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Beyond: Two Souls
Developer(s)
Quantic Dream
Publisher(s)
Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)
David Cage
Producer(s)
Charles Coutier
Writer(s)
David Cage
Composer(s)
Lorne Balfe
Platform(s)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Release
October 8, 2013[show]
PlayStation 3
NA: October 8, 2013[2]
AU: October 9, 2013[1]
EU: October 11, 2013[3]
JP: October 17, 2013[4]
PlayStation 4
WW: November 24, 2015
Genre(s)
Interactive drama, action-adventure
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure video game for the PlayStation 3 and Playstation 4 home video game consoles, created by French game developer Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in October 2013. The game features Jodie Holmes, one of two player characters. The other is an incorporeal entity named Aiden: a separate soul linked to Jodie since birth. Jodie, who is portrayed by actress Ellen Page, possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to Aiden, growing from adolescence to adulthood while learning to control Aiden and the powers they share. Willem Dafoe co-stars as Nathan Dawkins, a researcher in the Department of Paranormal Activity and Jodie's surrogate-father-figure. The actors in the game worked during the year-long project in Quantic Dream's Paris studio to perform on-set voice acting and motion capture acting.
Despite being a video game, Beyond: Two Souls premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, marking only the second time the film festival recognised a video game. David Cage, writer and director of the game, explained that game development studios should provide "interactive storytelling" that can be played by everyone, including non-gamers. The game received polarized critical reception upon its release. Sales reached over one million copies worldwide by the end of 2013, two months after the game's release. A PlayStation 4 version was released as both a standalone title in November 2015 and in the Quantic Dream Collection with Heavy Rain, in March 2016.
Contents
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1 Gameplay
2 Plot
3 Development
4 Release
5 Reception
5.1 Sales
5.2 Legacy
6 References
7 External links
Gameplay[edit]
Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure game, requiring the player to move and guide the character into interactions with objects and other non-player characters in the scene to progress the story. The player primarily controls Jodie through the in-game environments. At almost any time, however, the player (or second player during a two-player game) can switch to control Aiden instead. Aiden, as an incorporeal entity, exists permanently in noclip mode and can move through walls, ceilings, and other obstacles; however, he is limited to moving only within a certain radius around Jodie due to their spiritual tethering.[5]
While playing as Jodie, the game mechanics include interactive objects marked with a white dot, which can be interacted with by tilting the controller stick in its direction. If Jodie must perform a specific action, icons pop up on the screen to prompt the player to press and/or hold certain controller buttons. Conversation prompts float in the air, defaulting to a certain choice if too much time passes before selection. During action sequences, like chases or hand-to-hand combat, the cinematography moves into slow motion whilst Jodie performs the physical manoeuvre; during this time, the player must determine the direction Jodie is moving and push the controller stick in that direction to complete the action. Other sequences require real-time stealth, which has the player sneak Jodie through environments while coordinating certain actions with Aiden. Failing certain action sequences will alter the course of a chapter (and sometimes later chapters) and in some cases lead to the death of a non-playable character.[6][7]
While playing as Aiden, the game becomes monochromatic. Amongst the shades of greys, interactive objects are highlighted by an aura shining in one of several colours, with the colour of the aura indicating his potential interaction: orange characters can be possessed, red characters strangled, blue objects (or characters with environmental effects) knocked around, and green characters healed. Jodie frequently calls upon Aiden to provide different abilities, such as form a protective shield around her, allow the dead to speak to the living through her, grant her an ability to see events of the recent past, and enable her to heal a character's wounds.[6][7]
As the player makes choices throughout the game, the gameplay's plot is revealed. Besides affecting dialogue and story developments, the outcome of entire scenes (and in some cases, the outcome of scenes several chapters later) can be manipulated to a certain extent based on player choices. These choices are typically moral decisions made through Jodie's dialogue options, interventions with various characters, success or failure in her combat scenes, or psychic actions that the player chooses to have Aiden perform. Examples of choice-based outcomes are the chapter titled The Party, where the player is given the choice of unleashing brutal revenge toward a group of bullies or simply running away, and the chapter titled The Embassy, where the player can either engage in psychic information retrieval or can jeopardize the mission by forcing one of the guards to commit suicide. Choices also determine the finale of Beyond: Two Souls, as any number of possible plot endings can be experienced by the player.[8]
Plot[edit]
While the story is told through nonlinear narrative, this summary is given in chronological order.
