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'Undefeated' A Tale Of Football Team's Struggles

Oscar-nominated documentary Undefeated follows a season of an inner-city high school football team in North Memphis, Tennessee, profiling its coaches and players' stuggles on and off the field. Melissa Block talks with co-directors T.J. Martin and Dan Lindsay about the film.
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'Safe House' Keeps Audiences Off Balance, Breathless

Safe House is a take-no-prisoners action extravaganza that's heavy on bullets and brutal hand-to-hand combat. Denzel Washington plays the especially chilly Tobin Frost, a renegade CIA operative. And wouldn't you know it, the safe house is not exactly safe.
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Viola Davis: The Fresh Air Interview

The actress earned her second Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of a maid in the 1960s-era film The Help. She talks to Fresh Air about why she thinks the character is anything but the cliche some have claimed.
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Brad Pitt: Making 'Moneyball' And Being Billy Beane

Brad Pitt has had quite a year: Two of his films — Moneyball and The Tree of Life — are up for the Best Picture Oscar, and the baseball film earned him a Best Actor nod. Pitt says the Oakland A's manager's idiosyncrasies made the role interesting.
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'Ides Of March' Writer Goes From Stage To Screen

Writer Beau Willimon turned his stage play, Farragut North, into the film, The Ides of March. Host Rachel Martin speaks to Willimon about the film, one of five nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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