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#1: From interview [2009]
DEAN CUNDEY ASC/CSC
Born: 12 March 1946, Alhambra, Los Angeles County, Calif., USA, as Dean Raymond Cundey.
Education: California State University, Los Angeles [Prod Design; 2 years]; School of Theater, Film and Television of the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] [1968-70].
Career: Got his start handling makeup for 2 Roger Corman productions [see below]. After that he scrambled for several years doing pickup shots/inserts and assisting film editors. Became gaffer. In order to increase his marketability as a cinematographer, he outfitted a location truck with camera and grip equipment - then included himself - in what was a complete filmmaking package. 'It became my foot-in-the-door on a lot of low-budget films. I was able to provide a complete package of equipment and also myself to a producer. Having my own equipment meant that I could do a better job. So it was a win-win situation.' He shot some 20-25 films for people who rented his van.
Ph commercials dir by Sam Raimi, Bruce Logan, David Hogan, John Glenn, Kevin Dole, a.o. Ph music videos.
Directed commercials.
Member of the ASC since 1986. Honorary member of the SOC.
Appearances/Interviews: 'Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography' [1991], 'The Making of "Jurassic Park"' [1995, John Schultz; ph: Shawn Maurer], 'The Thing: Terror Takes Shape' [1998, Michael Matessino; 83m], "'Halloween' Unmasked 2000" [1999, Mark Cerulli], 'Tales from the Mist: Inside the Fog' [2001, prod: Jeffrey Schwarz; 28m], 'Return to 'Escape from New York'' [2003, Michael Gillis], 'Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest' [2003, Steven Smith], 'Halloween: 25 Years of Terror' [2003-04, Stefan Hutchinson; ph: Guy Paterson], 'Looking Back at the Future' [2005, Darold Crotzer] & 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: BSC Award nom [1988], 'Oscar' AA nom [1988] & BAFTA Film Award nom [1988] for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'; ASC Award nom [1992] for 'Hook'; BSC Award nom [1995], BAFTA Film Award nom [1995] & ASC Award nom [1996] for 'Apollo 13'; Daytime 'Emmy' Award [2001] for 'The Face: Jesus in Art'; ASC Lifetime Achievement Award [2013].
| FILMS | |
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1972 |
Beware! The Blob/Son of Blob/Son of the Blob [Larry Hagman] c; ph animal seq; ph: Al Hamm |
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1972 |
So Evil, My Sister/Psycho Sisters/The Sibling [Reginald Le Borg] c |
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1972 |
Brother on the Run/Black Force 2/Boots Turner/Man on the Run [Edward J. Lakso & Herbert L. Strock] c |
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1973 |
The No Mercy Man/Trained to Kill*USA/Fire in the Wind/The Vietnam Soldier [Daniel J. Vance] tao35/c |
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1973 |
Where the Red Fern Grows [Norman Tokar] c; addph: John Le Blanc; 2uc: Herb Smith |
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1975 |
Citizen Soldier [Michael Elsey] c; cph: Baird Bryant; completed & released in 1982 |
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1975 |
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks [Don Edmonds] c; cph: Glenn Roland |
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1975 |
That Girl from Boston [Matt Cimber] c |
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1975 |
Black Shampoo [Greydon Clark] c; cph: Michael J. Mileham |
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1975 |
The Witch Who Came from the Sea [Matt Cimber] tao35/c; assoc ph; ph: Ken Gibb |
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1976 |
Bare Knuckles [Don Edmonds] c; addph: J.A. Silveira, Mark Walthour & Ken Gibb |
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1976 |
Creature from Black Lake/Demon of the Lake [Joy Houck Jr.] tao35/c; 2uc: Jim deBuys |
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1976 |
Satan's Cheerleaders [Greydon Clark] c; 2uc: Ray Stella |
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1977 |
Hi-Riders [Greydon Clark] c; 2uc: Michael Mileham |
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1977 |
Charge of the Model T's [Jim McCullough] p/b&w-c |
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1977 |
Goodbye, Franklin High [Mike MacFarland] c |
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1978 |
Hanging on a Star [Mike MacFarland] c |
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1978 |
The Kid from Not-So-Big [Bill Crain] c |
[Left] with dir John Carpenter [center] - "Halloween"
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1978 |
Halloween [John Carpenter] p/c |
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1978 |
Rock 'n' Roll High School/Girls' Gym [Allan Arkush; (uncred) Joe Dante & Jerry Zucker] c; 2uc: Clyde Bryan |
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1979 |
Jaws of Satan/King Cobra [Bob Claver] c; 2uc (+ c.op 1st unit): Raymond Stella |
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1979 |
The Fog [John Carpenter] p/c |
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1979 |
Roller Boogie [Mark L. Lester] c; roller skating ph: Daniel Pearl |
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1979 |
Angels' Brigade/Seven from Heaven/Angels Revenge [Greydon Clark] c |
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1979 |
Separate Ways [Howard Avedis] c |
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1980 |
Galaxina [William Sachs] c; spec pfx: Chuck Colwell (superv) |
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1980 |
Without Warning/It Came Without Warning/Alien Warning [Greydon Clark] c |
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1980 |
Escape from New York [John Carpenter] p/c; 2uc: Jim Lucas; spec vfx ph: Jim Cameron, George Dodge, Dennis Skotak & Austin McKinney |
