Yet the movie, like the manager, steadfastly refuses to pass judgment.

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In the movie, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), struggles to put together a competitive team as the franchise faces financial challenges.

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In the movie, a middle-aged, female manager of a fast-food restaurant is, effectively, deputized over the telephone by a person claiming to be a police officer.

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Tian Zaixing, general manager of the Beichen Fortune Center movie theater in the southern city of Kunming, said he could not recall any other imported film being halted on the opening day.

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That's why it's such a popular choice as a movie location, according to Maria Roxas, a location manager on Batman Begins.

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Another manager in New Jersey cold-called a movie-production company when she heard it would be filming in the area.

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So anyway, I now have this manager, and he wants me to be a movie actor.

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Smith was with Fox's movie distribution department for nearly 18 years and was a branch manager for several theaters.

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Not only is Onyok a popular guest on television talk shows, he has appeared in a movie (playing himself) and has even signed up with a showbusiness manager.

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When location manager John Latenser found the right Nebraska house for the 2002 movie "About Schmidt, " the elderly resident asked for a plane ticket to visit her daughter in Baltimore.

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