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert...

Runtime:

143 min

Director:

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal

7.4

69%

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

(1999)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring sc...

Runtime:

139 min

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Cast:

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman

7.4

83%

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

(2004)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perh...

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

Wes Anderson

Cast:

Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson

7.3

73%

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Blue Jasmine

(2013)

Drama

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

Runtime:

99 min

Director:

Woody Allen

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K.

7.3

91%

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

(2019)

Adventure, Animation, Family

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

Runtime:

104 min

Cast:

Jay Baruchel, Jay Baruchel, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, America Ferrera

7.5

90%

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Elizabeth

(1998)

Drama, History

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston

7.4

83%

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Notes on a Scandal

(2006)

Drama, Romance

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Richard Eyre

Cast:

Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Juno Temple, Phil Davis

7.4

87%

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Cinderella

(2015)

Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera

7.0

83%

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Carol

(2015)

Drama, Romance

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Runtime:

118 min

Director:

Todd Haynes

Cast:

Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy

7.2

94%

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Hanna

(2011)

Action, Adventure, Thriller

Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces star...

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Joe Wright

Cast:

Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Vicky Kreips

6.8

71%

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Robin Hood

(2010)

Adventure

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

Runtime:

140 min

Director:

Ridley Scott

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong

6.6

43%

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Coffee and Cigarettes

(2003)

Comedy, Drama

Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Cast:

Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Steve Buscemi

7.1

64%

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

(2007)

Drama, History, Romance

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.

Runtime:

114 min

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Hollander, Laurence Fox

6.8

35%

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I'm Not There

(2007)

Drama, Music

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

Runtime:

135 min

Director:

Todd Haynes

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore, Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Gainsbourg

6.9

77%

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The Gift

(2000)

Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the arrest of an abusive husband, but did he really do it?

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Sam Raimi

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear

6.7

57%

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

(2008)

Action, Adventure

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's...

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf

6.1

78%

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Ocean's Eight

(2018)

Action, Comedy, Crime

Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Gary Ross

Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett

6.2

69%

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Bandits

(2001)

Comedy, Crime

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.

Runtime:

123 min

Director:

Barry Levinson

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity

6.5

64%

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The Monuments Men

(2014)

Action, Drama, History, War

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to the...

Runtime:

118 min

Director:

George Clooney

Cast:

Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Bill Murray, John Goodman

6.1

30%

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The Shipping News

(2001)

Drama, Romance

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Cast:

Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Pete Postlethwaite

6.7

55%

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Heaven

(2002)

Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Tom Tykwer

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone, Stefania Rocca, Alessandro Sperduti

7.0

73%

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The Missing

(2003)

Adventure, Thriller, Western

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lil...

Runtime:

135 min

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart

6.5

58%

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Veronica Guerin

(2003)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Trayn...

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Don Wycherley

6.9

53%

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The House with a Clock in Its Walls

(2018)

Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror

When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secre...

Runtime:

105 min

Cast:

Jack Black, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett, Cate Blanchett

6.0

66%

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An Ideal Husband

(1999)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, an...

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Oliver Parker

Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam

6.8

85%

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Pushing Tin

(1999)

Comedy, Drama

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Mike Newell

Cast:

John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Gene Dinovi

6.0

48%

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Truth

(2015)

Drama

As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned, and the casualties begin to mount.

Runtime:

125 min

Director:

James Vanderbilt

Cast:

Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid

6.8

61%

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