Young Jodie Holmes (Caroline Wolfson) lives with her foster parents in an ordinary suburban home. Since birth, Jodie has had a psychic connection with a mysterious entity named Aiden, with whom she can communicate and perform telepathic acts, such as possessing peoples' minds and manipulating certain objects. After an incident with some neighbourhood kids results in Aiden almost killing one of them, Jodie's foster parents seek help to care for her condition, permanently leaving her under the custody of doctors Nathan Dawkins (Willem Dafoe) and Cole Freeman (Kadeem Hardison) of the United States Department of Paranormal Activity.[9]
Under the two doctors' care, Jodie slowly learns to control Aiden and the powers they share. During this time, Nathan and Cole are building the condenser, a portal that connects the world of the living with the world of the dead—the Infraworld. One night, Nathan learns that his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident. While trying to comfort him, Jodie discovers that she can channel spirits of the dead from the Infraworld; she helps the spirits speak to the living through a psychic link created by her physical contact. As the years pass, a teenage Jodie (Ellen Page) seeks her independence, both from the doctors and from Aiden, and tries several times to live a normal life. At each attempt, Aiden intervenes, ending in disaster.[10]
At one point, Nathan asks for Jodie's help with the condenser, which has broken open. After braving hostile entities from the Infraworld, Jodie manages to shut down the condenser and warns Nathan not to build another. This gets the attention of the CIA, who send agent Ryan Clayton (Eric Winter) to forcibly recruit Jodie. After training, the now-adult Jodie goes on multiple missions as a field agent, often with Ryan, to whom she slowly becomes attracted. On one such mission in Somalia, Jodie learns that the target she killed was not a warlord, but the country's benign president. An enraged Jodie flees in disgust, despite Ryan's pleas. Branded a traitor, Jodie becomes a fugitive, evading and fighting pursuing CIA forces. Along the way, she befriends a group of homeless people, one of whom she helps give birth, and a family of Native Americans whom she saves from a malevolent entity. The CIA eventually recaptures Jodie after she attempts to reconnect with her catatonic biological mother, who has been held and forcibly drugged for decades in a military hospital.[11]
The CIA hands Jodie over to Nathan, now executive director of the DPA, overseeing the DPA's newest condenser, code-named the Black Sun. He reveals that the CIA is willing to let Jodie go if she agrees to a final mission. Jodie and a CIA team led by Ryan destroy a facility housing a Chinese-developed condenser before it is used to attack the United States. Jodie then learns that Nathan built a miniature condenser to speak exclusively to his family, but without success. After showing Nathan that his refusal to let them go is only making them suffer, Jodie tries to leave, only to be held in captivity by the CIA—the organisation has deemed her too dangerous to be freed. Jodie is subjected to the same fate as her mother. Nathan appears and informs Jodie that he's decided to shut down the containment field to the Black Sun, merging the two worlds together and making death meaningless. Too weak to free Jodie, Aiden contacts Ryan and Cole, leading them to her. After Nathan shuts down the containment field, the three chase after him into the heart of the Black Sun, with the intent of destroying it.[12]
During the trek towards the Black Sun, Cole is injured by entities and Ryan sacrifices his own safety to keep Jodie alive. Eventually, Jodie confronts Nathan near the Black Sun. He commits suicide to reunite with his family. As Jodie shuts down the condenser, she has a vision—Aiden is her stillborn twin brother. Jodie must make a choice: go back to the world of the living, or go on to the Infraworld and be reunited with everyone she has lost. By the story's end, the Infraworld has become a widespread threat in the not-so-distant future. Jodie prepares to confront the threat.[13]
Development[edit]
Scenes from the game: Jodie Holmes (top), Aiden's view of Nathan Dawkins and young Jodie (note his spiritual tether, middle), Willem Dafoe, David Cage, and Ellen Page working on the motion capture (bottom)
David Cage, founder and CEO of Quantic Dream, announced Beyond: Two Souls at Sony's press conference during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012. He showed the crowd a debut trailer featuring the game's in-game graphics.[14] When he was asked to compare Beyond: Two Souls to Quantic Dream's previous game Heavy Rain, Cage described Beyond as a "more action-driven experience" that offers "much more direct control" and "much more spectacular action" than the 2010 thriller.[14] Unlike Quantic Dream's previous game, Beyond was not to be PlayStation Move compatible.[15] Earlier games created by Cage, which have been called "wrought psychological thrillers", demonstrate that emotional narrative is a critical element in a Quantic Dream game's development.[16] In an interview, actress Ellen Page noted that the script for the game was around 2,000 pages long[17] (an average screenplay is between 95 and 125 pages long; each page is approximately one minute of screen time).[18] "We'd do 30, 40 pages a day. It's insane compared to a film. Jodie goes through a lot. This is an incredibly emotional story and journey for this girl."[17]
Quantic Dream, an advanced motion capture studio as well as video game developer, required the Beyond: Two Souls actors to perform motion capture acting as well as on-set voice acting.[16] Ellen Page, Willem Dafoe, Kadeem Hardison, Eric Winter, Caroline Wolfson, and other actors cast in the game worked during the year-long project in the Paris studio to perform the physical actions seen onscreen as performed by their fully realised video game graphic characters.[19][20] Meanwhile, Quantic Dream programmers, artists, and animators, led by art director Christophe Brusseaux, designed the computer-generated imagery seen in the game. David Cage provided writing and direction and Guillaume de Fondaumière was the video game producer.[21][22]
Beyond: Two Souls is dedicated to video game composer Normand Corbeil, who died of pancreatic cancer on 25 January 2013.[23] Corbeil had worked on Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain and its predecessor Fahrenheit and was unable to finish his work on Beyond. Lorne Balfe, who wrote the score for Assassin's Creed III, replaced Corbeil as the game's composer after Corbeil's death.[24] Balfe's collaborator Hans Zimmer joined him as producer in August 2013.[25]
On 27 April 2013, five months before the game's debut, Quantic Dream released a new trailer and demonstrated 35 minutes of the game at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, with both Page and Cage in attendance.[26] This marks only the second time the film festival recognised a video game, the first being 2011's L.A. Noire.[27] In interviews conducted immediately prior to the game's worldwide release, Cage explained that development studios like Quantic Dream have an obligation to provide "interactive storytelling" that can be played by everyone, including non-gamers.[28]
Release[edit]
On 5 September 2013, the PlayStation Blog announced that a demo for Beyond: Two Souls would be released 1 October 2013 in the United States, 2 October for Europe, and 3 October for Japan, about a week prior to the full game's worldwide release. Despite the demo's official release date, a few users of the paid subscription service PlayStation Plus were allowed to receive the demo a week earlier, on 24 September 2013. GameStop also gave out a limited number of beta keys on that day.[19][29] The full game was released on 8 October 2013 in North America, 9 October 2013 in Australia, 11 October 2013 in Europe, and 17 October 2013 in Japan.
