Kung Fury

Kung Fury
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Directed by	David Sandberg
Written by	David Sandberg
Produced by	Linus Andersson Eleni Young Antonia
Starring	David Sandberg Jorma Taccone Leopold Nilsson Eleni Young Helene Ahlson Andreas Cahling Per-Henrik Arvidius Steven Chew Magnus Betnér Björn Gustafsson David Hasselhoff
Cinematography	Matias Andersson Jonas Ernhill Martin Gäardeman
Edited by	Nils Moström
Music by	Mitch Murder Lost Years
Production companies	Lampray Laser Unicorns
Distributed by	Moving Sweden
Release dates	22 May 2015 (2015-05-22) (Cannes) 28 May 2015 (2015-05-28) (El Rey Network)^[1]
Running time	31 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	English
Budget	US$630,019^[2]

Kung Fury is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts comedy featurette film written and directed by David Sandberg. It pays homage to 1980s martial arts and police action films.^[3]^[4] The film stars Sandberg in the title role, Jorma Taccone, Leopold Nilsson, and a cameo appearance by David Hasselhoff.

The film was crowdfunded through Kickstarter in the beginning of 2014, with pledges reaching US$630,019, exceeding the original target goal of $200,000, but short of the feature film goal of $1 million.^[2] It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, losing to Rate Me from the United Kingdom.^[5]

