Thats two days. "Mischief Theatre announces new show Groan Ups and West End residency | WhatsOnStage", "Company behind Play That Goes Wrong scores West End hat-trick", "Cast confirmed for Mischief Theatre's Groan Ups tour", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groan_Ups&oldid=1093156402, Pages using infobox play with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 June 2022, at 22:42. I'll work on my left when we get back to L.A. And hoping something better comes tomorrow, Yeah, well I just thought the Bailey's needed, to learn how to win every once in a while, and the Feder's needed to learn how to lose, Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you, I hope tomorrow you'll find better things, I know tomorrow you'll find better things. ticketing.timeout.com/london-theatre/plays/groan-ups. He loves him so much that he says he thinks he saw Happy Gilmore something like thirty times in theaters. Grown Ups (2010) - full transcript In 1978, five 12-year-olds win a CYO basketball championship. Groan Ups' 2019Trailer. the narrative line was shallow and piecemeal. We already have this email. In the second half, its the school reunion, and the thirtysomething cast get to act their ages. And while I'm all for performers shooting for the moon, Id argue that if youre going out of your comfort zone trying to make whats essentially a cheapo Richard Curtis knock-off, its not a particularly noble failure. Yes siree, I stand by that, Anne Reid on her Daniel Craig sex scene: I was very scared. At a moment when critics are (rightly!) UTTER JOY, REALLY PROVEN THEMSELVES TOP OF THE CLASS, VERY FUNNY FARCETHERE'S NO RESISTING GAGS OF THIS CALIBRE, Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle. But they blunder way outside their comfort zone with the child acting in the first half and again with the bittersweet dramedy stuff in the second, and it just doesnt work. Was this meant to be funny? Do we ever really grow up? Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is a stay at home father who is married to Deanne (Maya Rudolph), the primary breadwinner of the family. Together, they have one daughter, Donna and one son Bean, who still breastfeeds despite being four years old, much to Eric's chagrin. Have any questions? It helps to know a little about the plot and personnel of theGrown Upsmovies and some of the behind-the-scenes drama undergirding them, but it is by no means required. edited 1+ month ago. Can the outdoors help these grownups rediscover connections or is this chaos in the making? obody makes critically panned yet commercially successful movies like Adam Sandler. What are you going to the electric chair? - The five Ferdinando. Do we choose who we become? Hey, would you mind if I touched your belly? Written and produced by Mischief Theatre, the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong has in this piece a real play that goes dreadfully wrong and not at all in a funny way. The play opened on 20 September 2019 and ran until 1 December 2019 at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End, making it the third Mischief Theatre production running simultaneously alongside The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery. They are a fundamentally likeable bunch. Its hard to say whether or not Grown Ups 3 will ever get released but if it does, it likely wont use Scharplings script. Its also really meta Sandler, James, Rock, Spade, and Schneider are all featured as themselves, not their Grown Ups characters from the first two movies (except for the first scene). More and more people are flocking to the small screen to find daily entertainment. The three writers Lewis as the lovably maladroit Spencer, Shields as the apprehensive Archie, and Sayer as the eternal outsider are all good. Over the years, Sandler has written and starred in dozens of movies that were huge box-office successes but were maligned by critics. Now I can confirm that children can be pretty funny, but the dialogue here suggest Mischief are aware what children are but have never met any. Dj vu! We begin with five infants who tell us what they have done over the weekend. Grown Ups 3 The Insane Spec Script That You've Got to Read By Chris Heckmann on January 18, 2020 N obody makes critically panned yet commercially successful movies like Adam Sandler. Together, they have a son, Andre, and a daughter, Charlotte, while Deanne is pregnant with a third child, and her mother, Ronzoni, lives with them as well. Flowery literary spices such as inspiration and innovation become mere frills to be discarded like closet items from the does-not-spark-joy pile. Try another? Thanks for subscribing! Over the years, Sandler has written and starred