The European version of the game is censored to keep the PEGI rating at 16 instead of 18. Two changes were made amounting to 5–10 seconds of gameplay.[30]
Immediately after the game was released, nude images of Jodie, actress Ellen Page, surfaced on the Reddit online community. The game did include one nude scene of Jodie—showering, shown at an angle that preserves the character's modesty—however the leaked images were full-frontal. Industry analysts deduced that a person in possession of a developer PlayStation 3 that allowed quality assurance features such as "free camera" mode had used the special PlayStation to create and upload the images. Sony immediately took steps to remove them, asking for the community's assistance and explaining that the images were of a digital model and not of Page, who has a "no nudity" policy in titles she appears in. The images were removed from the website.[31]
In June 2015, Quantic Dream announced a PlayStation 4 version of Beyond: Two Souls for North America, Europe, and the PAL region alongside Heavy Rain. The PlayStation 4 version of Beyond: Two Souls was released on 24 November, with the remaster of Heavy Rain following on 1 March 2016. A package containing both games was then released physically on a Blu-ray disc.[32][33]
Reception[edit]
Reception
Aggregate score
Aggregator
Score
Metacritic (PS4) 72/100[34]
(PS3) 70/100[35]
Review scores
Publication
Score
Destructoid 5/10[36]
Edge 5/10[37]
EGM 7.5/10[38]
Eurogamer 6/10[39]
Game Informer 7.75/10[40]
Game Revolution [41]
GameSpot 9.0/10[42]
GamesRadar [43]
GamesTM 8/10[44]
GameTrailers 7.2/10[45]
GameZone 7.5/10[46]
Giant Bomb [47]
IGN 6.0/10[48]
Joystiq [49]
OPM (UK) 8/10[50]
Polygon 8.0/10[51]
VideoGamer.com 4/10[52]
Digital Spy [53]
Forbes 9/10[54]
Metro (UK) 4/10[55]
Rev3Games [56]
ScrewAttack 7.5/10[57]
Beyond: Two Souls received polarized reviews upon release.[58] Review aggregator Metacritic described its reception as "mixed".[35] Critics praised Page's character portrayal of Jodie Holmes and Dafoe's performance as Nathan Dawkins, as well as the amount of technical details in the game's animations and graphics. Praise was also generally given toward the elaborate motion capture, interactive storytelling mechanics, emotional soundtrack, and ability to appeal to non-gamers.[59][60][20]
IGN gaming website criticised the game for offering a gaming experience too passive and unrewarding and a plot too muddy and unfocused.[48] Joystiq criticised the game's lack of solid character interaction and its unbelievable, unintentionally silly plot.[49] Destructoid criticised the game's thin character presentation and frequent narrative dead ends, as well as its lack of meaningful interactivity.[36] Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of Zero Punctuation was heavily critical of the game, focusing on the overuse of quick time events, the underuse of the game's central stealth mechanics, and the inconsistent tone and atmosphere.[61]
At Spike's VGX award show, Beyond: Two Souls earned two nominations: "Best Voice Actress" (Ellen Page)[62] and "Best Voice Actor" (Willem Dafoe).[63]
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominated the game for Best Artistic Achievement (John Rostron, David Cage, Guillaume De Fondaumiere), Best Original Music (Lorne Balfe), and Best Performer (Ellen Page).[64]
At the 2013 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards Beyond: Two Souls won Game, Original Adventure and was nominated for Animation, Camera Direction in a Game Engine, Control Design (3D), Graphics (Technical), Performance in a Drama (Lead), Lighting/Texturing, Performance in a Drama (Supporting), Use of Sound (New IP) and Writing in a Drama.[65]
Sales[edit]
It was reported in July 2013 that Beyond: Two Souls was in the top twenty most pre-ordered games of 2013,[66] and that by the end 2013, the game sold one million copies worldwide during its first three months of availability. The game sold over 70,000 copies in Quantic Dream's home country France during that time, more than its previous game Heavy Rain during its three-month debut.[67][68] Heavy Rain's budget was $22 million and the budget for Beyond: Two Souls was $27 million, not including approximately $18 million in costs for marketing and distribution.[69]
Legacy[edit]
In November 2014, David Cage discussed the future of video games and referred to the generally negative reviews Beyond received from hardcore gamers. "There will always be games for the hardcore gamers who see games as a skill-based sport, or as a way to compete with their friends", he said. He also referred to other types of gamers who play games "as a mere hobby, like many titles for smartphones". He then stated, "We try to develop a middle way, with games that try to tell a story, to carry meaning, and where violence isn't the core activity. Most of all, we try to create an emotion, to make players live something strong and unique, which remains an ambitious challenge in a video game."[70]
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External links[edit]
Official website
Beyond: Two Souls on IMDb
Beyond: Two Souls Tribeca Film Festival Highlights on YouTube
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50 First Dates
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50 First Dates
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Peter Segal
Produced by
Jack Giarraputo
Steve Golin
Nancy Juvonen
Written by
George Wing
Starring
Adam Sandler
Drew Barrymore
Rob Schneider
Sean Astin
Dan Aykroyd
Music by
Teddy Castellucci
Cinematography
Jack N. Green
Edited by
Jeff Gourson
Production
company
Happy Madison
Anonymous Content
Flower Films
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
February 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)
Running time
99 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$75 million[1]
Box office
$196.3 million[1]
50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by George Wing. The film stars Adam Sandler as a veterinarian and Drew Barrymore as an amnesiac, along with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd. Most of the film was shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii on the Windward side and the North Shore. Sandler and Barrymore won an MTV award. The fictitious memory impairment suffered by Barrymore's character, Goldfield's Syndrome, is similar to short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia. The 2014 Malayalam film Ormayundo Ee Mukham is inspired by 50 First Dates, as is the 2007 Telugu movie, Sathyabhama.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Locations
4 Critical reception
5 Fictional medical condition
6 Real world application
7 Soundtrack
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
Henry Roth is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He has a reputation of womanizing female tourists and does not display any interest in committing to a serious relationship. Henry's closest friends are Ula, a marijuana-smoking Islander; his assistant Alexa, whose gender is unclear; Willy, his pet African penguin; and Jocko, a walrus.
