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Carmen Sandiego
Creator
Br?derbund Software
Original work
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Print publications
Books
Where In America Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In Space Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In The USA Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In The USA Is Carmen Sandiego Part II?
Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego Part II?
Hasta La Vista, Blarney
Color Me Criminal
One T. Rex Over Easy
The Cocoa Commotion
Films and television
Films
Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego? II
Television series
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Games
Traditional
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective
Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge
Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums
Mais o¨´ se Cache Carmen Sandiego? Myst¨¨re au Bout du Monde
Audio
Original music
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Carmen Sandiego is a media franchise of educational computer and video games, television programs, books and other media featuring a thieving villain of the same name. The basic premise of the franchise lets the user or protagonists become agents of the ACME Detective Agency, who attempts to thwart and capture V.I.L.E. ringleader and former ACME agent Carmen Sandiego. The franchise initially focused on teaching geography and history, though it later branched out into mathematics, English, and other subjects.[1][2][3]
Originally distributed in the United States and Canada, most of the computer games are now available to international audiences. With the exception of Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition, all the games in the series are aimed at preteens. Many entries in the series contain elements of various genres, including mystery, comedy, science fiction, spy-fi, and fantasy.
Contents
1 Computer games
1.1 Origins
1.1.1 Original "formula" for the series
1.2 Style of humor
1.3 Learning Company games
1.4 The Secret of the Stolen Drums
2 Television programs
2.1 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
2.2 Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
2.3 Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
3 Other media
4 Books
5 Board games
6 Critical Response
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
[edit] Computer games
[edit] Origins
Carmen Sandiego was originally created (not conceived) by Br?derbund Software co-founder Gary Carlston and proposed to programmer Dane Bigham in 1983. The idea was to create a computer game which would get kids interested in geography, a childhood hobby of Broderbund co-founders Gary and Doug Carlston. Bigham provided the "look and feel" for the game interface from an adventure game he was developing independently and further development was entrusted to the creative "Rubber Room", led by ex-Disney artist Gene Portwood and Lauren Elliott at Br?derbund Software.
The game script, graphics and humor were created by Gene Portwood, Lauren Elliott, and writer David Siefkin. An early draft version of the game was written by Gene Portwood and Lauren Elliott and was based in England, chasing Henry VII around London collecting treasures. Another idea proposed was a game based on the Time-Life series of books about great cities of the world. In the end Carlston decided to base the game on the World Almanac.
Siefkin wrote an early script for the game beside the swimming pool in Strawberry Canyon on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. He was inspired by an early computer fantasy game he had played called Colossal Cave Adventure, in which players searched for treasures in an imaginary underground cavern. Siefkin's idea was to transform the cavern into a map of the world, where the rooms of the cavern become countries with real treasures, and the clues were based on the languages, culture and geography of those countries. He believed that children would learn about the world through trial and error as they played the game. His script featured several villains, one of whom he named Carmen Sandiego. He adapted her name from the 1940s singer and actress Carmen Miranda. Siefkin left the project soon after submitting the script to become a foreign service officer, serving as a diplomat in several of the countries featured in the game. He is listed in the game manual as a contributing author.[4]
Portwood and Elliott developed the game into its final form, taking clues from the World Almanac and developing new game mechanics and the personality of Carmen Sandiego.
Catherine Byrd was the first project manager at Br?derbund Software and the original project manager of the game. The game was programmed by Dane Bigham. Graphics and clues were by Gene Portwood and Lauren Elliott. The final name and scenario of the game came out of a number of meetings between the development group. The final name was originally considered too long to fit on the box.