in dozens of movies that were huge box-office successes but were maligned by critics. The big revelation of who has been harbouring an unrequited crush for who has been aggressively signposted since the first act, and there are all sorts of wearyingly crass assumptions about class and sexuality.That its basically well-meaning is never in doubt; neither is the fact that Mischief are terrific with a silly quip (the recurring gag about the names of the school petsis very amusing), or that theyre on stronger ground whenever it becomes more farce-like. I started off Friday. Groan Ups is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre . And now, never mind their looming BBC series, or tour of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, these still-youngish scamps have taken up residence at the Vaudeville for a year. Please let me sleep. Like Follow. I want to get wasted every single day of my life, - No you don't need to get wasted, it's okay. During the celebration, their coach "Buzzer" (Blake Clark) encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game.30 years later, the five friends have since separated. Well, one writer took matters into his own hands and made a spec script that was truly unexpected. - Why didn't you ever tell us that she gets it? Well, at least at first. Written by Steve Timms Steve Timms grew up in Oldham and studied Theatre at the University of Huddersfield. Lenny is a successful Hollywood agent married to a fashion designer; their kids take privilege for granted. ), its farcical elements owe something to Michael Frayn (as TPTGW does, a lot), but I was reminded most of Alan Ayckbourn. I guess the first 20 years of a kid's life, Take your chance with me and I'll give it a try, 'Cause I ain't looking for (an overflow? Well, lets take a look. Jonathan Sayer (Simon), Henry Shields (Archie), Charlie Russell (Katie), Henry Lewis (Spencer), Nancy Zamit (Moon), Charlie Russell (Katie), Henry Shields (Archie), Nancy Zamit (Moon), Jonathan Sayer (Simon), Henry Lewis (Spencer), Henry Shields (Archie), Charlie Russell (Katie), Henry Lewis (Spencer), Henry Shields (Archie), Henry Shields (Archie), Dave Hearn (Paul), Henry Lewis (Spencer), Nancy Zamit (Moon), Jonathan Sayer (Simon), Bryony Corrigan (Chemise), The folks behind The Play That Goes Wrong fall flat on their faces with this oft-cringey school-set comedy. Given the cluster of talent this troupe contains (and attracts), its hard to begrudge them their imperial ambition. In an interview with Vulture, Scharpling said: It was an idea I had years ago, and it was one of those ideas that you joke around with a couple friends and its like, Oh, wouldnt it be funny if that existed? Song From Far Away, HOME, Manchester, review: Will Youngs long, wry goodbye is a heartbreaker. The antagonist is something we all fear: the impending demise of personal and professional dreams. Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James) is now a co-owner of a lawn furniture company (but he says he is just to impress his friends) who is married to Sally (Maria Bello). The Comedy About a Bank Robbery deservedly hogs the Criterion. Together, they have two sons, Greg and Keith, and one daughter Becky, all of whom have become spoiled, much to Lenny's annoyance. Adam Sandler (Lenny Feder) Lenny is a Hollywood agent who is the de facto leader of the group. I'd never be with her, you're my best friend man, Stop trying to handle everybody and everything, I thought it would be better for our family, You peel back any marriage there are secrets, I won't lie to you ever again, I swear to God, But did I enjoy having a nice conversation, "where's this?" let us just hang out with our families all right? [1][2] The cast performed a scene from the play on the 2019 Royal Variety Performance. Its a dog-eat-dog world and hes wearing milkbone underwear is a representative joke in Scharplings script that would not be out of place in either existingGrown Ups movie. It was finished on a Sunday night and showed it to people on Monday morning. But that theme can only go so far without any subversion and thats where writer Tom Scharpling comes in. Write and collaborate on your scripts FREE. In the three parts, the juniors become teenagers become 30+ adults. Its a tenable thesis. And hang with me here, the story has some thematic weight with the masked villain. In their place stands the rote efficiency of doing just enough and doing it in a timely manner. None of the five characters was remotely likeable or believable. Instead, Grown Ups 3 would probably be written by Sandler and Fred Wolf. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! But what would the movie be about? The premise for Groan Ups is simple (and far far from original). you're shaking - You tell me! Movie Scripts > "G" page 49 > Grown Ups 2 (2013) Grown Ups 2 (2013) Sweetheart. <br>Apeulogy 2016. announced a UK Tour which is set to take place from August 2020. Its clear from seeing Sandler and company joke with each other that theyre a close-knit group. Contact us: subslikescript(doggysign)gmail.com |. Scharplings screenplay is religiously faithful to the middle-of-the-road humor of these latter-day Happy Madison productions, almost affectionately so. A visual medium requires visual methods. But is there a Grown Ups 3? Mischief Theatre are back in the West End with a new show for the first time since 2016. I don't want to take your money, I dont Those guys all drive Bentley's and Ferrari's, It's not going you gotta get it inhigh, Look fella's, we just want to eat some watermelon. We then join these smelly urchins in the classroom (neatly realised with outsized furniture) to pursue their childs eye-view, wrestling over Smarties, vying for leadership. The first two Grown Ups films were written by Sandler and Wolf, and directed by Dennis Dugan. Since then, theyve become populist comedys answer to Andrew Lloyd Webber, taking over venue after venue. After having the greatest time of his life three summers ago, Lenny (Adam Sandler), decides he wants to move his family back to his hometown and have them grow up with his gang of childhood friends and their kids. The Tweet included a link to the website www.GrownUps3Script.com. Yo! The title smacks a tad of John Godber (remember Teechers? The screenplays inherent inessentiality, though, is one of the reasons it works so well as a commentary on the Grown Ups-type movies in Adam Sandlers oeuvre. Justin Roilands comedic writing style is similar to Sandlers but slightly more contemplative and existential. - Wait, are we all looking at the tree right now? In 2020, co-star Nick Swardson said this when asked what hes heard about the Grown Ups 3 release date: He [Adam Sandler] had talked about it and then there was another script out there that wasnt approved. Watch on. It felt to me as if none of the writers had actually met a real-life child; it was as if the 1970s were back even though this play is but two years old. Go over to the window right now and open it as wide as you can. I did it Friday night to Sunday.. We use cookies to let us know when you visit SoundCloud, to understand how you interact with us, to enrich and personalize your user experience, to enable social media functionality and to customize your . Thirty years later, they gather with their families for their coach's funeral and a weekend at a house on a lake where they used to party. Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox. Groan Ups review - school swots and bullies for life Vaudeville, London From age six to 30, Mischief Theatre's engaging band of classmates bicker and play but rarely test the assumption that. a brand-new comedy all about growing up. Now proper grown ups, nothing has changed in their lives experience (if any) has taught them that the sum of ones years are zero. Short Script. During the celebration, their coach "Buzzer" (Blake Clark) encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game.30 years later, the five friends have since separated. Together, they have two sons, Greg and Keith, and one daughter Becky, all of whom have become spoiled, much to Lenny's annoyance. The Goes Wrong concept sounds a bit one-trick pony, but theyre happy to continue flogging it: next up is Magic Goes Wrong, co-created with Penn & Teller. Someway somehow, Scharplings script went viral, making rounds all over Twitter. Hes alsohost of The Best Show, your favorite comedians favorite comedy podcast. Really? Kurt is a househusband, henpecked by wife and mother-in-law. This is a man who knows what is funny and what isnt and has a lot of opinions about both, but especially the latter. All of them harass Kurt for not being more useful. Is the story of our lives already written? So when that final buzzer of life goes off, and now I'll pull Brad pitt from your movie, I don't ever want to hear that out loud again, How about the tale of your son-in-law here, - I'm glad you brought your Mother this time, Wow! The group have absolutely nailed the whole posh-people-getting-flustered-at-stuff-breaking thing, but 'Groan Ups' - which follows a group of five friends from primary school to adulthood -. Then we are a few years on. You can read Scharplings entire Grown Ups 3 script below: I think the main reason why the Grown Ups 3 script went viral is because its completely unlike the films that preceded it. While Scharpling does not defend every Sandler title, his obsession . Watching