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[TENSE MUSIC] [POLICE SIREN] Hey, you got a permit for those guns? I got your permit right here. [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] Catchy tune. [SOUND EFFECTS AND SHOOTING FROM ARCADE GAMES] [GEEK IN ARCADE] Fuck this game. FUCK YOU! [ARCADE GAME BEEPING] [STATIC FROM ARCADE GAME] [CLANKING AND WHIRRING OF MACHINERY] [CAR HORNS HONKING AND PEOPLE SCREAMING] [PEOPLE SCREAMING AND BABY CRYING] [SIGNAL FROM POLICE WALK TALKIE] We need backup, we need Kung Fury. [GUN SHOTS AND SCREAMING IN THE DISTANCE] [SEDUCTIVE 80'S SAXOPHONE MUSIC] Yeah, that's my bicep. [TELEPHONE RINGING] One second babe. Hello? [POLICE OFFICER] We got an arcade machine down here going crazy, it is killing everybody, it's destruction, chaos, terror- [CRUNCHING OF PLASTIC] What are you gonna do? My job. [80'S SYNTHPOP ACTION MUSIC] [CAR ENGINE REVVING] [PEOPLE SCREAMING AND DOG WHIMPERING] [CAR HORNS HONKING AND CAR ACCELERATING] [80'S TECHNOPOP ACTION MUSIC] [INTERFERENCE IN MUSIC] [MUSIC KICKS BACK IN] [FUTURISTIC GUN SHOTS] [INTERFERENCE IN MUSIC] [END OF 80'S TECHNOPOP ACTION MUSIC] Game over. [STATIC FROM FAILING MACHINERY] [KUNG FURY] I'm a cop and damn good at my job. It all began years ago. In the line of duty, me and my partner were chasing down a mysterious Kung Fu-master. [KUNG FURY] You're under arrest, punk. Show us your hands. [CLINKING OF METAL CLASPS CLOSING] Good work, Dragon. That crazy stunt could've killed us both. But goddammit, you're the best partner I've ever had. Thanks, I learned from the best. You're like a father to me. [SWORD SWINGING] [KUNG FURY] With one fatal blow, he hit my partner. [SQUELCHING] [KUNG FURY] I could tell he was dead straight off. [TENSE MUSIC AND KUNG-FU MASTER GRUNTING] [EERY ECHOING AND DRIPPING OF BLOOD] [KUNG FURY] Before I could pull the trigger I was hit by lightning and bitten by a cobra. I blacked out. [EERY ECHOING AND SOFT TINKLING] And saw images of ancient Shaolin temples and monks, mastering the art of Kung Fu. There was an ancient prophecy, about a new form of Kung Fu so powerful, only one man could master it. The chosen one. When I woke up, I saw the Kung Fu master running towards me. I could feel my body mutate into some sort of Kung Fu freak of nature. [KUNG FU MASTER SCREAMING] [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC WITH A KUNG FU UNDERTONE] You! You are the chosen one! - Knock, knock. - Who's there? Knuckles. [KUNG FU MASTER SCREAMING IN THE DISTANCE] [TENSE MUSIC AND FIRE CRACKLING] [KUNG FURY] As a memento, I put on a strip of cloth from the dead Kung Fu master. I decided I would use my new super Kung Fu powers to fight crime. So, I became the best cop in the world. I became, Kung Fury. [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC FADES OUT] [STATIC FROM RADIO AND NOISES FROM THE CITY] [CHIEF MCNICKLES] I don't wanna hear it Kung Fury. I just got back from city hall, $50 million worth of damages, and I got the mayor up my ass like a fag on Viagra. How am I going to explain this to the press, hm? You just destroyed an entire city block for Christ's sake. Didn't you tell me to block it out? I told you do it by the book. Cut the bullshit. Nobody else could have stopped that arcade machine and you know it. [CHIEF MCNICKLES] Oh man, listen to me Kung Fury. You need to start following the rules like the rest of us, so I'm assigning you a new partner. What? Hell no, I work alone. Not anymore you don't. Say hi to your new partner, Triceracop. Very nice meeting you Kung Fury, looking forward to working with you. You're like a father to me. I work alone. Either you team up with Triceracop, or you're off the case. I'm not off the case, I quit. [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC COMING FROM RADIO] Yeah Yeah, I did the blood test. It was positive, yeah? [GIRL ON PHONE] What the hell are you talking about? Yeah no problem. [HITLER] Give me the phone. [TENSE MUSIC] [HITLER DIALLING PHONE] What the hell is this? [TELELPHONE RINGING] - Chief McNickles speaking. - Is this the police? - Yeah, this is the police. - Fuck you! [POLICE OFFICERS SHOUTING HYSTERICALLY] [BULLETS PINGING OFF WALLS AND GLASS SMASHING] MALFUNCTIONING? [PHONE BEEPING] I need someone to trace that call! But that's impossible! [HACKERMAN] Not for me it isn't. [ROCK AND ROLL GUITAR RIFF] [KUNG FURY] Hackerman, he's the most powerful hacker of all time. Follow me. [HACKERMAN] I was able to triangulate the cell phone signal and trace the caller. His name is Adolf Hitler. Hitler, he's the worst criminal of all time. Do you know him, sir? I guess you could say that. In the 1940's, Hitler was a Kung Fu champion. [KUNG FURY] He was so good at Kung Fu, that he decided to change his name to Kung Führer. But he didn't stop there. He knew of the Kung Fury prophecy, and wanted to claim the throne. He and his posse of Nazi soldiers conducted experiments for years. [TENSE MUSIC WITH A KUNG FU UNDERTONE] But they weren't able to figure out how to master the art of Kung Fury. And one day, he disappeared from the face of the earth. And no-one has seen him ever since. Until now. I guess he figured if he could find and kill the chosen one, he would become Kung Fury himself. He must have traveled in time in order to get here, that's probably why he disappeared. So, what're you gonna do? My job. I'm gonna go back in time to Nazi Germany, and kill Hitler, once and for all. [HACKERMAN] So, how are you gonna do that? I'm not sure. I need some sort of time machine. Wait a minute, using an RX modulator, I might be able to conduct a mainframe cell direct and hack the uplink to the download. What does that mean? With the right algorithms, I can hack you back in time. Just like a time machine. Well then, it's hacking time. [80'S TECHNOPOP ACTION MUSIC] [80'S ACTION MUSIC FADES TO STATIC] [ACTION MUSIC KICKS BACK IN] [COMPUTER BEEPING] Oh, no! [INTERFERENCE IN 80'S ACTION MUSIC] [SILENCE] [EERY ECHOING AND WIND BLOWING] [SOFT 80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [ELECTRICAL SURGE] [MUSIC FADES OUT] Fuck! That's a Laser-Raptor. I