That's a haunting thing to live with, and saucer-eyed Kodi Smit-McPhee plays the son with touching half-aware innocence.

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But Kodi Burns, one of the most selfless players we have on our football team, has a special presentation to you from Auburn University.

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The movie, about an outcast boy who can communicate with the dead, from Comcast's Focus Features, includes the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick and Casey Affleck.

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