thisTyler Perry videothat the monstrously prolific auteur tweeted on Monday, in which he surveys stacks and stacks of as-yet unfilmed TV scripts he wrote himself, one gets a sense of clock-punching competence rather than quill-clutching passion. to bring off this misguided of scripts. have said if he heard about that trash talker? For what reminded me of a Year 9 improvised drama lesson, laughs were supposed to come out of the following: a constantly bullied, friendless child who grows up to be an adult version of his primary school persona (and yes who hilariously threatens suicide in Act III), the same chap who as a teenie is cajoled into sticking his male member into the bars of a hamster cage, a comic-book promiscuous teenie girl who wants the boys to touch her breasts (are you laughing? Vice and The Big Short director Adam McKay shared the link to the script and said This movie would be on my top five list for the year. SIGN-UP FOR ALL THE LATEST FROM MISCHIEF THEATRE We imported Scharplings Grown Ups 3 script into StudioBinders screenwriting software to take a closer look at the storys crazy events. During the celebration, their coach "Buzzer" (Blake Clark) encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game.30 years later, the five friends have since separated. Growing up in this world never really happens. Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is a stay at home father who is married to Deanne (Maya Rudolph), the primary breadwinner of the family. Okay, the Grown Ups 3 ending may not be as profound as say the ending of The Godfather: Part II but at least it has some dramatic weight. - You're Sat, Dad. Thirty years later, they gather with their families for their coach's funeral and a weekend at a house on a lake where they used to party. Dennis Potter used adult actors to play warring children in Blue Remembered Hills, Michael Frayns Donkeys Years explored the comic perils of educational reunions and Alan Ayckbourns latest, Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present, suggests our destiny is determined in adolescence. Home. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.Grown Ups 2 Official Trailer courtesy of Sony Pictures. He has written for several publications including City Life, The Big Issue, Litro. Nobody makes critically panned yet commercially successful movies like Adam Sandler. The play was to begin a UK tour in August 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed and opened at the Theatre Royal, Bath on the 12th August 2021. But alas, well have to wait and see. Next they are sexually exploratory 14-year-olds forming emotional ties: in particular, the angsty Archie and the swottish Kate are both besotted by the ham-fisted, and hamster-destroying, Spencer. By now, each is a grownup with problems and challenges: Marcus is alone and drinks too much. Alas and alack, Groan Ups is far more groan than up and not in a good panto way. Do we choose who we become? I was not asked to write it. Groan Ups, Vaudeville Theatre, review: growing pains of the most painfully funny kind . At its core, the Grown Ups franchise is about friendship. - You want to know what I fantasize about? After much ado about poo-jokes, the show grows up, fast: the sweet agonies of puberty are caught in the confused flirtations that beset all five, reflected in the presumption of Nancy Zamits posh-girl Moon, the telling reticence of Shields clever-clogs Archie, the charming assertion of Charlie Russells Katie, and the gruntish oafishness of Lewiss Spencer, with Sayer giving a show-stealing, high-squealing turn as the bullied no-hoper Simon. We're going to win. Your email address will not be published. Tom Scharpling is a successful comedy writer who loves Adam Sandler. But who knows? Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Lets go back to the script to review the storys thematic conflict with this point in mind. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. - is this like an outward bound thing Dad? David Spade (Marcus Higgins) Marcus is a serial philanderer. In 1978, five friends win their junior high basketball championship. Three ages of human: ages 6, 13 and 30. . It should be pretty clear that I love these movies and the SandlerVerse after reading this, even though I love to poke fun at all of it. This article on a 2010s play is a stub. Groan Ups by Mischief Theatre. Follow along as we break down the viral. He now lives in Los Angeles where he writes about sports, film, and television. Even so its insights, such as that Archie is born gay but too nervous to come out, are heavily signalled in advance. The setting is a school room and we follow the fortunes of five characters as they move from pre-pubescence to maturity. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. That wasn't a three, his foot was on the line! There is no Grown Ups 3 movie, not yet, but the script is written and everyone is talking about it. Unfortunately, any attempt at creating 3-D characters were thrown on the bonfire of inanities . To book tickets, call0844 871 2118 or visitTelegraph Tickets, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Joe Berkowitz is an opinion columnist at Fast Company. Find out more, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Charlie Russell as Katie in Groan Ups at the Vaudeville Theatre, Sun, sand, taramasalata: Sheridan Smith is a retro triumph as Shirley Valentine, Oklahoma! Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. Grown Ups 2 - subtitles like script; Search. By now, each is a grownup with problems and challenges: Marcus is alone and drinks too much. The Royal Variety Performance 2019 - Mischief Theatre "Groan Ups" Jamie Townsend 119 subscribers Subscribe 4.2K 237K views 3 years ago Mischief Theatre's performance on The Royal Variety. Charlie Russell as the earnestly ambitious Kate and Nancy Zamit as a snootily privileged rival are no less adept at showing that character is formed in childhood. Clearly, this is what Tom Scharpling sees when he looks at the last decade-plus of Adam Sandler movies. Im not kidding. So what makes the Grown Ups 3 movie script so good? Do we ever really grow up? Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is a stay at home father who is married to Deanne (Maya Rudolph), the primary breadwinner of the family. It ain't raining threesIt's drizzling twos, It's all right, it's all rightgood shot. We are now at a school reunion with a marriage built on false pretences and a stomach churning confession that all the bullied chap wanted since childhood was to be loved. Three ages of human: ages 6, 13 and 30. Its little more than 10 years since this band of (Lamda) drama school graduates, bound by friendship and a passion for comic improvisation, formed on the fringe. Rob, with three daughters he rarely sees, is always deeply in love until he turns on his next ex-wife. Can you imagine? But then you never get off the runway with it, and it just ends up being a joke and its like, Someday Im going to do that. And then there was a day where I was like, You know what? By the end, youll be able to recognize a Roiland work from a mile away. After an early twist, and further twists to come, the screenplay plunges into metatextual, deconstructive territory that I wont spoil here. Thanks for your time! Tom Scharpling. West End opening night of Groan Ups. The same kids are now 13 and on the verge of sex-fuelled teenage. Together, they have one daughter, Donna and one son Bean, who still breastfeeds despite being four years old, much to Eric's chagrin. There was another one that just went viral that somebody wrote that I thought was a hoax but I guess its real and I guess the script is really good.. #Arts & Entertainment #Movies #Grown Ups 2 #movie transcript. )I could go on if it were not for my sympathies with you dear reader. Grown Ups 2 (2013) Movie Script. Movie Scripts. Salma Hayek (Roxanne Chase-Feder) Roxanne is a fashion designer and Lennys wife. All of them harass Kurt for not being more useful. In the longest final section, they are all 30-year-olds attending a school reunion. Groan Ups is a comedy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre. As of now, it seems that if Sandler was interested in making Grown Ups 3, and the rest of the cast agreed to return, the film could enter pre-production. During the celebration, their coach "Buzzer" (Blake Clark) encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game.30 years later, the five friends have since separated. Grown Ups Synopsis: In 1978, five 12-year-olds win a CYO basketball championship. Scharpling is a multi-talented comedian who has worked as an actor on shows like Steven Universe and as a writer on shows like Monk and What We Do in the Shadows. So you are from around these parts eh? After a (sub) Rowan Atkinson-ish start, teaching staff mock-reprimanding the audience, we get a chaotic assembly presentation by the quintet with uninhibited behaviour, inadvertent malapropisms and flagrant misunderstandings (adulterous sex is, I kid you not, unwittingly acted out with a bucket and mop). Should we laugh? There was a strange silence in the audience. Vaudeville, London From age six to 30, Mischief Theatres engaging band of classmates bicker and play but rarely test the assumption that character is formed in childhood. The play revolves around the relationships between five school-friends are explored at three stages of their lives: in Year Two in 1994, Year Nine in 2001, and at a school reunion in the present day. But is there a Grown Ups 3? Discerning views, thoughts and debate on the cultural scene. It pains me to say so, but I find it really challenging to say anything good about this thin, often Benny Hillish smutty, badly written and even mildly offensive, over long, comedy. Until Dec 1. 