thought they went extinct thousands of years ago. [TENSE MUSIC] [MACHINE GUN SHOOTING AND LASER-RAPTOR WAILING] [SOFT, INDIGENOUS MUSIC] [BIRD CAWING IN THE DISTANCE] Who are you? My name, is Barbarianna. [ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC] What year is this? It's the Viking age. That explains the Laser-Raptor. Fuck! I went too far back in time. You need to get out of this valley. This place is swarming with Laser-Raptors. I'll meet you at the God's drop. Katana can help you get there. Who's Katana? [KATANA] I'm Katana. I can give you a ride to Asgard. A ride on what? [UPBEAT ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC] [ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC FADES OUT] So, who are you? I'm a cop from the future. I was sent back in time to kill Hitler, but I accidently went too far back in time and ended up in this place. I know someone who might be able to help you. [INTERFERENCE IN MUSIC] Thor! [DRAMATIC MUSIC] [THOR] Behold! It is me, Thor! Son of Odin and protector of mankind. Check out my pecs. Your pecs are epic. [THOR] Thanks bro! So, anyway. Thor, this is Kung Fury, he's a cop from the future. [KUNG FURY] Yeah, I need to get to Nazi Germany and kill Hitler... - so if you could help me with-- - Stop! [SOUNDS OF A STORM BREWING] Hammer time. [DRAMATIC 80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] Walk through this portal and you'll end up in Nazi Germany. Good luck to you Kung Fury! Thanks Thor! Well, looks like this is my ride. Hey, future cop, where are you going? You know what. Here, take my number. And use this phone to call me. It's a personal, transportable, cellular telephone. It features 645 channel capacity, 10 number speed dial, and an electronic security lock. This revolution in communication could make it possible for more and more people to have a phone in their car! [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [MUSIC FADES OUT] [TENSE MUSIC] [MUSIC FADES OUT] Tank you. [TENSE MUSIC] I'm the greatest Kung Fu master of all time, right guys? [CROWD CHEERING AND WHISTLING] [HITLER] Thank you! [TANK ENGINE REVVING AND ACCELERATING] [KUNG FURY] I'm disarming you. My arm! My arm! [ARM MIMICS THE SOUND OF A HELICOPER] [DULL THUD] [LOW INTENSE DRONE] Kill him! [CLAMOR OF NAZI SOLDIERS] [NAZI SOLDIERS GROANING IN PAIN AND KUNG FURY GRUNTING] [80'S TECHNOPOP ACTION MUSIC] You don't need that spine, it's holding your back! [MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY] [SOFT, SAD MUSIC] [NAZI SOLIDERS GROANING] [KUNG FURY GROANING IN PAIN] [HITLER] A-ha! Fuck you Kung Fury. Now nothing can stop me and my army of death. [HITLER LAUGHING AND CROWD APPLAUDING] [MUSIC BUILDS] [CROWD WHISTLING AND CHEERING] Thank you guys! [MUSIC BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO AND THEN FADES OUT] [SOUNDS OF A STORM BREWING] What the fuck? [CROWD CHATTERING HYSTERICALLY] [THUNDER AND LIGHTENING] [LOW RUMBLING] [THUNDER CLAPPING] [EERY ECHOING] [BEEPING AND WHIRRING OF MACHINERY] [SILENCE] [NAZI SOLDIERS PRATTLING AND LASER-RAPTOR SNARLING] Kill them! [80'S TECHNOPOP ACTION MUSIC] [MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY AND SHOOTING OF GUNS] [NAZI SOLDER SCREAMING] [80'S TECHNOPOP ACTION MUSIC KICKS BACK IN] [FUTURISTIC GUN SHOTS AND CROWD SCREAMING IN AGONY] [MUSIC FADES OUT] [NAZI SOLDIER GROANING IN PAIN] Alright Hitler, the gig is up, show me your hands. [CLANKING AND WHIRRING OF MACHINERY] [TRICERACOP GRUNTING IN CONFUSION] [BIRD CAWING] [TRICERACOP] Hackerman, have you seen Kung Fury? [HACKERMAN] Oh, no! We were too late. [UPBEAT 80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [MUSIC FADES OUT] [CARTOON KUNG FURY GRUNTS IN CONFUSION] Who the hell are you? My name is Cobra. I've been expecting you Kung Fury. I'm your spirit animal. What the hell is this place? This is heaven, I'm afraid you're dead. What? But it looks so real. Yeah, no it's totally real. Mr. Cobra, I'm a police officer. I need you to send me back to earth, pronto. I'm sorry, I can't help you with that. You see, you're dead. - You're under arrest! - What? For obstruction of justice, you're breaking the law! [ACTION MUSIC WITH DRAMATIC SINGING] [CARTOON KUNG FURY SCREAMING AND MUSIC FADES OUT] What the hell happened? I hacked away all of your bullet wounds Kung Fury. Thanks! [BIRD CAWING AND LASER-RAPTOR SHRIEKING] [TENSE MUSIC] I want to welcome you and your friends to Germany. We are not so different, you and I. I mean we both got good style, you know? Red, you know? So, that's cool! We both like doing moves, check it out! [HITLER GRUNTS IN EXERTION] And killing people, I love it, you clearly do, too! And that's cool! Join me, we could be brothers, we are so alike. It's almost like we finish each other's... - Balls. - What? [HITLER GROANS IN PAIN] Oh, my, not much left of him is there? The important thing is that he is gone. Sorry I doubted you Triceracop. You're the best damn partner I've ever had. I came back in time for you Kung Fury, because, damn it, I love you. [TRIUMPHANT 80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] Team work is very important. So, what happens now Kung Fury? Well, I need to head back to the office. Looks like it's gonna be hell of a lot of paperwork. [TRIUMPHANT 80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [CAR HORNS HONKING AND PEOPLE SCREAMING] [CAR HORNS HONKING AND CAR ENGINE ACCELERATING] Open the doors, Hoff. I'm sorry Fury, I can't let you do that. Open the doors, Hoff! I'm sorry, I can't let you open the doors Kung Fury. Goddammit, open the doors! - Sorry I can't-- - Open the doors! Did anyone ever tell you not to hassle the Hoff 9000? Oh, Hoff 9000, you son of a bitch. [UPBEAT 80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC] [INTERFERENCE IN MUSIC COMING FROM RADIO] Piece of shit. [INTERFERENCE IN RADIO SIGNAL] [TENSE DRUM MACHINE MUSIC] [TRICERACOP] Oh, my, not much left of him is there? [KUNG FURY] The important thing is that he is gone. [MUSIC BUILDS] Game over. Wait a minute, I've seen that symbol before... somewhere. Hitler! [BIRD CAWING] [TENSE MUSIC] [80'S SYNTHPOP MUSIC]