One day Henry’s boat breaks down while he is sailing around Oahu. He goes to the Hukilau Café to wait for the Coast Guard. There he sees a young woman named Lucy Whitmore, who makes architectural art with her waffles. Henry thinks she is a local, which prevents him from introducing himself, but the next day he comes back. Lucy and he hit it off instantly and she asks him to meet her again tomorrow morning.
However, when Henry goes back to the café the following day, Lucy does not have any recollection of ever meeting him. The restaurant owner Sue explains to Henry that the year before, Lucy and her father Marlin went up to the North Shore to pick a pineapple for his birthday. On the way back, they had a serious car accident that left Lucy with anterograde amnesia and she wakes up every morning thinking it is Sunday, October 13, of last year.
To spare Lucy the heartbreak of reliving the accident every day, Marlin and Doug, Lucy's lisping steroid-addicted brother, re-enact Marlin's birthday by following a script, including putting out the Sunday newspaper, refilling Lucy's shampoo bottles, re-watching the same Minnesota Vikings game, and re-watching the movie The Sixth Sense where Marlin and Doug halfheartedly say, "Wow. Didn't see that coming," during the famous plot-twist.
Despite Sue's warning, Henry invites Lucy to have breakfast with him. Eventually she does, but it ends poorly when Henry unintentionally hurts Lucy’s feelings. He follows her home to apologize where Marlin and Doug instruct Henry to leave Lucy alone. Henry begins concocting ways to run into Lucy on the following days, such as pretending to have car trouble, creating a fake road block, or by having Ula beat him up. Eventually, Marlin and Doug figure this out due to Lucy singing The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on the days when she meets Henry.
One day, as Henry is about to sit with Lucy at breakfast, she notices a police officer writing her a ticket for her expired plates. Lucy attempts to argue that they are not yet expired, and takes a newspaper to prove herself, but sees that the date on all the newspapers is not October 13 as she thought. Lucy rushes home, and Marlin and Doug are forced to admit their ruse when she confronts them (and presumably not for the first time; when Marlin sees Lucy's frantic behavior as her truck pulls up to the house, he immediately realizes what happened and loudly announces to Doug that Lucy "had a bad day").
Henry comes up with an idea to make a video explaining to Lucy her accident and their relationship. Although Lucy is upset over understanding about her accident and memory loss, Henry believes that she is more upset realizing her life is a lie every day. Because of this, Henry, Marlin and Doug show Lucy the tape every morning and help her spend her days by picking up where the tape says she left off. She spends more time with Henry and goes to see some of her old friends. Lucy decides to erase Henry completely from her life after learning of his decision not to take a sailing trip to Bristol Bay to study walruses, something he has been planning for the past 10 years. Although Henry would rather spend that year making Lucy fall in love with him every day rather than go on the sailing trip, Lucy is convinced she is a burden on him and is preventing Henry from really living his life. Henry reluctantly helps Lucy destroy her journal entries of their relationship.
A few weeks later, Henry is preparing to leave for his sailing trip. Before he departs, Marlin tells him that Lucy is now living at the brain institute and teaching an art class. He also tells him that she sings. Then he gives Henry a Beach Boys CD. Listening to the CD, Henry becomes emotional and curses Marlin for giving him the CD and causing him to miss Lucy. He then remembers that Marlin once told him that Lucy only sings after she meets him. Concluding that Lucy remembers him, he returns home. Henry rushes to the brain institute where Lucy now resides and asks if she knows who he is. Lucy says she does not know him but shows him the pictures she has painted of him, saying she dreams about him every night.
Some time later, Lucy wakes up and plays a video tape marked "Good Morning Lucy." It again informs her of her accident, but ends with her and Henry’s wedding. On the tape, Henry says to put a jacket on and come have breakfast when she is ready. Lucy then sees that she is on Henry’s boat, which finally made it to Alaska. She goes up on deck and meets Marlin, Henry and their daughter, Nicole.
Cast[edit]
Adam Sandler as Henry Roth, a marine veterinarian with a talent for wooing women and a fear of commitment
Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore, Henry's love interest with short-term memory loss
Rob Schneider as Ula, Henry's marijuana-smoking, native Hawaiian assistant and best friend; he is unhappily married to an overweight native woman and has five young, athletically talented children
Sean Astin as Doug Whitmore, Lucy's older brother, a lisping, steroid-dependent bodybuilder
Blake Clark as Marlin Whitmore, Lucy's widowed father, a professional fisherman
Lusia Strus as Alexa, Henry's ambiguously gendered assistant
Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Joseph Keats, a physician specializing in brain disorders
Amy Hill as Sue, the Hukilau café manager and friend of Lucy and her late mother
Pomaika'i Brown as Nick, the Hukilau café chef.
