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Darkest Hour

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In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire. From TMDB

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  • Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    Thinking of the line from the Darkest Hour movie: "You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth."

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  • Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.ukBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    One weather forecast helped shape history. From the producers of Darkest Hour and based on the true story behind D-Day, Pressure stars Andrew Scott as Met Office meteorologist Group Captain James Stagg, alongside Brendan Fraser. In cinemas across the UK and Ireland, 9 September. @studiocanal.co.uk

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2025

    Happy Birthday to THE MAN Gary Oldman, 3/21/58. From brash outsider to legend; what a career! Indie film to franchises HARRY POTTER & BATMAN. 3 Oscar Noms: 11 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 17 Darkest Hour (win) 20 Mank 4 Faves: 86 Sid & Nancy 93 True Romance 00 Contender 📺 Slow Horses #Filmsky 📽🎥

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  • Sixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    Does anyone have or know of a copy of the extended Transformers 1986 movie score/OST "Lighting Their Darkest Hour" for sale? It was released way back in 2001 by 3H. I have a copy myself but @digbysaurus.bsky.social is after one, so just trying to be helpful :)

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  • Bill Hunt @billhuntbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2026

    Anthony Maras’ PRESSURE (2026) is a terrific little film, especially if you’re a WWII history buff. It’d make a helluva triple feature with Nolan’s DUNKIRK and Wright’s DARKEST HOUR. Highly recommended. @thedigitalbits.bsky.social @focusfeatures.bsky.social

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  • Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    I have been trying to watch “Darkest Hour” on Netflix, which is a movie that features a large amount of typewriter noises. Luna fuuuucking hates it. For whatever reason it freaks her out and she goes charging at the door.

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  • Kirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    - Het ministerie van Onderwijs twittert een fragment uit de film Darkest Hour met beelden van Trump en de tekst “No one does it like us”, waarmee het Trump met Hitler vergelijkt. Het bericht wordt verwijderd nadat mensen daar op wijzen.

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  • Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    You can’t make this s#it up U.S. Department of Education posted a video from the movie ”The Darkest Hour” when Churchill stated “You can not negotiate with a tiger when your head is in its mouth” referring to Adolf Hitler The DOE video then cuts to Trump www.thedailybeast.com/education-de...

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 11, 2026

    #NowWatching DARKEST HOUR (2017). Director: Joe Wright. Gary Oldman, Lily James. Oldman's Oscar as Winston Churchill ascending to England's Prime Minister on the precipice of WWII. 1st rewatch since theatrical run. #filmsky 📽

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  • Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    In case you haven't seen the film, The Darkest Hour, that is Winston Churchill and he's talking about Hitler. The video is posted by the US Department of Education, and they're comparing Trump to Hitler.

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  • Melanie Ktorides @melkt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    @omacolt.bsky.social #AugustMovieChallenge Aug 22 World leader in a Movie Churchill (Gary Oldman) Darkest Hour 2017

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  • Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2024

    Final thoughts: Darkest Hour may have taken a few historical liberties in its depiction of Winston Churchill in May 1940, but it still a moving film. Director Joe Wright moves the picture along nicely, aided by a stellar cast. But Gary Oldman's Oscar winning performance makes it a winner. #hatm

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  • Ariella Baker-Archer @ariarch.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2024

    Who’s ready for tonight’s movie, Darkest Hour, with the always fantastic #HATM community! I’m looking forward to another great night over here where the skies are blue. Can’t wait to see everyone!

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  • Democrats Deliver @truthjusticehph.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2024

    Sweet Jesus - thank you. I’m not doing defeatism bc that’s how fascism wins. And anyone waffling or who needs inspiration - please watch the movie The Darkest Hour. Tonight.

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  • Skittles and Friends @skittlesandfriends.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    Lone Wolf: Hello Everyone On this #WhiskersWednesday There are days when the Big Guy Resembles this remark from the movie “Darkest Hour” 😹😹😹 #CatsOfBlueSky #Tabby

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  • Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    Darkest Hour [2017] is a Train Movie

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  • Emmeryn 🏳️‍⚧️ Medusa Terminus Out Now!! @gamemakerm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    I'm out here slinging my newest game, Darkest Hour, a tabletop game about trying to defeat a horror movie monster over a single night. Perfect for one-shots, with community copies available for the low, low price of giving it a rating! gamemakerm.itch.io/darkest-hour... Thank you for the space!

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  • Attack of the Giant Retro Monsters 🔞 @monstersattack.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2025

    Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film... "THE DARKEST HOUR" (2011)

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  • 𝒦𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒥𝓊𝓊𝓁 - N△FO🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇰🏴‍☠️ @kristianjuul.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2025

    I watched 'Darkest Hour' today. It made me cry multiple times and gave me a deep appreciation for our European leaders—the immense pressure they must be under right now is unimaginable. Also, America was totally unhelpful in that film as well (it takes place when the US adopted neutrality).

