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What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker?
Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick
Age: 70 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 26
Died: 1999
Died: March 7
Camera Operator
Chess Player
Cinematographer
Director
Executive Producer
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Film Editor
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The Bronx
New York City
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Sucker
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