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1981 |
Halloween II [: The Nightmare Isn't Over!] [Rick Rosenthal] p/c |
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1981 |
The Thing [John Carpenter] p/c |
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1982 |
Halloween III: Season of the Witch [Tommy Lee Wallace] p/c |
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1982 |
Psycho II [Richard Franklin] c; matte ph: Bill Taylor & Dennis Glouner; spec vfx: Albert Whitlock |
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1983 |
D.C. Cab/Street Fleet [Joel Schumacher] c; Washington ph: Ron Van Nostrand; 2uc: Rex Metz |
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1983 |
Romancing the Stone [Robert Zemeckis] p/c; 2uc: Richard Hart |
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1984 |
Warning Sign [Hal Barwood] c |
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1984 |
Back to the Future [Robert Zemeckis] c; 2uc: Raymond Stella |
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1985 |
Big Trouble in Little China [John Carpenter] p/c; 2uc: Steven Poster; uwph 2u: Jack Cooperman & Barry Herron; vfx ph: Bill Neil |
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1986 |
Project X [Jonathan Kaplan] c |
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1986 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Robert Zemeckis] c; addph UK: Paul Beeson; 2uc UK: Wally Byatt; spec vfx ph: Scott Farrar; ph cons UK: Derek Browne |
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1987 |
Big Business [Jim Abrahams] c; addph: Gary Kibbe; 2uc New York: Tom Priestley Jr. |
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1988 |
Road House [Rowdy Herrington] p/c |
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1989 |
Back to the Future Part II [Robert Zemeckis] c; 2uc: Don Burgess; addph: Jack Priestley; matte ph: Wade Childress & John Malvino; optical ph superv: John Ellis & Stuart Robertson |
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1989 |
Back to the Future Part III [Robert Zemeckis] c; 2uc: Don Burgess; optical ph superv: John Ellis; + small part |
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1990 |
Nothing But Trouble [Dan Aykroyd] c; 2uc: Robert Stevens & Don Burgess |
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1991 |
Hook [Steven Spielberg] p/c |
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1991 |
Death Becomes Her [Robert Zemeckis] c; 2uc: Don Burgess; uwph: Jack Cooperman; optical ph superv: Bruce Vecchitto & Brad Kuehn |
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1992 |
Jurassic Park [Steven Spielberg] c; addph: Lloyd Ahern II; + small part |
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1993 |
The Flintstones [Brian Levant] c; + small part |
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1994 |
Casper [Brad Silberling] c; addph: Kenneth Zunder; 2uc: Raymond Stella |
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1994 |
Apollo 13 [Ron Howard] s35/c; 2uc (+ c.op main unit): Raymond Stella; vfx addph (+ vfx superv): Robert Legato; vfx ph: Erik Nash; KC-135 weightless unit ph: David Nowell; also IMAX (15/70) version: 'Apollo 13 - The IMAX Experience' |
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1995 |
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience [Randal Kleiser] 70mm/3-D/c; short/23m; for Disney World |
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1995 |
Michael & Mickey [Jerry Rees (replaced Robert Zemeckis)] short (live action + anim); for Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida |
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1996 |
Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair [Steven Spielberg, Alexandra Collett, Greg Hammond, Eric Eckstein & Patrick Algermissen] vg/CD-ROM; + appearance |
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1996 |
Leave It to Beaver [Andy Cadiff] c; co-addph; ph: Thomas del Ruth |
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1996 |
Flubber [Les Mayfield] c; 2uc: Raymond Stella & Rexford Metz; remake of 'The Absent-Minded Professor' (1960, Robert Stevenson; ph: Edward Colman) |
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1997 |
Krippendorf's Tribe [Todd Holland] c |
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1997 |
The Parent Trap [Nancy Meyers] c; replaced doph Geoffrey Simpson; 2uc: Raymond Stella; remake of film (1960, David Swift; ph: Lucien Ballard) |
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1999 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming [Richard Hatch & Jay Woelfel] c; cph: Scott Spears |
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1999 |
Goodtime Charlie [Kostas Iannios] announced; scheduled for June 2001 start; status unknown |
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2000 |
What Women Want [Nancy Meyers] c; 2uc: Raymond Stella |
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2002 |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action [Joe Dante] s35/c; addph: Steven Poster; 2uc: Patrick Loungway & Mark Vargo |
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2003 |
Garfield [- The Movie] [Peter Hewitt] c; 2uc: Mark Vargo |
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2004 |
Sakura: Blue-Eyed Samurai [Dean Paraskevopoulos] c |
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2005 |
Jurassic IV [: The Extinction]/Jurassic World [Alex Proyas or Steven Spielberg or Joe Johnston] pre-production; scheduled for 2007 start; announced as doph, but replaced in 2008 by ph Shelly Johnson; prod ph by John Schwartzman and dir by Colin Trevorrow in 2014 |
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2005 |
Whisper/Hellion [Stewart Hendler (replaced Erik Van Looy)] c; 2uc: Danny Nowak & Randal Platt |