Allen Covert as Ten-Second Tom, a hospital patient with severe memory impairment (reprised as 220 Tom in Blended)
Missi Pyle as Noreen, a tax attorney Henry meets at a bar but then tries to fix up with Alexa
Maya Rudolph as Stacy, pregnant friend of Lucy's at beach party
Kevin James as Factory worker
Lynn Collins as Linda
Joshua Seth (uncredited) as a painter
Greg Cipes (uncredited) as a painter
Dee Bradley Baker (uncredited) as a man at the restaurant
Scott Menville (uncredited) as a man at the restaurant
Jessica DiCicco (uncredited) as a teenager at the zoo
Production[edit]
The film was originally titled "50 First Kisses".[2] Drew Barrymore, who knew of the original script, wrote a letter to Sandler and suggested it as their next film together. In 2014, Barrymore said it had been more of a drama and was re-written by Sandler and they reworked it into more of a comedy.[3]
Locations[edit]
Most of the film was shot on location in Kaneohe, Kaʻaʻawa, Wahiawā, Makapuʻu, and Waimānalo, Oahu, as well as in Kāne'ohe Bay. Due to the high cost of filming outside of the studio zone, some interior scenes (such as inside the Whitmore residence) were shot on sets in Los Angeles carefully decorated to look like they were in Hawaii.[4]
The walrus tank is actually in Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, and the golf course is the Ocean Trails Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Critical reception [edit]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 48% based on 172 reviews, and the site's consensus states [that the] "Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who bring some energy and yucks to this tale of a girl with short-term memory loss and the guy who tries to get her to love him."[5]
Critics who enjoyed the film (such as The New York Times reviewer A.O. Scott) praised the uplifting story while lamenting the seemingly excessive and incongruous amount of crude humor and drug references.[6] Roger Ebert gave it three out of four stars, saying "The movie is sort of an experiment for Sandler. He reveals the warm side of his personality, and leaves behind the hostility, anger and gross-out humor... The movie doesn't have the complexity and depth of Groundhog Day... but as entertainment it's ingratiating and lovable."[7]
Sandler and Barrymore won the award for Best On-Screen Team at the MTV Movie Awards. The two actors, who had previously worked together in the popular film The Wedding Singer, are said to regard 50 First Dates as one of their favorite personal efforts.[citation needed]
Fictional medical condition[edit]
In an article in the BMJ on depictions of amnesia in film, clinical neuropsychologist Sallie Baxendale writes that 50 First Dates "maintains a venerable movie tradition of portraying an amnesic syndrome that bears no relation to any known neurological or psychiatric condition".[8]
In 2010, researchers described a woman who developed the kind of memory impairment after she was involved in a car accident. She described that her memory was normal for events on the same day and that overnight memories for the previous day were lost. However, a neuropsychological test did reveal some improvement in recall for tasks which she had, unknowingly, performed the previous day. Though the woman claimed not to have seen 50 First Dates prior to her 2005 accident (but has watched it several times since), she stated that Drew Barrymore was her favorite actress, leading researchers to conclude that her condition might have been influenced by some knowledge of the film's plot, and its impact upon her understanding of amnesia.[9] Similarly, in the Truman Show delusion, patients believe that they are living inside a reality television show, as in the 1998 film The Truman Show.
In July 2015, two people were discovered to be afflicted with a form of anterograde amnesia that resembles the one depicted in the movie. One is a man in the UK, originally from Germany. He wakes up every day thinking it is March 14, 2005, because that is the day he underwent anesthesia for a dental procedure which led to this condition as a rare, unexplained complication (however, his anterograde amnesia, like that of others with the condition, causes him to forget facts not daily, but within 90 minutes).[10] The other is a woman who reportedly believes every day is October 15, 2014. She used to be a pub manager and was visiting Kettering General Hospital for a kickboxing injury when she slipped and hit her head on a metal pole.[11][12]
Ten-Second Tom's ten-second memory is similar to the second-to-second consciousness of Clive Wearing, a British man whose long- and short-term memory centers were destroyed from a viral infection of the brain caused by the herpes virus.
Real world application[edit]
The Hebrew Home of Riverdale, New York has started an experimental program in which residents with early dementia watch a video every morning in which they see comforting messages and reminders from family members that they may still know. After April 2015, the program may include more residents. Robert Abrams of NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital considered this idea "both innovative and thoughtful." Charlotte Dell, director of social services for the home, said the program was inspired by 50 First Dates.[13]
Soundtrack[edit]
50 First Dates: Love songs from the Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released
February 3, 2004 (2004-02-03)
Genre
Ska, reggae, new wave
Length
49:37
Label
Maverick
Producer
Nick Hexum
The soundtrack contains cover versions of songs that were originally recorded in the 1980s. This includes mostly reggae covers, due to their emphasized upbeat that gives a tropical or Hawaiian feel. It was a moderate commercial hit, reaching #30 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Soundtracks chart and Top Reggae Albums chart in the United States.
Despite being prominently featured in the film, neither Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" nor The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" were included on the soundtrack.
The soundtrack was produced by 311's frontman, Nick Hexum. 311 provided a cover of The Cure's Lovesong for the soundtrack. It is heard over the film's end credits.
