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Dreamer – Based on a True Story DREAMER – INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY (2005) Starring Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Oded Fehr, Ken Howard, Holmes Osborne, Antonio Albadran, John Moyer, Karen Butler, Tommy Barnes, Frank Hoyt Taylor and Dick Allen. Screenplay by John Gatins. Directed by John Gatins. Distributed by Dreamworks SKG. 98 minutes.  Rated PG-13. You can tell just from the title that Dreamer –

In Her Shoes IN HER SHOES (2005) Starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Ken Howard, Mark Feuerstein, Francine Beers, Jerry Adler, Norman Lloyd, Richard Burgi, Candace Azzara, Brooke Smith, Eric Balfour, Carlease Burke, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Alan Blumenfeld, Jackie Geary, Dorothy Kelly and Ivana Milecivic. Screenplay by Susannah Grant. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 130 minutes.  Rated PG-13. With friends it is easier.  When they call

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