The Book That Wrote Itself (1999)
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Directors
Liam O Mochain
Cast
Annette Bening, Bryan Singer, Catherine Deneuve, Chazz Palminteri, George Clooney, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Kenneth Branagh, Melanie Griffith, Robert De Niro, Sean Bean, Warren Beatty
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