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I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 3
Actor
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Rockport
Massachusetts
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.
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