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When she finds herself an unwitting witness to a murder she stumbles into a curious friendship with a depressed hit man. If you watch this film and keep that in mind you will understand keatons character much better. God rest you merry, gentlemen karaoke mp3 download. He is the devil himself, there are several references to fallen angles and kelly mcdonald is a lost soul that keaton has stumbled upon and is. The merry gentlemen takes its sweet time in getting where it needs to go and places the weight of its somewhat bare narrative on the shoulders of its impressive characterizations. Moody and thoughtful, this quiet character study is extremely beautiful to look at and features some superbly understated performances. Keaton once starred in jack frost as a boys father imprisoned. Michael keaton makes a belated directing debut only to be apparently struck down by a niggling bout of creative constipation xan brooks.
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