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Artist
Length
1. "Hold Me Now" (Thompson Twins) Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway Wayne Wonder 4:12
2. "Lovesong" (The Cure) Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Roger O'Donnell 311 3:28
3. "Lips Like Sugar" (Echo & the Bunnymen) Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson Seal featuring Mikey Dread 5:00
4. "Your Love (L.O.V.E. Reggae Mix)" (The Outfield) John Spinks Wyclef Jean featuring Eve 4:13
5. "Drive" (The Cars) Ric Ocasek Ziggy Marley of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 4:26
6. "True" (Spandau Ballet) Gary Kemp will.i.am & Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas 4:24
7. "Slave to Love" (Roxy Music) Ferry Elan Atias 3:55
8. "Every Breath You Take" (The Police) Sting UB40 3:55
9. "The Ghost in You" (The Psychedelic Furs) Richard Butler, Tim Butler Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray 3:01
10. "Friday I'm in Love" (The Cure) Smith, Gallup, Thompson, Williams, Perry Bamonte Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm 3:21
11. "Breakfast in Bed" (Dusty Springfield) Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls 3:36
12. "I Melt With You" (Modern English) Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Stephen Walker, Michael Conroy, Richard Brown Jason Mraz 3:36
13. "Forgetful Lucy" Sandler, Allen Covert, Tim Herlihy Adam Sandler 1:51
Total length: 49:37
Other songs in the film
The Beach Boys – "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
The Cure – "Boys Don't Cry"
The English Beat – "Hands Off She's Mine"
The Flaming Lips – "Do You Realize??"
Wyclef Jean – "Baby"
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole – "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" medley (Originally recorded by Judy Garland/Louis Armstrong)
The Maile Serenaders – "My Sweet Sweet"
The Makaha Sons of Ni'Ihau – "Aloha Ka Manini"
Manfred Mann – "Blinded by the Light"
Bob Marley & The Wailers – "Could You Be Loved" and "Is This Love"
Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney – "Another Day"
No Doubt – "Underneath It All"
O-Shen – "Throw Away The Gun"
Harve Presnell – "They Call the Wind Mariah"
Leon Redbone & Ringo Starr – "My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii"
Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider – "Ula's Luau Song"
Snoop Dogg – "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace"
311 – "Amber" and "Rub A Dub"
Toots & the Maytals – "Pressure Drop"
The Ventures – "Hawaii Five-O"
Patty and Mildred Hill – "Happy Birthday to You"
See also[edit]
A Moment to Remember
Before I Go to Sleep
Fuddy Meers
Memento
Nenu Meeku Telusa...? (Do you know me...?)
Novo
One Week Friends
Ormayundo Ee Mukham
Overboard
The Vow
Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
U Me Aur Hum
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "50 First Dates".
Jump up ^ Edelstein, David (February 13, 2004). "Adam Sandler Makes Nice". Slate. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
Jump up ^ Jacobs, Matthew (May 22, 2014). "Why Drew Barrymore Loves Making Movies With Adam Sandler". Entertainment. The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
Jump up ^ "A LocationsHub Movie Marathon: Escape to Hawaii". LocationsHub. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
Jump up ^ "50 First Dates (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
Jump up ^ Scott, A.O. (February 13, 2004). "FILM REVIEW; A Love That's Forever, If Only for a Day". New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
Jump up ^ "50 First Dates". Chicago Sun-Times.
Jump up ^ Baxendale, Sallie (December 18, 2004). "Memories aren't made of this: amnesia at the movies". BMJ. 329 (7480): 1480–1483. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1480. PMC 535990  . PMID 15604191.
Jump up ^ Christine N. Smith; Jennifer C. Frascino; Donald L. Kripke; Paul R. McHugh; Glenn J. Treisman; Larry R. Squire (May 2010). "Losing memories overnight: a unique form of human amnesia". Neuropsychologia. 48 (10): 2833–40. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.025. PMC 2914200  . PMID 20493889.
Jump up ^ Sarah Kaplan (17 July 2015). "Reverse Groundhog Day: U.K. man wakes up every day thinking it's March 14, 2005 and doctors have no idea why". National Post.
Jump up ^ Plymouth Herald (17 July 2015). "Groundhog Day: Woman with rare amnesia wakes up thinking every day is October 15, 2014". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21.
Jump up ^ "Amnesia sufferer Nikki Pegram loses benefit". BBC. 8 September 2015.
Jump up ^ Jim Fitzgerald (17 April 2015). "Idea from Adam Sandler film used to soothe dementia patients". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Associated Press.
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Junior varsity (often called "JV") players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as any football, basketball, or baseball game), usually at the high school and college levels in the United States. The main players comprise the varsity team. Although the intensity of the JV team may vary from place to place, most junior varsity teams consist of players who are in their freshman and sophomore years in school, though occasionally upperclassmen may play on JV teams. For this reason, junior varsity teams are also often called freshman/sophomore teams. Especially skilled or physically mature freshmen and sophomores may compete at the varsity level. Some private school associations may permit very skilled seventh- or eighth-graders to compete on varsity teams. At larger schools, there may be two junior varsity teams for some sports, with a lower-level team typically consisting only of freshmen.
A junior varsity football game being played at South Forsyth High School
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1 Junior varsity players
2 When they play
2.1 Which sports
3 Junior varsity games
4 See also
Junior varsity players[edit]
Members of a junior varsity team are underclassmen determined by the coaching staff to have less experience or ability than those on the varsity roster. As such, junior varsity teams are used to prepare these athletes to compete at the varsity level. In other schools, the line between JV and varsity is arbitrary, with all players at a certain grade level (usually seniors and, in smaller schools, juniors) at varsity and all others below that grade level at JV, with only a few exceptions for highly talented (or well-connected) student athletes, or much smaller schools where - due to their low enrollment - are limited in the number of upperclassmen athletes.
Some teams require participation on a junior varsity team before being eligible to try out for a varsity team. These players can provide the varsity team with extra depth, with their service as back-up players. The NCAA previously prohibited true freshmen from playing varsity college football and basketball; as a result, numerous junior-varsity "freshmen teams" appeared on many major college campuses. The NCAA repealed this limitation in the 1970s; to the extent that junior varsity teams exist at the college level, many are classified as club squads.
Many sports teams have assistant coaches responsible for developing the talent of junior varsity players.
When they play[edit]
A coach may call on one or more junior varsity players during a varsity game, especially when a varsity player is injured, is not performing well, or (because of a violation or poor grades) is disqualified from further competition. If a junior varsity player does well, they will see more playing time in the future or may even get moved up to the varsity level.
A team will have many talented players, but the coach is unable to come up with a rotation that allows everyone to play. The decision of when to play junior varsity players in a one-sided game is often at the coach's discretion. This depends on the coach's strategy, the time remaining in the game, the point margin, and the game situation. The coach of a losing team—especially if the players are not very good or they are inexperienced players—sometimes may continue to play the main players against the winning team's junior varsity players to give the team experience.
When the winning team is ahead by a substantial margin late in the game, the coaches of both the winning and losing teams may "empty their benches" -- that is, they remove the varsity players and play the junior varsity players for the remainder of the game. The junior varsity players can impress coaches during this "garbage time" in hopes of gaining more playing time in subsequent games, while at the same time reducing the risk of serious injury by varsity players by resting them in a game whose outcome has been effectively decided.
Which sports[edit]
Some games have rules which allow unlimited use of junior varsity players, such as basketball. Other sports have different ways of determining junior varsity participants. For instance, in high school wrestling, there can only be one wrestler competing for a team at a particular weight class in a given varsity match. The team's representative is often determined by a "challenge match," in which the top two wrestlers at that weight compete for the right to participate in the varsity match. The loser wrestles that night's junior varsity match.
A similar format is used for golf, tennis, and badminton, with players who lose to varsity opponents participating in the junior varsity part of the meet.
Junior varsity games[edit]
Junior varsity games are specially-scheduled events in which junior varsity players play to gain skills and experience. These games may be played immediately before a varsity contest; or if a school has a sophomore or freshman team, the junior varsity game will take place on another night or, in some cases, an off-peak time slot such as Saturday morning. Records and statistics are kept for the junior varsity team, and some leagues offer a junior varsity championship. An assistant coach acts as the head coach for these games.
In some sports, such as tennis and golf, a junior varsity meet will take place simultaneously with the varsity event; however, the scores are separately tabulated. In track and field, a junior varsity "heat" of a particular event may take place either before or after the varsity "heat" (again, implementing separate tabulation of meet results).
An underclassman who plays on a junior varsity team one year is expected to gain enough experience to be one of the varsity players the next season. A team's head coach will attend a junior varsity games to evaluate skill and decide if a player is ready to play in the main part of a varsity game.
Junior varsity teams may or may not travel with or take the field/court with the varsity team, or in particularly well-organized hierarchies (especially in sports such as football) may alternate home and away schedules with the varsity squad to ensure at least one of the two teams plays at home each week. This is often dependent on the size of the varsity team, availability of transportation and policies invoked by either the coach, school or league. A JV can sometimes completely replace a varsity team in a game with little to no importance.
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You Are So Beautiful
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For the song by Donna Summer, see You're So Beautiful.
"You Are So Beautiful"
1980s UK vinyl re-release
Single by Joe Cocker
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"It's a Sin When You Love Somebody"
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Songwriter(s)
Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
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Jim Price
Joe Cocker singles chronology
"Midnight Rider"
(1972) "You Are So Beautiful"
(1975) "Up Where We Belong"
(1983)
"Midnight Rider"
(1972) "You Are So Beautiful"
(1975) "Up Where We Belong"
(1983)
"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher. Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys contributed to the song's genesis, but his official credit was omitted. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular by Joe Cocker.
Preston's original version first appeared on his 1974 album The Kids & Me and as the B-side on the 45rpm pressing of his pop hit, "Struttin'". Cocker's producer, Jim Price, created a slowed-down arrangement for Cocker's version, which first appeared on the album, I Can Stand a Little Rain (released later in 1974). In 1975, the Joe Cocker version was released as a single and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #12 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1] The Cocker version helped the album become successful and was his biggest hit until his duet with Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong".
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2 Chart history
2.1 Weekly charts
2.2 Year-end charts
3 Notable renditions
4 In other media
5 References
6 External links
Authorship[edit]
Though not officially credited as the song's writer, Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and Preston spontaneously collaborated on the words and music to the song at a party.[2] Wilson never sought to reclaim his share of the song's authorship.[3] The song's tone has been related to the style of his solo material.[3]
Without instrumental accompaniment, Wilson sang "You Are So Beautiful" as an encore at Beach Boys shows intermittently from 1975 until his death in 1983.[citation needed] A live rendition, circa 1978, and an edited 1983 live rendition both appear in the 1985 film The Beach Boys: An American Band. A live rendition was released on the group's live album Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 in 2002.
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1975-03-29#5
Chart (1975)
Peak
position
Australia KMR 32
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 4
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 10
France 70
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 5
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 12
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1975)
Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] 53
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 65
Notable renditions[edit]
In 1976 Ray Stevens recorded it for his album Just for the Record. Stevens' version reached number 16 on the Hot Country Songs charts.
In 1983 Kenny Rogers recorded the song as the closing track on his best-selling album We've Got Tonight. It was also used as the B-side to the single release of the title track.
In 1993 the welsh singer Bonnie Tyler recorded the song on her album Silhouette In Red.
In 2007 the Italian bluesman Zucchero Fornaciari included the cover of the song in his greatest hits All the Best.
In 2008 the Irish singer Brian Kennedy covered the song on his album Interpretations.
In 2009 Hong Kong singer Susan Wong included a cover of the song on her smooth jazz / bossa nova album 511.
In 2016 former Isley Brother Chris Jasper covered the song on his album "Share With Me".
In other media[edit]
Television programs have used commercial recordings of the song. Seventies-themed sitcom The Wonder Years used a recorded version of the song in Season 6, Episode 16, "Nose," where it played at the end of the episode at a school dance where Kevin's friend Ricky loses a girl with a large nose just as Ricky had come to appreciate her.
An episode of Home Improvement ("Jill's Birthday") accompanied the song with a montage of photos of Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) in her early age.
The song played in Season 5, Episode 9 of Full House.
The film Modern Romance (1981) includes an instrumental version of the song in its opening and closing titles, and also uses Joe Cocker's version to underscore its final scene.
Joe Cocker's version was also used in the film Carlito's Way (1993) and plays during Gail's apartment scene and over the film's end credits.
In the American comedy movie "The Little Rascals" (1994), the song is sung by Alfalfa to Darla on a boat.
In 2016, the song appears in the season one finale of Quantico entitled "Yes", first sung by a drunk Caleb Haas (Graham Rogers) and Brandon Fletcher (Jacob Artist) celebrating their graduation, then leading into the Joe Cocker version for the remainder of the scene.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 58.
Jump up ^ Collins, Ace (2013). Music for Your Heart: Reflections from Your Favorite Songs and Hymns. Abingdon Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4267-7604-5.
^ Jump up to: a b Hlavaty, Craig. "The Secret History of 'You Are So Beautiful'". Houston Press. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
Jump up ^ "Music: Top 100 - Billboard Hot 100", Billboard
Jump up ^ "Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard", Billboard
Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 5, 1975
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Amazed"
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
"Lean on Me"
"In My Life"
"Learning to Fly"
"Right Here Waiting"
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
"I Can't Make You Love Me"
"Need Your Love So Bad"
"It's Over"
Simply Believe
"Si demain... (Turn Around)"
"Si tout s'arrête (It's a Heartache)
"Darlin'"
Wings
"Louise"
Rocks and Honey
"This Is Gonna Hurt"
"Believe in Me"
"What You Need from Me"
"Love Is the Knife"
"Mom"
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"A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)"
"Islands"
"Vergiß Es (Forget It)"
"Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)"
"Love's Holding On"
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"Sayonara Tokyo"
"Here She Comes"
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"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
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Albums
Pacific Ocean Blue
Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)
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"Sound of Free" / "Lady"
"River Song" / "Farewell My Friend"
"You and I" / "Friday Night"
Other songs
Solo
"Dreamer"
"Pacific Ocean Blues"
Beach Boys
"All I Want to Do"
"Baby Blue"
"Cuddle Up"
"Denny's Drums"
"Forever"
"Friends"
"It's About Time"
"Little Bird"
"Love Surrounds Me"
"Morning Christmas"
"Never Learn Not to Love"
"Slip On Through"
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Tanya Tucker
Studio albums
Delta Dawn
What's Your Mama's Name
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
Tanya Tucker
Lovin' and Learnin'
Here's Some Love
Ridin' Rainbows
You Are So Beautiful
TNT
Tear Me Apart
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Changes
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Soon
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Complicated
Tanya
My Turn
Compilation and
live albums
Live
Greatest Hits
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Greatest Hits 1990–1992
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Notable singles
"Delta Dawn"
"Love's the Answer"
"What's Your Mama's Name"
"Blood Red and Goin' Down"
"Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)"
"The Man That Turned My Mama On"
"Lizzie and the Rainman"
"San Antonio Stroll"
"Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You"
"You've Got Me to Hold On To"
"Here's Some Love"
"It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night"
"You Are So Beautiful"
"Texas (When I Die)"
"Pecos Promenade"
"Dream Lover"
"Can I See You Tonight"
"Feel Right"
"Baby I'm Yours"
"One Love at a Time"
"Just Another Love"
"I'll Come Back as Another Woman"
"It's Only Over for You"
"Love Me Like You Used To"
"I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet)
"If It Don't Come Easy"
"Strong Enough to Bend"
"Highway Robbery"
"Call on Me"
"My Arms Stay Open All Night"
"Walking Shoes"
"Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown)
"It Won't Be Me"
"Oh What It Did to Me"
"Down to My Last Teardrop"
"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me"
"Some Kind of Trouble"
"If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight"
"Two Sparrows in a Hurricane"
"It's a Little Too Late"
"Tell Me About It"
"Soon"
"We Don't Have to Do This"
"Hangin' In"
"You Just Watch Me"
"Between the Two of Them"
"Find Out What's Happenin'"
"Little Things"
"A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be"
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