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Yet aside from showcasing Mischiefs rare facility for generating mirth and turning the stage into a zestful playground, it suggests a growing maturity of artistic ambition. Unwittingly, it is also full of echoes. and to celebrate our victory. The critique is savage only in its accuracy and authenticity. Maybe we do live in a world strange enough where we might one day see a Grown Ups movie that turns into a slasher. Were we really meant to feel something for these cartoon characters? ahh! Next time you come to town, I'll have plenty of that Boss water for your kid, All right, well uh just for the record, for tonight because this is a big deal for her, You can go practice that in your room though, I'm not wearing them at your housesorry, (by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band), So you're a little bit older and a lot less bolder, But now you stop and think about your dignity, The difference is, I can do something about it. and "did you pick up that", - Well you could have nice conversations with me, they get the point about where you're going, In life, the first actalway's exciting. DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. In the last section of the play, the fun suddenly turns to sentimental slush. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Just strap in, get ready to laugh, and know in your heart that however long it took Scharpling to knock out this script, its still probably more than Sandler and his cowriters spent on Grown Ups 2. Perhaps thats what the Grown Ups franchise needs going forward into its third installment. On January 6, 2020, Tom Scharpling posted a Tweet reading "In April 2019 I wrote a script for GROWN UPS 3. Eric is overweight and out of work. Its widely assumed that, would be greenlit if Sandler and company were interested in returning for another sequel. Little White Lies and Storgy. They are dynamite. Chris Rock (Kurt McKenzie) Kurt is a stay-at-home dad/cableman. The script by performers Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields is much less excruciating, but it still clunks sway. I dont know if its going to be ten pages long, I dont know if its going to be 130 pages long. We first meet them as playfully anarchic six-year-olds. Grown Ups is a movie franchise that was created by Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf. Rob Schneider (Rob Hilliard) Rob is a misanthrope who fails at marriage. Swardson also said that hed sign up immediately for Grown Ups 3 if it was approved. 5 0 obj Read our community guidelines in full, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Charlie Russell as Katie in Groan Ups at the Va Watch on. script and whether or not it will ever get produced! Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) is a high powered Hollywood talent agent who is married to Roxanne (Salma Hayek), a fashion designer. Such rib-tickling wink-wink say no more lines as My daddy says he would like to give her one is meant to reveal how funny the innocence of children can be when attempting to understand the adult world. 6m views. You know what? The problem is that drama depends on change whereas this play argues that we mature without ever growing up. Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) is a high powered Hollywood talent agent who is married to Roxanne (Salma Hayek), a fashion designer. For no discernible reason, Scharpling has undertaken a funny new writing project that nobody asked for and will never get made: a screenplay for Grown Ups 3. Top Script Nominee Bad News Pairs. Something a little different from Mischief abrand-new comedy all about growing up. Plot summary [ edit] The play revolves around the relationships between five school-friends are explored at three stages of their lives: in Year Two in 1994, Year Nine in 2001, and at a school reunion in the present day. Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script. Comedian, TV writer, and podcaster Tom Scharpling wrote a brilliantly deconstructive script for 'Grown Ups 3,' just for the hell of it. In 1978, five friends win their junior high basketball championship. But between old bullies, new bullies . Create script breakdowns, sides, schedules, storyboards, call sheets and more. 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