The first Carmen Sandiego software game, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, was released in 1985 for the Apple II computer and was subsequently ported to other systems. The first seven games were each awarded one or more SPA Excellence in Software Awards, particularly for their educational effort. The Br?derbund-produced games were as follows:
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985)
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986)
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? (1988)
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1989)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe (1990)
Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991)
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe (1992)
Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? (1993)
Carmen Sandiego Junior Detective Edition (1995)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996)
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996)
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1997), renamed Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999)
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective (1997)
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective (1998)
Where in America Is Carmen Sandiego?: The Great Amtrak Train Adventure (1998)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge (2001)
[edit] Original "formula" for the series
The first game in the series, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, established a formula that was followed very faithfully in all Carmen Sandiego products for over ten years. This formula involves a series of missions in which the user tracks and apprehends each of Carmen's underlings. Each case begins with the user being alerted that a spectacular theft has been committed. Immediately transported to the scene of the crime, the user must find clues to infer the suspect's next stop and to create an arrest warrant describing the guilty party's attributes. The culprit travels through a series of different destinations in an attempt to shake off any pursuers so the user will have to continue tracking the thief for some time. The game continues in this manner until the user catches up with culprit, at which point the thief is arrested and, if the warrant is correct, put in prison. As more and more thieves are arrested, the user rises up through ACME's ranks and the cases the user is assigned become more difficult. On the last case, the perpetrator turns out to be Carmen Sandiego herself and once she is arrested the game is completed.
With Carmen Sandiego Word Detective, Carmen Sandiego Math Detective, and especially Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time, Br?derbund began to abandon this formula. Word Detective and Math Detective involve the user infiltrating V.I.L.E. hideouts around the world and therefore maintain the globe-hopping element of previous games. Great Chase Through Time, however, nearly completely abandoned the series' original formula and has the user spending each mission in one time period, where the goal is to first create makeshift solutions to any historical problems that the theft has caused and second to find the thief Carmen has dropped off. The last mission of Time in which the user tracks down Carmen is similar to the traditional formula, although the user does not construct a warrant.
[edit] Style of humor
The games created by Br?derbund featured silly humor and especially a distinctive style of word play with extensive use of puns, rhymes, and alliteration. This style of word play was also present, in varying degrees, in all three of the Carmen Sandiego TV shows.
Gag names ("Hardley Worthit," "Rob M. Blind," "Ruth Less," "Joy Ryder," "M. T. Pockets," etc.) were quite frequently used in the series, often to the point where Carmen herself seemed to be the only person without such a name. Clues about the suspect's next destination often used extended puns (example: "I pumped her for information, but her unrefined answer only suggested a crude plan to visit oil wells near Ahvaz.") or rhyming couplets. Even as the games began to abandon their original formula, this word play was still retained. For example, a news report on massive blackouts from Carmen Sandiego Math Detective quotes an official as saying, "We're taking a dim view of the situation."
Although Carmen's V.I.L.E. agents were often portrayed as cartoonish buffoons, they seemed to be capable of "stealing" landmarks, cities, national parks, notable exports (such as "stealing all the sushi from Japan") and the like. Her thieves have also been known to steal geographic features and even nonexistent map features such as the Mason-Dixon line. Some thefts were even non sequiturs based on word play, such as "robbing the banks of the Nile," or plays on the word "steal" such as "stealing the show."
[edit] Learning Company games
After Br?derbund was purchased by The Learning Company in 1998, the Learning Company apparently sought to redesign the series. Under The Learning Company, the series seems to beplay its premise more seriously and uses character-based humor. Since The Learning Company has only created two Carmen Sandiego games, one of which is no longer sold, this change is evident mainly through marketing and which Br?derbund products The Learning Company has chosen to continue to sell.
The first title released by The Learning Company was Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge, a quiz game with a similar tonality to Carmen Sandiego: Word Detective and Carmen Sandiego: Math Detective, including the reappearance of Chase Devineaux. The new structure of Time was apparently to The Learning Company's liking since their new version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, fully titled Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge, was similar.
The Learning Company decided to return the series to its original focus on geography and history, discontinuing Word Detective, Math Detective, and ThinkQuick Challenge.
[edit] The Secret of the Stolen Drums
In 2004, Bam! Entertainment released Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums to the GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2. It is so far the only game of the franchise to use real-time 3D computer graphics, although many previous games had used pre-rendered 3D graphics. It was also an action game and while geographical facts were included, learning them was not necessary to complete the game. Although The Learning Company evidently licensed the use of the series as well as some of their own characters from Treasures of Knowledge, this game is not distributed by or sold under The Learning Company name.
