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514:"For the very first time in history, you can get a picture of that town, if you collect all the footage from everyone's cell phones and their digital cameras and the Skypes, and the texting and everything else" A byproduct of the format was that much of the footage was able to be shot by the actors themselves as opposed to a more traditional camera crew. According to Levinson roughly one third of the film was shot this way.
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258:Box office
229:85 minutes
212:2012-11-02
197:2012-09-13
138:Production
98:Frank Deal
73:Jason Blum
821:"The Bay"
580:April 26,
521:Reception
485:Frontline
175:Lionsgate
158:IM Global
140:companies
119:Edited by
79:Oren Peli
1258:PoliWood
1107:Sleepers
1047:Rain Man
905:June 30,
899:Archived
874:June 30,
868:Archived
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795:Flixster
763:Archived
734:Archived
673:June 30,
643:June 30,
637:Archived
610:June 30,
604:Archived
574:Archived
344:FaceTime
340:en masse
316:Maryland
242:Language
127:Music by
85:Starring
57:Story by
1309:Paterno
1197:The Bay
1157:Bandits
1027:Tin Men
936:The Bay
925:The Bay
461:Sheriff
332:lesions
269:The Bay
245:English
234:Country
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22:The Bay
1312:(2018)
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1292:(2010)
1282:(1978)
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1240:(2025)
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1127:Sphere
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1057:Avalon
1050:(1988)
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1010:(1984)
1000:(1982)
730:Yahoo!
512:Yahoo!
444:as Sam
250:Budget
201: (
1067:Bugsy
997:Diner
701:Wired
398:Skype
1167:Envy
1077:Toys
930:IMDb
907:2014
876:2014
843:2018
807:2020
771:2020
742:2017
708:2017
675:2014
645:2014
612:2014
582:2017
409:Cast
303:Plot
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