Running time132 minutesCountryUnited KingdomUnited StatesGermanyLanguageEnglishBudget$54 millionBox office$132.5 millionV for Vendetta is a 2005 directed by and written by, based on the 1988 / of the. The film is set in an where a and regime has subjugated the United Kingdom. Portrays, an freedom fighter who attempts to ignite a revolution through elaborate terrorist acts, and plays, a young, working-class woman caught up in V's mission, while portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to stop V.The film was originally scheduled for release by on Friday, November 4, 2005, (a day before the 400th ), but was delayed; it opened on March 17, 2006, to positive reviews. Alan Moore, having been dissatisfied with the film adaptations of his other works (2001) and (2003), declined to watch the film and asked not to be credited or paid royalties.V for Vendetta has been seen by many political groups as an allegory of oppression by government; and have used it to promote their beliefs. David Lloyd stated: 'The has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny – and I'm happy with people using it, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way.' Contents.Plot In 2032, the world is in turmoil, with the United States fractured as a result of prolonged and a pandemic of the 'St. Mary's Virus' that ravaged the UK and Europe 14 years earlier.
He who tried to blow up the Parliament (with King James I and the Protestant aristocracy in it) on the 5th of November in 1605. This is known as the Gunpowder Plot. V is loosely based on Guy Fawkes, and his plot to destroy the parliament building is similar. More for V for Vendetta Mistakes Continuity mistake: As V attacks all of Creedy's men with his knives, in one shot he cuts one man's neck, and blood sprays onto the man's face, but in the next shot as the man falls.
The United Kingdom is ruled as a police state by the Party, under the all-powerful High Chancellor.On November 4, a vigilante in a mask identifying himself as ' rescues, an employee of the state-run British Television Network, from members of the 'Fingermen' while she is out past curfew. From a rooftop, they watch his demolition of London's main criminal court, the, accompanied by fireworks and the '. Inspector Finch of is asked to investigate V's activities. Meanwhile, the BTN declares the Bailey's destruction an 'emergency demolition', but V interrupts the broadcast to claim responsibility, encouraging the people of Britain to rise up against their government and meet him on next year's outside the. During the broadcast, the police attempt to capture V. Evey helps him escape, but is knocked unconscious.V takes Evey to his home, where she is told she must remain for one year.
V then kills Lewis Prothero, Norsefire's chief propagandist, and Anthony Lilliman, the. Evey offers to help, and uses the opportunity to escape to the home of her boss, comedian and talk show host Gordon Deitrich. In return for Evey trusting him with her safety, Gordon reveals prohibited materials, including subversive paintings, an antique, and homoerotic photographs. Meanwhile, V confronts Dr. Delia Surridge, who had experimented on him and many other 'undesirables' at concentration camp; seeing her remorse for her past actions, he kills her painlessly.After Gordon performs a cartoonish satire of the government on his show, his home is raided later that night and Evey is captured. She is imprisoned and tortured for information about V, with her only solace being a note written by actress Valerie Page, a former prisoner who was tortured and killed for being lesbian.
Evey is told she will be executed unless she reveals V's location. When she says she would rather die, she is inexplicably released, and then finds herself in V's home. It turns out that V was the one who had 'captured' her at Gordon's home, and staged her imprisonment and torture to free her from her fears. The note was real, passed from Valerie to V when he was imprisoned. He also informs her that Gordon had been executed when the Quran was found in his home. While Evey initially hates V for what he did to her, she realizes she has become a stronger person. She leaves him, promising to return before November 5.Reading the deceased Surridge's journal, Finch learns V is the result of human experimentation and has been targeting the people who detained him.
Despite being stonewalled by the government, Finch searches for the true identity of V, tracing him to a program in Larkhill. Finch meets William Rookwood, who tells him about the program and its origins. 14 years before the events of the film the United States was involved in a deadly war in the Middle East which grew worse. Because of this, Sutler, who was at the time, used the war to launch a secret project in the name of national security at Larkhill which resulted in the creation of the St Mary's virus. He further reveals that Creedy, the current leader of the Norsefire Party, suggested the release of the virus onto the UK.