[edit] Television programs
Carmen's character has also appeared in three television shows, two of them game shows that aired on PBS. The first was Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, which aired from September 1991 to September 1996. This series won a Peabody Award and many other awards for children's television. It was followed by Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, which was on until September 1998. The third show was an animated series titled Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, which debuted in February 1994 on Fox and ran for four seasons.
[edit] Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Main article: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)
This was the original PBS series designed for children 8-12. The World series was staged in a slightly off-skew detective office, part of the ACME agency with Lynne Thigpen portraying the Chief and Greg Lee portraying himself as a special agent in charge of training new recruits.[1] Greg was helped in this training by various live and animated characters. Among the most popular were the members of the a cappella house band and comedy troupe, Rockapella, who also sang the show's theme song.
The game was played in three rounds: the first round was Q&A, and the two contestants ("gumshoes") with the highest scores proceeded to a second round. In this round, they had to find, in order, the loot, the warrant and the cartoon crook. The winner of the second round went to the third round. As host Greg Lee shouted the names or places in a region of the world the player had to place a marker on the corresponding place on a giant map of that area. A successful contestant would win a trip anywhere in the lower 48 states, later anywhere in North America.
[edit] Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Main article: Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)
The Time series, hosted by Kevin Shinick, refocused the show on history, but was otherwise similar to the previous show's format, even featuring Lynne Thigpen returning as the Chief. Rockapella, however, was replaced by a dance group, The Engine Crew. The final round of this show involved answering various history related questions to open six "time doors"; if a question was answered correctly, the player walked through the door. If it was answered incorrectly, however, the player had to turn a crank, pull a lever, or do some other task that ate into the 90-second time limit. If they got through all the doors, they received a personal computer as their prize.
[edit] Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Main article: Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? was a Saturday morning cartoon series made by DiC that originally aired on FOX. It featured the adventures of Zack and Ivy, two teenage siblings who worked as ACME agents and, aided by the Max Headroom-like Chief, had to stop Carmen (voiced by Rita Moreno) and her gang from stealing artifacts.[5] The series won an Emmy in 1995. Its episodes have subsequently been repeated on the Fox Family Channel, the Pax network, Hub TV, and Univision. The first season was released on DVD by Shout! Factory on June 13, 2006.[6]
[edit] Other media
In the late 1990s, the Metro Washington Park Zoo in Portland, Oregon, (now the Oregon Zoo), in conjunction with Br?derbund, ran a summer-long event titled Where in the Zoo Is Carmen Sandiego?,[7] which functioned as a full-immersion live-action Carmen game in which zoo patrons were the investigating detectives. Actors were hired to play Carmen's henchmen, who could be found around the zoo, and on occasions a costumed Carmen appeared, as well, but never in a location where patrons could interact with her. Clues were given out at various stations by members of the ZooTeens volunteer group.
Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego? is a movie that was made to be played in a planetarium. It is less like a traditional movie, and more like one of the Carmen Sandiego game shows featured on PBS with the live audience as the detectives. This film also featured Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief" and was based on Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?. This marked Thigpen's final appearance of the franchise before her death of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 12, 2003.
Walt Disney Pictures were planning to make a film verison of "Carmen Sandiego", with Sandra Bullock as the title character, back in the late 1990's.
Walden Media has plan to make a Live action verison of the film with Jennifer Lopez as both Carmen Sandiego and producer of the film with her production company Nuyorican Productions.[8]
[edit] Books
In 1991 John Peel wrote a series of Carmen Sandiego choose-your-own-adventure books. The books had removable inserts that provided clues and the identities of the villains. These books were titled:
Where In America Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In Space Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In The USA Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In The USA Is Carmen Sandiego Part II?
Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego Part II?
In 1997 another series of Carmen Sandiego books was written by Melissa Peterson and illustrated by S. M. Taggart. Each book in the series was subtitled A Carmen Sandiego Mystery and featured child detectives Ben and Maya as the protagonists. These books were titled:
Color Me Criminal
Hasta La Vista, Blarney
One T. Rex Over Easy
The Cocoa Commotion
Take The Mummy And Run
Highway Robbery
[edit] Board games
University Games published a number of games based on Carmen Sandiego, including Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.
[edit] Critical Response
The series as a whole has been met with mixed reviews.