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2005 |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties [Tim Hill] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/ c; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: Peter Lyons Collister |
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2006 |
The Holiday [Nancy Meyers] c; 2uc UK: Chris Seager & Sue Gibson; aph: Jeremy Braben |
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2008 |
Shannon's Rainbow [Frank E. Johnson] c; re-cut version is titled 'Amazing Racer' |
[Right] with actor Jackie Chan - "The Spy Next Door"
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2008 |
The Spy Next Door [Brian Levant] s35-to-35mm/c |
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2009 |
Walking with the Enemy/The Glass House [Mark Schmidt] RED (scope)/c; addph: Gabriel Kosuth |
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2010 |
To Beauty/The Scat Players [Jess Zakira Wise] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; short/8m; prod USC |
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2010 |
Jack and Jill [Dennis Dugan] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Richard Crudo; aph: Patrick Longman |
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2011 |
Truth & Treason [Matt Whitaker] in pre-production since 2009; scheduled to start filming in the Fall; status unknown |
[Right] - "Back for the Future"
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2011 |
Back for the Future [Frank Marshall] s35-to-HD/c; promotional short/0m60s, 0m90s & 2m16s; for Nike MAG shoes |
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2011 |
Playing for Keeps/Playing the Field [Gabriele Muccino] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc; ph: Peter Menzies Jr. |
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2011 |
Crazy Kind of Love/Long Time Gone [Sarah Siegel-Magness] c; addph: Scott Winig |
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2012 |
Carry Me Home/Something Whispered/The Underground Railroad [Peter Cousens] HD/c; aph: Mark Hryma |
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2013 |
Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys [David Winning] pre-production |
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2013 |
Ethyrea: Code of the Brethren [Andy & Vic Armstrong] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in March 2014 |
| TELEVISION | |
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|
1981 |
Tales of the Unexpected [ep #43 'The Best Policy' dir by Ray Danton & #49 'A Glowing Future' dir by John Peyser] 112-part series, 1979-1988; 4th season, 1981 |
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1982 |
The Invisible Woman [Alan Levi] pilot/v; for NBC-tv |
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1982 |
M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Driving [William Graham] tvm |
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1983 |
Tales of the Unexpected [ep #83 'The Turn of the Tide' dir by Ray Danton] 6th season, 1983; see 1981 |
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1983 |
Amazons [Paul Michael Glaser] tvm |
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1984 |
Invitation to Hell [Wes Craven] tvm |
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1984 |
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear [Peter H. Hunt] tvm |
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1989 |
[HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #2 'And All Through the House' dir by Robert Zemeckis] 93-part series, 1989-96; 1st season, 1989 |
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1999 |
Partners [Brett Ratner] pilot; for CBS-tv |
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2000 |
The Face: Jesus in Art [Craig McGowan] doc/120m; ep #432 of PBS-tv series 'Religion & Ethics Newsweekly'; also theatrical version (90m) |
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2002 |
Too Many Lovers [Arvin Brown] tvm |
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2004 |
The West Wing [ep #121 'Opposition Research' dir by Christopher Misiano (CM) & #125 'Freedonia' dir by CM] 154-part series, 1999-2006; 6th season, 2004-05; other ph: Thomas Del Ruth, Michael Mayers (+ cph #121 & #125), Philip Holahan & Anette Haellmigk |
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2007 |
The Troop [Greg Coolidge] pilot/30m; for Nickelodeon |
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2007 |
Camp Rock [Matthew Diamond] tvm |
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2010 |
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster [Brian Levant] tvm; uwph: Michael Ferris; for Cartoon Network |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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1969 |
Naked Angels [Bruce Clark] makeup; ph: Robert Eberlein |
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1970 |
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It/Gas-s-s-s!/Gas! [Roger Corman] makeup (+ c.op 3rd cam); ph: Ron Dexter |
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1974 |
Fugitive Lovers/The Runaways/Starcrossed Lovers [John Carr] c.asst; ph: Michael Mileham |
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2011 |
Ten Men on the Field [Scott Essman] dv/c; short/28m; spec cons int ph; ph: Sergio Ramirez; prod The Art Institute of California, Orange County |
| FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
|---|---|
|
1996 |
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves [feature] ph: Raymond Stella |
|
1996 |
Deep Rising [2ud; dir: Stephen Sommers] 2uc: Henry M. Lebo |
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2006 |
DarkHorse [feature] scheduled for November start; status unknown |
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2007 |
Nightlife [feature] scheduled for late 2007 start; status unknown |
