He has been heavily involved throughout the project, helping write the script, being cast in the starring roll and even having a financial stake in the film.

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Affleck, who also co-wrote the script with Aaron Stockard, has cast his younger brother Casey as Kenzie, with Michelle Monaghan (from "Mission: Impossible III") as Genarro.

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Spread-eagled and dog-eared, between the sheets, among the food, on the road and in the wild, they are not only props and script, but part of the cast.

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Pam MacKinnon, a director whose past work I have greatly admired, has failed to toughen up the flabbiness of the script, and certain members of the cast, Ms. Kirk in particular, give overly obvious performances for which she must also take part of the rap. (Not so Mr. Wood and Ms. Parisse, who are their usual excellent selves.) Daniel Ostling's set looks as though it were made of cardboard.

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Svenk and most of the original cast were eventually sent to Auschwitz, and the original script was lost.

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Spielberg said the script had been "finalised", but he was still to decide on the director and the cast.

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