A description of the game Carmen Sandiego Math Detective at Learning Village [9] said that the "program meaningfully challenges kids from the ages of 8 to 14 because it has 3 completely different operating levels of difficulty in all the math skill activity areas". Various commentary on the game from the same website are: "They wouldn't put it down. I couldn't get them to bed" (Dad with two kids 9 and 12), "Loved trying to get the clue before the thief came back to the hideout" (Peter, age 10), "I don't really like math much but I really liked playing this game" (Catherine, age 11).
A description of the 2002 game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? - Treasures of Knowledge at Learning Village [10] included that the game "is a completely updated and significantly enriched version of the original... [The] visual animation is state of the art, the story line is new and more sophisticated, and the design details involving your interaction with the story, are much more refined." Various commentary on the game from the same website are: "I really liked the way you could move around exploring and piecing together the clues. The program was easy to work and you could really move around fast" (Henry, age 13), "I had to work on this one. I really liked figuring out how to get the code right in the code machine in the back of the car in Moscow. It wasn't simple." (Sam, age 11), "We had the old version of Carmen Sandiego and liked it a lot. This one is even better." (Jessica, age 11).
A review of the game Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego? off TopTenREVIEWS [11] summarised by saying "The interesting facts that are included in Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego are fun and educational for the whole family. It has long since been a favorite of geography students. The software is quite old, but still playable with the right operating system". Whilst stating that "this program specializes in USA facts and material", It continued to say that "it does not have materials for the entire globe". The verdict was that "this is a good product with a lot of great facts about the United States". The game was given an overall rating of 2.5/4 stars.
The average customer review for Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? off Amazon.com [12] is 4 stars.
Deyel Dalziel-Charlier gave a negative review for Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? on 29 January, 2010 for Cnet Australia.[13] Whilst he enjoyed the bright clean graphics and the "occasional fun moments", he did not like the lack of challenge, the repetitive gameplay, the static visuals, and the sexual innuendo in a game aimed at children. He concluded his analysis by saying: "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is a frustrating game because while nothing is actually bad (though a few elements do come close) the whole package feels overwhelmingly mediocre. While it isn¡¯t really terrible, it's unimaginative, dull and unsatisfying". He rated the game 4 out of 10.
On March 1, 1993, Nintendo Power gave the game Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? a score of 3.2/5 [14]
A review of Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? by William T. Yates for the website WorldVillage Software Reviews on March 9, 2005 [15] was praising of the game. The review concluded with "The whole package is well-designed and constructed. The graphics are good as is the sound. And there is no shortage of content, both educational and recreational. In fact, it¡¯s hard to differentiate between the two. Broderbund has done an excellent job and provides you with excellent value". The game was given a rating of 5 globes.
A review by Mr. Bill & Lela for Mr. Bill's Adventureland Review [16] says of the 1996 game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? "It teaches knowledge of world geography and cultures, electronic database research skills, map reading and deductive reasoning. This game became so popular that there is a whole series of them out now: Where in the USA, Where in Time, etc. It's a great game and one that is often used in schools today."
A review of the 1996 game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? by Peter Oliver [17] concluded his analysis by saying: "WWCS is computer gaming at its best. It has great graphics, it's splendidly presented, the sound and music are wonderful, and, most importantly, it's simply a lot of fun to play. The subject matter may be a few years beyond our 4-year-old's level, but he enjoys simply watching and listening to the game. Meanwhile, Mom and Dad have a lot of fun playing the game together after the kids are in bed. We're learning more about geography than we ever did in our school years, and even when its well past any reasonable bed time for parents of young kids, Mom and Dad are saying, 'Just one more.' Now how many kids' computer games can you say that about?"
The 1992 version of the game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? was given a press score of 6.3 off IGN. [18]
A review of the 2002 game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? - Treasures of Knowledge at Software.com [19] was mixed. Some features were approved of: "over 50 countries are included; each with over 200 non-player-characters and cultural features, geographical information is presented to players passively; and absorbed through direct thinking exercises and clue-hunting activities, and that Carmen Sandiego's software interface is simple, very easy to use, and remarkably slick for an aging PC game". However, some features were not approved of: "Carmen Sandiego isn't a new PC title, and it shows. While the visuals are still usable, they're certainly not impressive."