Plot

Sometime in the early 1980s, Miami-Dade Police Department detective Kung Fury and his partner Dragon apprehend a red ninja in a back alley, but Dragon is sliced in half by the ninja while Kung Fury is suddenly struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra, giving him extraordinary kung fu powers that enable him to defeat his foe. Years later in 1985, after defeating a rogue arcade machine robot, Kung Fury quits the force when he is assigned to partner with Triceracop, fearing that he would lose another partner in the line of duty. Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a. "Kung Führer", enters the timeline and remotely guns down the police chief and attacks the precinct through a mobile phone. Intent on avenging the chief, Kung Fury has computer whiz Hackerman send him back in time to kill Hitler in Nazi Germany. A glitch in the system, however, sends him back into the Viking Age. After Kung Fury meets the Viking valkyries Barbarianna and Katana, the Norse god Thor sends him to Nazi Germany for him to finish his job.

Upon his arrival, Kung Fury singlehandedly mows down dozens of Nazi soldiers with his kung fu skills, but is gunned down by Hitler using a Gatling-type gun from inside his podium. Suddenly, Thor, Hackerman, Triceracop, the Viking valkyries, and a tyrannosaurus hack into the timeline and kill the rest of the Nazi army while the tyrannosaurus squares off against Hitler's robotic Reichsadler. After being revived by Hackerman, Kung Fury gives Hitler an uppercut to the groin before Thor drops his hammer on the Nazi leader and his robotic eagle. Seeing his mission as accomplished, Kung Fury returns to his timeline.

Back in 1985 Miami, Kung Fury once again battles and defeats the arcade machine robot, but notices a Swastika on the robot's body while Hitler and his Reichsadler enter the timeline, vowing revenge on Kung Fury.

