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The Spanish Prisoner

film by Mamet [1997]

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  • David Mamet, 2004.
    In David Mamet

    …Games (1987), Homicide (1991), and The Spanish Prisoner (1998). In 1999 he directed The Winslow Boy, which he had adapted from a play by Terence Rattigan. State and Main (2000), a well-received ensemble piece written and directed by Mamet, depicts the trials and tribulations of a film crew shooting in…

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