In the movie, which was written by Eric Roth and directed by Stephen Daldry, Oskar (Thomas Horn) is fully there, front and center, a skinny kid with blue eyes, irritated by his living mom (Sandra Bullock) and madly in love with his deceased dad (Tom Hanks, seen generously in flashbacks).

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In the movie, which was written by Eric Roth and directed by Stephen Daldry, Oskar (Thomas Horn) is eleven and fully there, front and center on the street, a skinny kid with floppy brown hair and blue eyes.

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Such is the intent, under the guise of convenience, of such foods as Ore Ida's blue French fries, Eastern Foods' purple pizzas, and ConAgra's Kid Cuisine, which features TV dinners like the Sandwich Builder a hamburger meal with a patty shaped like a house and cookies that look like bricks.

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To the sound of Kid Rock's Born Free, a tanned and fit-looking Mitt Romney, dressed in blue jeans and crisp white shirt, bounds on stage.

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