Targeting St Mary's School, a tube station and a water treatment plant, the virus killed more than 100,000 British residents, and the outbreak was blamed on a due to the war. The Party, which promised security in times of social instability, used the wave of fear and chaos to win the election that year, elevate Sutler to the newly created office of High Chancellor and win an overwhelming majority in, becoming the elected government and taking absolute and total control over the country. Finch later discovers that Rookwood was V in disguise, and though he initially disbelieves the story, his faith in the Norsefire government is severely shaken.As November 5 nears, V distributes thousands of Guy Fawkes masks, and the population questions government rule. The UK slowly descends into anarchy, ignited when a Fingermen shoots and kills a young girl painting graffiti, only to be killed in turn by a mob of enraged citizens.
On the eve of November 5, Evey visits V, who shows her an explosive-laden train in the abandoned, set to destroy Parliament. He leaves it to Evey to decide whether to use it.
V meets party leader Creedy, with whom he has made a deal to surrender in exchange for Sutler's execution. After Creedy executes Sutler, V reneges on his deal and kills Creedy and his men. Mortally wounded, he returns to Evey and tells her he loves her before dying.As Evey places V's body aboard the train, she is found by Finch. Disillusioned by the Party's regime, Finch allows Evey to send the train off. On the surface, many thousands of unarmed citizens wearing Guy Fawkes masks march towards the Houses of Parliament.
Since Creedy and Sutler are both dead, the receives no orders, and allows the crowd to pass. As Parliament is destroyed, Finch asks Evey for V's identity, to which she replies, 'He was all of us.' We felt the novel was very prescient to how the political climate is at the moment. It really showed what can happen when society is ruled by government, rather than the government being run as a voice of the people. I don't think it's such a big leap to say that things like that can happen when leaders stop listening to the people.—James McTeigue, DirectorThe filmmakers added topical references relevant to a 2006 audience.
According to the, 'With a wealth of new, real-life parallels to draw from in the areas of government surveillance, torture, and, not to mention and religious hypocrisy, you can't really blame the filmmakers for having a field day referencing current events.' There are also references to an pandemic, as well as pervasive use of and and analysis by the regime.Film critics, political commentators and other members of the media have also noted the film's numerous references to events surrounding the in the United States. These include the hoods and sacks worn by the prisoners in Larkhill that have been seen as a reference to the. The and are also referenced. One of the forbidden items in Gordon's secret basement is a protest poster with a mixed US–UK flag with a and the title 'Coalition of the Willing, To Power' which combines the ' with concept of.Despite the America-specific references, the filmmakers have always referred to the film as adding dialogue to a set of issues much broader than the US administration. When James McTeigue was asked whether or not BTN was based on, McTeigue replied, 'Yes. But not just Fox.
Everyone is complicit in this kind of stuff. It could just as well been the Britain's Channel, also a part of.' Production and release Development The film was made by many of the same filmmakers involved in. In 1988, producer Joel Silver acquired the rights to two of 's works:.
After the release and relative success of, writer was brought on to flesh out the project with an initial draft – one that bears little, if any, relation to the finished product, with the inclusion of overtly satirical and surrealistic elements not present in the graphic novel, as well as the removal of much of the novel's ambiguity, especially in regard to V's identity. The Wachowskis were fans of V for Vendetta and in the mid-1990s, before working on, wrote a draft screenplay that closely followed the graphic novel. During the post-production of the second and third The Matrix films, they revisited the screenplay and offered the director's role to. All three were intrigued by the original story's themes and found them to be relevant to the contemporary political landscape.
Upon revisiting the screenplay, the Wachowskis set about making revisions to condense and modernise the story, while at the same time attempting to preserve its integrity and themes. James McTeigue cites the film as his principal influence in preparing to film V for Vendetta.Moore explicitly disassociated himself from the film due to his lack of involvement in its writing or directing, as well as due to a continuing series of disputes over film adaptations of his work. He ended cooperation with his publisher, after its corporate parent, failed to retract statements about Moore's supposed endorsement of the film. Moore said that the script contained plot holes and that it ran contrary to the theme of his original work, which was to place two political extremes (fascism and ) against one another.
He argues his work had been recast as a story about 'current vs. Per his wishes, Moore's name does not appear in the film's closing credits. Co-creator and illustrator supports the film adaptation, commenting that the script is very good but that Moore would only ever be truly happy with a complete book-to-screen adaptation. Filming V for Vendetta was filmed in, United Kingdom, and in, Germany, at. Much of the film was shot on and indoor sets, with location work done in for three scenes: the Norsefire rally flashback, Larkhill, and Bishop Lilliman's bedroom. The scenes that took place in the abandoned were filmed at the disused.
Filming began in early March 2005 and principal photography officially wrapped in early June 2005. V for Vendetta is the final film shot by, who died of a heart attack on December 7, 2005.To film the final scene at, the area from and up to Parliament and had to be closed for three nights from midnight until 5 am. This was the first time the security-sensitive area (home to and the ) had ever been closed to accommodate filming. Prime Minister (at the time of filming) 's son, Euan, worked on the film's production and is said (according to an interview with Stephen Fry) to have helped the filmmakers obtain the unparalleled filming access.
This drew criticism of Blair from due to the film's content. However, the filmmakers denied Euan Blair's involvement in the deal, stating that access was acquired through nine months of negotiations with fourteen different government departments and agencies. Post-production The film was designed to have a future-retro look, with heavy use of grey tones to give a dreary, stagnant feel to totalitarian London. The largest set created for the film was the Shadow Gallery, which was made to feel like a cross between a crypt and an. The Gallery is V's home as well as the place where he stores various artefacts forbidden by the government.
Some of the works of art displayed in the gallery include by, by, a poster, by, by and statues by.One of the major challenges in the film was how to bring V to life from under an expressionless mask. Thus, considerable effort was made to bring together lighting, acting, and Weaving's voice to create the proper mood for the situation. Since the mask muffled Weaving's voice, his entire dialogue was re-recorded in post-production. Promotion The cast and filmmakers attended several press conferences that allowed them to address issues surrounding the film, including its authenticity, Alan Moore's reaction to it and its intended political message. The film was intended to be a departure from some of Moore's original themes. In the words of Hugo Weaving: 'Alan Moore was writing about something which happened some time ago.
It was a response to living in Britain. This is a response to the world in which we live today.
So I think that the film and the graphic novel are two separate entities.' Regarding the film's controversial political content, the filmmakers have said that the film is intended more to raise questions and add to a dialogue already present in society, rather than provide answers or tell viewers what to think. Release The film adopts extensive imagery from the 1605, in which a group of Catholic conspirators plotted to destroy the then Houses of Parliament in order to spark a revolution in England. The film was originally scheduled for release on the weekend of November 5, 2005, the Plot's 400th anniversary, with the tag line 'Remember, remember the 5th of November', taken from a traditional British rhyme memorialising the event. However, the marketing angle lost much of its value when the release date was pushed back to March 17, 2006. Many have speculated that the delay was caused by the London tube bombing on the and the failed. The filmmakers have denied this, saying that the delays were due to the need for more time to finish the visual effects production.
V for Vendetta had its first major premiere on December 11, 2005, at, followed by a premiere on February 13, 2006 at the. It opened for general release on March 17, 2006 in 3,365 cinemas in the United States, the United Kingdom and six other countries.
Reception Commercial By December 2006, V for Vendetta had grossed $132,511,035, of which $70,511,035 was from the United States. The film led the U.S. Box office on its opening day, taking in an estimated $8,742,504, and remained the number one film for the remainder of the weekend, taking in an estimated $25,642,340. Its closest rival, took in $15,604,892.
The film debuted at number one in the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan. V for Vendetta also opened in 56 cinemas in North America, grossing $1.36 million during the opening three days.DVD sales were successful, selling 1,412,865 DVD units in the first week of release which translated to $27,683,818 in revenue. By the end of 2006, 3,086,073 DVD units had been sold, bringing in slightly more than its production cost with $58,342,597. As of September 2018, the film has grossed over $62 million from DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States.The film was also successful in terms of merchandise sales, with hundreds of thousands of from the film having been sold every year since the film's release, as of 2011. Owns the rights to the image and is paid a fee with the sale of each official mask.
Critical. See also:On, the film holds a 72% approval rating based on 246 reviews, with an average rating of 6.79/10. The website's critics consensus reads, 'Visually stunning and thought-provoking, V For Vendetta 's political pronouncements may rile some, but its story and impressive set pieces will nevertheless entertain.'
, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale.gave the film a 'two thumbs up' rating. Stated that V for Vendetta 'almost always has something going on that is actually interesting, inviting us to decode the character and plot and apply the message where we will'. And from stated that despite the problem of never seeing Weaving's face, there was good acting and an interesting plot, adding that the film is also disturbing, with scenes reminiscent of Nazi Germany.from the BBC blasted the film, calling it a 'woeful, depressing failure' and stating that the 'cast of notable and familiar talents such as John Hurt and Stephen Rea stand little chance amid the wreckage of the Wachowski siblings' dismal script and its particularly poor dialogue.' Sean Burns of gave the film a 'D', criticizing the film's treatment of its political message as being 'fairly dim, adolescent stuff,' as well as expressing dislike for the 'barely decorated sets with television-standard overlit shadow-free cinematography by the late Adrian Biddle. The film is a visual insult.' On Alan Moore removing his name from the project, Burns says 'it's not hard to see why,' as well as criticising Portman's performance: 'Portman still seems to believe that standing around with your mouth hanging open constitutes a performance.'
Harry Guerin from the Irish TV network states the film 'works as a political thriller, adventure and social commentary and it deserves to be seen by audiences who would otherwise avoid any/all of the three'. He added that the film will become 'a cult favourite whose reputation will only be enhanced with age.'
Andy Jacobs for the BBC gave the film two stars out of five, remarking that it is 'a bit of a mess. It rarely thrills or engages as a story.' V for Vendetta received few awards, although at the 2007 Natalie Portman won the award. The film was nominated for the in 2007. V was included on Fandomania 's list of The 100 Greatest Fictional Characters. Magazine named the film the 418th greatest movie of all time in 2008.
Political V for Vendetta deals with issues of,. Its controversial story line and themes have been the target of both criticism and praise from groups.On April 17, 2006, the New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists organised a protest against and, accusing it of watering down the story's original message in favor of violence and special effects., an anarchist scholar and former professor at, was not upset by the film. 'I thought the message of anarchy got out in spite of Hollywood.' However, Graeber went on to state: 'Anarchy is about creating communities and democratic decision making. That's what is absent from Hollywood's interpretation.'
Film critic dismissed criticism of the film on the television show Ebert and Roeper, saying that V's 'terrorist' label is applied in the film 'by someone who's essentially Hitler, a dictator.' Commentators have praised the film for its positive depiction of homosexuals. Of called the film 'one of the most pro-gay ever'.
Warn went on to praise the central role of the character Valerie 'not just because it is beautifully acted and well-written, but because it is so utterly unexpected in a Hollywood film.' Of the criticized V's actions as 'antidemocratic,' calling the film an example of 'the bankruptcy of ideology;' Walsh writes that because the people have not played any part in the revolution, they will be unable to produce a 'new, liberated society.' The film was broadcast on China's national TV station, (CCTV) on December 16, 2012 completely uncensored, surprising many viewers.
While many believed that the government had banned the film, the stated that it was not aware of a ban; CCTV makes its own decisions on whether to censor foreign films. Liu Shanying, a political scientist at the who used to work for CCTV, speculated that the showing indicated that is getting loosened. Differences between the film and graphic novel The film's story was adapted from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel V for Vendetta; this was originally published between 1982 and 1985 in the British comic anthology, and then reprinted and completed by DC. Moore's comics were later compiled into a graphic novel and published again in the United States under DC's imprint and in the United Kingdom under.There are several fundamental differences between the film and the original source material. For example, the comic is set in the 1990s, while the film is set in 2032: Alan Moore's original story was created as a response to British Thatcherism in the early 1980s and was set as a conflict between a fascist state and anarchism, while the film's story has been changed by the Wachowskis to fit a modern political context. Alan Moore, however, charged that, in doing so, the story has turned into an American-centric conflict between and, and abandons the original anarchist–fascist themes. Moore states that 'there wasn't a mention of anarchy as far as I could see.
The fascism had been completely defanged. I mean, I think that any references to had been excised, whereas actually, fascists are quite big on racial purity.' Furthermore, in the original story, Moore attempted to maintain moral ambiguity, and not to portray the fascists as caricatures, but as realistic, rounded characters.
The time limitations of a film meant that the story had to omit or streamline some of the characters, details, and plotlines from the original story. Chiefly, the original graphic novel has the fascists elected legally and kept in power through the general apathy of the public, whereas the film introduces the 'St.
Mary's virus', a biological weapon engineered and released by the Norsefire Party as a means of clandestinely gaining control over their own country. Many of the characters from the graphic novel underwent significant changes for the film. V is characterized in the film as a romantic freedom fighter who shows concern over the loss of innocent life. However, in the graphic novel, he is portrayed as ruthless, willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. Evey Hammond's transformation as V's is also much more drastic in the novel than in the film. At the beginning of the film, she is already a confident woman with a hint of rebellion in her; in the graphic novel, she starts off as an insecure, desperate young woman forced into prostitution. V and Evey's relationship, though not as obvious in the book, ends in the film with pledges of love.
In the graphic novel's finale, she not only carries out V's plans as she does in the film, but also clearly takes on V's identity. In the film, Inspector Finch sympathizes with V, but, in the graphic novel, he is determined to stop V and goes as far as taking to enter into a criminal's state of mind.
Gordon, a very minor character in both adaptations, is also drastically changed. In the novel, Gordon is a small-time criminal who takes Evey into his home after V abandons her on the street. The two share a brief romance before Gordon is killed by a Scottish gang. In the film, however, Gordon is a well-mannered colleague of Evey's, and is later revealed to be gay. He is arrested by Fingermen for broadcasting a political parody on his TV program, and is later executed when a is found in his possession. Marketing Home media V for Vendetta was released on DVD in the US on August 1, 2006, in three formats: a single-disc wide-screen version, a single-disc full-screen version, and a two-disc special edition. The single disc versions contain a short (15:56) behind-the-scenes titled 'Freedom!
Making V for Vendetta' and the film's, whereas the two-disc special edition contains three additional documentaries, and several extra features for collectors. On the second disc of the special edition, a short clip of Natalie Portman on can be viewed by selecting the picture of wings on the second page of the menu. The film has also been released on the format, which features a unique 'in-film experience' created exclusively for the disc. Later released the video on, on May 20, 2008. The film also saw release on Sony's PSP UMD format. Soundtrack. Main article:The V for Vendetta was released by on March 21, 2006.
The original scores from the film's composer, make up most of the tracks on the album. The soundtrack also features three vocals played during the film: ' by, a cover of song 'I Found a Reason' by and 'Bird Gerhl'. As mentioned in the film, these songs are samples of the 872 tracks on V's that V 'reclaimed' from the Ministry of Objectionable Materials. The climax of 's appears at the end of the track 'Knives and Bullets (and Cannons too)'. The Overture's is played at key parts at the beginning and end of the film.Three songs were played during the ending credits which were not included on the V for Vendetta soundtrack. The first was ' by the.
The second was a special version of 's 'BKAB'. In keeping with revolutionary tone of the film, excerpts from 'On Black Power' (also in 'A Declaration of Independence') by leader, and from 'Address to the Women of America' by feminist writer were added to the song. Gloria Steinem can be heard saying: 'This is no simple reform. It really is a revolution.
Sex and race, because they are easy and visible differences, have been the primary ways of organising human beings into superior and inferior groups and into the cheap labour on which this system still depends.' The final song was ' by.Also in the film were segments from two of 's classic songs, ' and '. These songs were played during the 'breakfast scenes' with V and Deitrich and were one of the ways used to tie the two characters together. Also plays an important role in the film, with the first four notes of the first movement signifying the letter 'V' in. Gordon Deitrich's -styled comedy sketch of Chancellor Sutler includes the ' theme.
Inspector Finch's alarm clock begins the morning of November 4 with the song 'Long Black Train' by, which contains the lyrics 'Ride the long black train. Take me home black train.' Books The original graphic novel by Moore and Lloyd was re-released as a hardback collection in October 2005 to tie into the film's original release date of November 5, 2005. The film renewed interest in Alan Moore's original story, and sales of the original graphic novel rose dramatically in the United States.A novelisation of the film, written by and based on the Wachowskis' script, was published by on January 31, 2006. Spencer Lamm, who has worked with the Wachowskis, created a ' book. Titled V for Vendetta: From Script to Film, it was published by Universe on August 22, 2006. Television series In October 2017, it was announced that was developing a television series based on the comic book.
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These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Written by Thavishi DharmawimalaThe State Vs. The IndividualSince the text contains many radical political themes, one of the dominant strands that encompass many of them is the conflict between the state and individual. It reflects the suppression of individuality by a tyrannical fascist government called “Norsefire”. This connotes the notion of a “panoptican structure” introduced by Michel Foucault (1975) which is a structure in which individuality is suppressed through discipline and surveillance to ensure obedience and control. The manner in which the citizens are controlled through surveillance in the text and the elimination of ‘undesirables’ depict the different ways in which the government as an authoritative body exercises absolute power to discipline the people and keep them under control.
The idea of surveillance as a disciplinary tool is resonant throughout the film as all the discussions and conversations that take place even in private spaces such as the house are monitored by agents of the government. One of Norsefire’s intelligence departments ‘The Finger’ and the government’s computer system ‘Fate’ are recurring symbolic tools of surveillance and discipline in the text used to monitor the citizens. Through this, the state instils fear into individuals for discipline and control and this ironic situation is pointed out by the masked hero who opines that “People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people”.
Furthermore, the punishments given out for deviants or ‘undesirables’ in resettlement camps unveiled as the story progresses show the process of suppressing individual autonomy. The medical experiments carried out in these camps of which V is a victim also shows a certain parallel to the Nazi concentration camps and their fascist rule during the Second World War.ReferencesFoucault, M. Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Sheridan (Trans.), New York: Vintage Books (Original work published 1975). MemoryBoth personal and collective memory act as a powerful tool of invoking change and social consciousness in various individuals.
For example, it is V’s personal memories in the camp that evoke vengeance and propel him to create change in Norsefire and free the citizens. He as a victim of the atrocities in the camps is one who is left with nothing but memories on which he survives for a purpose. Similarly, the letter containing Valerie’s experiences in the camp also arouses a level of social responsibility by subduing the fear instilled through powerful Norsefire in Evey. Furthermore, the prominent line, “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gun powder, treason and plot” which is in reference to one of the landmark rebellions of England’s history evokes a sense of collective memory in the text which prompts many of the characters such as Evey and even Finch to change sides and support V’s rebellion. However, at the same time the importance of not allowing memory to constrict an individual is also depicted as V advices Evey that, “The past can’t hurt you anymore, not unless you let it”.
It reflects the importance of not allowing memories of punishment and discipline instilled by Norsefire to create fear in individuals and control their actions. Hence, memory both collective and personal works in different levels in the text to contribute to the notion of change through rebellion. Individual FreedomV for Vendetta can be seen as a text that celebrates and promotes freedom of the individual especially in terms freedom of choice and ideologies.
V as a political symbol represents this freedom and his masked vigilant like appearance and persona that stands out throughout the text in contrast to the lifestyles of ordinary citizens can be considered a creation to highlight the importance of individuality. Moreover, he reveals the importance of freeing individuals from “mind- forg’d manacles” (Blake,1794), which is any brainwashing done by Norsefire in terms of ideas or perceptions in order to achieve true emancipation as echoed by the line towards the end directed to the citizens to choose “Lives of your own or a return to chains”. It shows the importance of refusing to subject the self to totalitarianism in order to break away from oppression. It also depicts the power of individual freedom when it is accumulated in all individuals through their success in collectively infiltrating and toppling Norsefire. His propaganda of creating “The Land of Do-As-You-Please” in which individual freedom strives also shows the importance placed on the individual in the text. Update this section!You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingthis section.After you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editorwill review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.How To Cite in MLA Format Dharmawimala, Thavishi.
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