The 1993 version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? was given a Reader Review Average of 8.0, a GameFAQs Rating Average of 8.5, and a GameRankings Average of 6.2 off the website GameFAQs.[20] Nintendo Power gave the game a rating of 3.075 out of 5.[21]
A review of the 1992 version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (developed by Electronic Arts) by Gary Hartley for HonestGamers [22] concluded by saying: "For the most part, this is a good game. It has its share of flaws, but you should find it above average overall". Hartley gave the game a score of 6/10 (Good).
Carole Stewart McDonnell for the website Guide2Games [23] gave a positive review for the 1992 version of the game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, saying "this is a fun way of learning world geography". The game was given a Christian Rating of 5/5 (nothing offensive), a Gameplay rating of 5/5 (excellent), a Violence rating of 5/5 (none) and an Adult Content rating of 4/5 (barely present).
A review of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 3 at PALGN [24] was negative: "It's difficult to decide upon the worst aspect of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 3. The obvious indifference with which it's been slapped together? The frustrating, poorly devised puzzles? The fact that even though it does little more than slide 2D pictures across the screen, it still manages to introduce a game-stopping bug?". The game was given a score of 2?/10, adding "tired, uninspired and buggy. Wherever Carmen is, let's hope she stays there".
A review for Where in the world Is Carmen Sandiego? 3 at Impulse Gamer [25] was more positive: "For an e-learning game, it's probably one of the better ones available and does give kids something different to the mindless violence of the console world of gaming. It's not the greatest game ever made but for the genre, it's sturdy enough!". The game was given an overall score of 6.9.
A review for Carmen Sandiego: Secret of the Stolen Drums was average. The closing comments were: "Is Carmen Sandiego: the Secret of the Stolen Drums worth your hard earned cash? Well, if you¡¯re a major fan of the television show and PC games, then no. If you¡¯re a gamer looking for sweet platforming action, then no...It may [however] entertain the kiddies for awhile. Otherwise, simply rent it if you¡¯re curious." The game was given a rating of 5.6/10 (Mediocre).
[edit] See also
List of Carmen Sandiego products
List of Carmen Sandiego characters
[edit] References
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^ Martin, Douglas (2000-07-30). "Raymond Portwood Jr., Computer Game Pioneer, Dies at 66". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/us/raymond-portwood-jr-computer-game-pioneer-dies-at-66.html. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
^ The connection between Colossal Cave Adventure and Carmen Sandiego was first discussed by computer game historian and commentator Bob Clark on the site Game Design Advance. See [1]
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^ "Young People's Theatre Project". Yptproject.org. http://yptproject.org. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ "Walden Media And Jennifer Lopez Team Up On ¡®Carmen Sandiego¡¯". Deadline Hollywood. 2011-11-03. http://deadline.com/2011/11/walden-media-and-jennifer-lopez-team-up-on-carmen-sandiego/. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
^ "Learning Village Educational Software Review of Carmen Sandiego Math Detective". Learningvillage.com. http://www.learningvillage.com/html/rcsmath.html. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ "Learning Village Educational Software Review of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego - Treasures of Knowledge". Learningvillage.com. http://www.learningvillage.com/html/rcsworld2002.html. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ "Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego? 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS". Geography-game-software-review.toptenreviews.com. http://geography-game-software-review.toptenreviews.com/where-in-the-usa-is-carmen-sandiego-review.html. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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^ "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? review (Genesis)". HonestGamers. 2009-03-20. http://www.honestgamers.com/reviews/7879/Where-in-the-World-is-Carmen-Sandiego.html. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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[edit] External links
Look up Appendix:Carmen Sandiego in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Carmen Sandiego
Carmen Sandiego: Official Game Site
The Elusive Carmen Sandiego: A Community based on the Carmen Sandiego universe This site features a Brand ambassador.
V.I.L.E. Headquarters: A Carmen Sandiego Revival Site fansite
The Carmen Sandiego Wiki: [2] fansite
Carmen Sandiego series at MobyGames
TV-Series 1991-1996: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? at the Internet Movie Database
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