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1124:20th-century American screenwriters
800:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
1154:21st-century American male writers
1149:20th-century American male writers
1072:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
924:Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
641:Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman
165:who, based on his experience with
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16:American screenwriter
908:Fifty Shades of Grey
768:I Know Who Killed Me
326:Can't Stop the Music
933:, Eric Siegel, and
777:and Graham Gordy β
686:Freddy Got Fingered
482:, James Cappe, and
131:Needles, California
38:Needles, California
1005:Diana: The Musical
949:Fifty Shades Freed
823:The Last Airbender
818:M. Night Shyamalan
765:Jeffrey Hammond β
663:Corey Mandell and
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496:Steven E. de Souza
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830:Steve Koren
729:John Rogers
629:John Thomas
606:The Postman
513:Hudson Hawk
417:Gloria Katz
401:Kevin Jarre
353:Robin Moore
337:Frank Perry
186:(1992) and
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135:Bakersfield
91:(1987) and
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66:John Thomas
1113:Categories
960:Tom Hooper
935:Mike White
875:Olle Sarri
863:James Gunn
775:Mike Myers
754:Henry Bean
746:Dirty Love
625:Jim Thomas
590:Striptease
433:Bill Cosby
381:John Derek
321:Allan Carr
263:Jim Thomas
202:References
177:The Rescue
125:Early life
94:Predator 2
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578:Showgirls
97:(1990),
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989:365 Days
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884:Movie 43
734:Catwoman
450:Cocktail
242:Predator
180:(1988),
168:Commando
147:Predator
129:Born in
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88:Predator
222:Starlog
141:Writing
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1017:Blonde
1008:(2021)
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377:(1983)
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310:1980s
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