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World Service,08 Aug 1996,27 mins

Escape From L.A.

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Kurt Russell is an unlikely hero in John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.: art as therapy in Australian comedy-drama-musical Cosi by Mark Joffe: Anthony Hopkins makes his directorial debut with August: the Czech film industry seeks western skills. "The producer used to be a relatively unimportant job because the money just came from the state."

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