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  • Storm toy photography (Transformers) @stormtransformers.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    "One shall stand, one shall fall." Optimus Prime vs. Megatron, just one of the many stand-out scenes in "The Transformers the Movie 1986," Iconic fight engraved into your memory. Blokees Transformers Galaxy Version 09: Darkest Hour. Pictures of Megatron vs. Optimus Prime (from GV08) #Transformers

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  • greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Watching this exchange take place during the movie The Darkest Hour… Not sure what about it made me think of AUKUS! #auspol

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  • Pete Mckee @petemckee.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    watched ‘Darkest Hour’ the Churchill bio pic for the first time and it was very interesting how history sees those in power who wanted to capitulate to Hitler & try & do a deal with him & accept his likely invasion of Britain rather than fight his tyranny. It wasn’t a good look. Great film btw

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  • Democracy-Rising @demsrising.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2025

    That scene in The Darkest Hour movie, where Churchill rides the subway and asks the same question to the passengers. They start yelling Fight, we will never give up! Churchill was fighting an uphill battle in 1939. Then, he went forward and won the war. That's how I feel. Ready for the fight. !

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  • Paul Broderick @paulmb49.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    I guarantee the morons that were responsible for that post had no idea that clip was from the movie "Darkest Hour" and that the actor Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill was talking about Hitler. These people are incredibly ignorant as well as incompetent.

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  • The Mosh Network 🤘🏼 @themosh.netBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Darkest Hour Complete Filming On Four New Music Videos For Upcoming Album themosh.net/darkest-hour...

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  • Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2025

    Ladies and Gentlemen, We are in the Darkest Hour... WE NEED A CHURCHILL AND FAST!!!!!!!!!!! FREE MOVIE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP0j...

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  • Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2025

    Those interested in the cultural history of the Second World War will not be surprised that the BBC’s ‘VE Day film’ is ‘Darkest Hour’, a film about the British decision to keep fighting in 1940. It has the advantage of showing no Nazis, Americans, Russians or indeed violence much less death

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  • ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    Yes. I never realized until I saw the movie The Darkest Hour (highly recommend) that Churchill actually single handedly saved the free world from Hitler.

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  • NUFCSoprano @nufcsoprano.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    Darkest Hour on iPlayer. Great film. Gary Oldman is phenomenal as Churchill. Chinese on the way. Canny way to end a canny weekend and the perfect prep for watching the mighty mags smash Leeds tomorrow. Howay the Sunday night Chinese and film! 🖤🩶👊

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  • RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    professional wrestling impresario Linda McMahon, posted a short clip from the 2017 film Darkest Hour in which Gary Oldman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill. “You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!” Oldman’s Churchill declares in the scene.

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  • wanda27.bsky.social @wanda27.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    There’s a chilling moment in the film The Darkest Hour when Lord Halifax, who wants to make a deal with Hitler, tells Churchill, who wants to defeat Hitler, “Europe is lost!” If these midterms are not carried out peacefully & the results respected, Europe will be saying “America is lost.”

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  • Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2025

    “Like Churchill said in that movie Darkest Hour,” says Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of the parliamentary committee on foreign policy. “‘You cannot negotiate with a tiger when you have your head in its mouth.’” www.ft.com/content/4238...

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  • Kate Glenn @findingtangle.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    Seems like most of the “thought leaders”, pundits, and D politicians in this country need to rewatch Darkest Hour and ask themselves which characters they are acting the most like right now. Because it’s almost certainly none of the heroes. It’s on Netflix atm.

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  • History Man @historyman.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2024

    My favourite WW2 film is Casablanca. The national anthem scene is untouchable and perfect. I must now leave the discussion before the watchalong reaches the Darkest Hour Tube Train scene - one of the most toe curling scenes in the history of cinema

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  • Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    Trump’s Education Department deletes post that compares his administration to Nazi Germany DOE misinterprets ‘tiger’ quote from Oscar-winning 2017 film ‘Darkest Hour,’ forcing it to delete social media clip after backlash www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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  • Miss Spooky-Scary USA @legalist217.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    riffed during TrumpI about a theoretical future Oscar bait movie built along the same framework as Darkest Hour (2017). at the time, I figured the Lily James role would have to be fulfilled by WH PressSec Sarah Huckabee Sanders, bc what other non-wife was there? seems I was just posting too soon

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  • JD @dawnwaters.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    Any good movie recs for a time like this? I just watched “Darkest Hour” — about WW2 when it seemed the British Army was about to be wiped out at Dunkirk as Hitler was taking France, some Brits wanted to give in, and the US was sitting back. Good to be reminded the world has come back from worse.

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  • Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    In a now-deleted social media post, the U.S. Department of Education shared a clip from the 2017 film 'Darkest Hour' in which Winston Churchill, played by Gary Oldman, refers to Nazi Germany as "a tiger." Without analyzing the reference, the department edited the video to portray Trump as the tiger.

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  • Lyndon @iamlyndon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    'Light Our Darkest Hour" I might need to go have my heart broken in theatres again? 😢 youtu.be/OtgnqWLYqHo?...

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  • Shlepcar @shlepcar.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 8. British prime minister in a movie Darkest Hour (2017) dir. Joe Wright

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  • Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    Darkest Hour. Fuck that film and everyone involved in it.

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  • J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2025

    Darkest Hour for next White House movie night

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  • Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    What I really want is for a movie to cast Gary Oldman as Hitler, and another to cast him as Joseph Stalin to finally complete the The Darkest Hour/Oppenheimer WW2 cinematic universe.

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  • Winnie Frolik @winniethewitch.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2025

    3. Hitler and the Germans while British commoners were often those most eager to fight. (Big theme in Gary Oldman movie The Darkest Hour,). And it's no secret in France much of the Resistance were peasants while top tiers of society typically collaborated. In part because upper classes

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  • Jam2 @jam2.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2025

    Favorite Film or Television Portrayals of Historic Figures: Stephen Dillane as Viscount Halifax in Darkest Hour (2017) 💖💖💖📽️📽️📽️

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  • iain madeloso @iain2411.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    Just watched 'Darkest Hour' again for the nth time. What a cracking film! Interestingly, there are echoes of the current political climate.

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  • Dr. Drew Donna Folk @drdrewfolk1.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2024

    Hey #HATM peeps!! 👋👋👋 Good to see everyone in the blue skies again! Darkest Hour is always on our DVR. Great film!! May-June 1940 was a pivotal moment in WWII and the history of Western Civilization for sure! Cheers peeps!! 😄🍻😄🍻

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Darkest Hour on BBC3 or Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure on Sky Comedy. At 9.30, Drive-Away Dolls on Film4. At 10pm, Lair Of The White Worm on Rewind. At 10.40, Arthur the King on BBC1. At 11.10, Alien Nation on Legend. At 11.15, Hustlers on Film4. At 1.55, Quiet Girl on C4 #telly

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  • Jason Good 🌻 🇺🇦 @jasongood.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    The film ‘Darkest Hour’ is on BBC1 tonight at 8pm. Really good Gary Oldman portrayal of Churchill and a good storyline.

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  • AJ @robi1409.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    #Augustmoviechallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 08/22 World leader in a movie Darkest Hour [2017]

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  • The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    Yeah, I’m not sure what the category is for a movie like LINCOLN or DARKEST HOUR that does a detailed fictional take on a specific episode in the life of a famous person. LINCOLN is more a biopic about the Thirteenth Amendment than it is about Lincoln per se.

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  • Jaime “Nightmare” Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    Darkest Hour The Iron Lady Wilson (1944) Nobody has actually seen it but there’s the FIFA movie starring Tim Roth and more www.imdb.com/title/tt2814...

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  • SethxDecker @sethxdecker.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    146/365 The Darkest Hour (2011) | Ticket Stub Movie Club 🎟 check out Patreon.com/ticketstubmovieclub for early episodes of my daily video essays - they're also on TikTok and YouTube! #TheDarkestHour #scifi #movie #scifimovie #alieninvasion

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  • Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2025

    Social Media Doc Fest Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour by Daizy Gedeon tubitv.com/movies/10002... Select Melbourne Documentary Film Festival events are on sale now for the month of July. Full lineup released June 2, 2025! 🎟️ www.mdff.org.au

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  • KinkyGentleDom - 66 Years Young🤭 @oldandmature.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    In a marvellous coincidence BBC2 broadcast the film 'The Darkest Hour' Considering Trumps capitulation to Putins' Russia, it showed what real leadership in the direst of times looks like. No capitulation to an aggressor.

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  • LeftieEthnieRocks @ethnierocks.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    I’m currently watching a 2017 film DARKEST HOUR about how in WW2 Churchill almost sued for peace ✌️ plus the truth about the infamous V sign … But he didn’t give up against the tyranny of Hitler anymore than we can give up against the tyranny of a rapist & his pals MAGA’s be damned 😡 #StayStrong

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  • Vivienne @viviennesoton.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    Watching ‘The Darkest Hour’ on BBC2 at the moment. Very timely, as Churchill is being put under pressure to allow Italy to broker peace talks with Germany, and then gets on the phone asking Roosevelt for help that isn’t forthcoming. (I didn’t think it was a good film, but it’s relevant now!)

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  • Martha Renner @martharenner.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2025

    I always think of the scene in the movie The Darkest Hour where Churchill yells at them “you don’t get it!!! He will never stop!!” They threw Hitler Poland, and of course, it wasn’t enough!

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  • Autumn Warhammer Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2024

    Watching The Darkest Hour tonight. I never get tired of this movie

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  • Proud Grandpa (2x)! @jhaven1974.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    The DoE posted a clip from the movie Darkest Hour with Gary Oldham starring as Winston Churchill where he is screaming the quote “You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth,” and then cuts to shots of Trump. In this movie, the tiger is Hitler. They're comparing Trump to Hitler.

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