Cast

David Sandberg as Kung Fury, a Miami detective who possesses a new and powerful form of kung fu after being struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra, thus becoming "The Chosen One" as foretold by an ancient prophecy
Jorma Taccone as Adolf Hitler, a.k.a. "Kung Führer", who aims to become the greatest martial artist by traveling through time to kill "The Chosen One"^[6]
Steven Chew as Dragon, Kung Fury's partner who is killed by a red ninja
Leopold Nilsson as Hackerman, a computer whiz who can transform into a Hackerbot
Andreas Cahling as Thor (voiced by Per-Henrik Arvidius), the Norse god of thunder
Erik Hornqvist as Triceracop (voiced by Frank Sanderson), a half-man, half-Triceratops cop who is assigned as Kung Fury's new partner
Per-Henrik Arvidius as Chief
Eleni Young as Barbarianna, a Viking warrior who rides a giant wolf and wields a Minigun
Helene Ahlson as Katana (voiced by Yasmina Suhonen), a Viking warrior who rides a talking Tyrannosaurus and uses an Uzi
Eos Karlsson as the Red Ninja
Magnus Betnér as Colonel Reichstache
Björn Gustafsson as Private Lahmstache
David Hasselhoff as Hoff 9000 (voice)
Frank Sanderson as Cobra (voice), Kung Fury's spirit animal; and Dinomite (voice), Katana's pet Tyrannosaurus

Production

David Sandberg is a Swedish filmmaker who had previously directed television commercials and music videos. In 2012, he quit the commercial directing business and focused on writing a script for an action comedy film set in the 1980s, inspired by action films of that era. He initially spent US$5,000 on producing and shooting footage with his friends, which became the trailer.^[2]

In December 2013, Sandberg released the trailer and began a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the film's production with the goal of raising US$200,000 to produce a 30-minute version of the film and stream it online for free. A second goal was added with the target set to $1 million to rewrite the story into a full-length feature and a possible distribution deal. Most of the raw footage over green screen had been filmed using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III^[7] and a Sony FS700, but additional funding was required for post-production.^[2]^[8]^[9]

The Kickstarter project ended on 25 January 2014, with $630,019 pledged by 17,713 backers.^[2]

Filming

Due to a limited budget, Sandberg shot the majority of the film at his office in Umeå, Sweden, using digital effects to replicate the streets of Miami. As he could only afford one police uniform during the production of the trailer, he filmed the police precinct scene by shooting each extra separately and compositing them in the scene. The single-shot scene where Kung Fury dispatches dozens of Nazi soldiers was achieved by combining the primary take of Sandberg's moves with over 60 takes of individual extras attacking him.^[2]

On 30 July 2014, Sandberg announced that he and his crew had begun filming new footage, with the 30 backers who pledged to be in the film as extras. Filming was also done in Stockholm for additional scenes and stunts.^[10] For the scene with Barbarianna riding a giant wolf, Sandberg used stock footage of a black wolf from the website GreenScreen Animals, as sourcing a real wolf was impossible in Sweden. Miniatures were used in Kung Fury's fight scenes involving the arcade machine robot and the Red Ninja.^[11] The animated "Heaven" sequence was produced by French video game developer Old Skull Games.^[12]

In keeping with the film's '80s theme, the visual effects artists softened the film clarity and added videotape wear effects to give the illusion of it being a worn VHS copy being played on an old VCR. One instance of this effect is in the scene where the Viking Babe Katana summons Thor. The scene was in the trailer with Joanna Häggblom originally as Katana, but because Häggblom was replaced by Helene Ahlson for the actual film, visual scratches and distortion effects were added to the scene to mask the cast change.

Music

The soundtrack score was composed by Swedish synthwave musicians Mitch Murder and Lost Years,^[13] with additional music by Patrik Öberg, Christoffer Ling, Highway Superstar, and Betamaxx. The official soundtrack album was released on vinyl record on 8 July 2015.^[14]

Release

The film made its debut at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and premiered on YouTube, Steam,^[15] SVT2 in Sweden, and the El Rey Network in the United States, on 28 May 2015.^[1] By 1 June, the film had received over 10 million views on YouTube.^[16] As of 31 December 2023^[update], the video has scored over 39 million views on YouTube. The film has also been made available on VoD platforms through a distribution deal with Under the Milky Way.^[17]

Reception

Critical response

Kung Fury was met with positive reviews from critics. Tyler Richardson of Latino-Review gave the film an A, commenting that "What Black Dynamite got so perfect about Blaxploitation films, this does wonderfully for 80s cop movies."^[18] