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A SERIOUS MAN Notes Michael Stuhlbarg. Richard Kind. Fred Melamed. Sari Lennick. Adam Arkin. Amy Lan - decker. Alan Mandell. Fyvush Finkel. Allen Lewis Rickman. Yelena Shmulenson. Simon Helberg. Katherine Borowitz. Stephen Park. Peter Breitmayer. Aaron Wolff. Jessica McManus. Ari Hoptman. David Kang. George Wyner. Brent Braunschweig. Benjamin Portnoe. Jack Swiler. Andrew S. Lentz. Jon Kaminski, Jr.. Michael Tezla. Ronald Schultz. Raye Birk. Jane Hammill. Claudia Wilkens. James Cada. Michael Lerner. Charles Brin. Michael Engel. Tyson Bidner. Phyllis Harris. Piper Sigel Bruse. Hannah Nemer. Rita Vassallo. Warren David Keith. Neil Newman. Tim Russell. Jim Lichtscheidl. Wayne Evenson. Scott Baker. 17 AGAIN Zac Efron. Leslie Mann. Thomas Lennon. Michelle Trachtenberg. Matthew Perry. Melora Hardin. Sterling Knight. Hunter Parrish. Nicole Sullivan. Tyler Steelman. Alli - son Miller. Adam Gregory. Mario Cassem. Katerina Graham. Tiya Sircar. Melissa Or - dway. Brian Doyle-Murray. Josie Loren. Jim Gaffigan. Randy Gordon. Collette Wolfe. Tommy Dewey. Linda Miller. Lorna Scott. Kodi Kitchen. Ellis E. Williams. Diana Maria Riva. Jeff Snyder. Antonio Lewis Todd. Angee Hughes. Ed Ackerman. Will Schaub. Loren Lester. Alexander Goschin. Margaret Cho. Larry Poindexter. Bubba Lewis. Chris Valenti. G. Lane Hillman. Hope Riley. Jeanine Jackson. Gregory Sporleder. Keith Oney. Leonard Wu. Liana Blackburn. Lindsay Taylor. Danielle E. Hawkins. Shelby Rabara. Katrina Norman. Tiana Brown. SHERLOCK HOLMES Robert Downey Jr.. Jude Law. Rachel McAdams. Mark Strong. Eddie Marsan. Kelly Reilly. James Fox. Hans Matheson. Geraldine James. Robert Maillet. William Hous - ton. William Hope. Clive Russell. Oran Gurel. David Garrick. Kylie Hutchinson. Andrew Brooke. Tom Watt. John Kearney. Sebastian Abineri. Jonathan Gabriel Robbins. James A. Stephens. Terry Taplin. Bronagh Gallagher. Ed Tolputt. Joe Egan. Jefferson Hall. Miles Jupp. Marn Davies. Andrew Greenough. Ned Dennehy. Martin Ewens. Amanda Grace Johnson. James Greene. David Emmings. Ben Cartwright. Chris Sunley. Michael Jenn. Timothy O'Hara. Guy Williams. Peter Miles. SHORTS Jon Cryer. William H. Macy. Leslie Mann. James Spader. Jimmy Bennett. Kat Den - nings. Jake Short. Devon Gearhart. Leo Howard. Trevor Gagnon. Rebel Rodriguez. Jolie Vanier. Angela Lanza. Alejandro Rose-Garcia. Cambell Westmoreland. Zoe Webb. Chris Orf. Tina Rodriguez. Jack Hurst. Jonathan Breck. Racer Rodriguez. Rocket Rodriguez. Elizabeth Avellan. Bianca Rodriguez. SHRINK Robert Loggia. Jesse Plemons. Dallas Roberts. Pell James. Jack Huston. Saffron Bur - rows. Laura Ramsey. Keke Palmer. Mark Webber. Kevin Spacey. Joseph A. Nunez. Sierra Aylina McClain. Ada Luz Pla. Mei Melancon. Andrew Sibner. Troy Metcalf. Kendall Clement. Braxton Pope. Clayton Rohner. Ken Weiler. Joel Gretsch. Aimee Gar - cia. Tiernan Burns. Mystro Clark. Justin Alston. Brian Palermo. Phillip Pavel. Michelle (continued) - 44 -.

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