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Long Shot (2019)

★ 6.7 · 2,871 ratings on TMDB

Unlikely but not impossible.

Long Shot poster★ 6.7

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.

DirectorJonathan Levine
CastAlexander Skarsgård, Andy Serkis, Bob Odenkirk, Braxton Herda, Charlize Theron, June Diane Raphael
GenresComedy, Romance
The emergence reading

Long Shot keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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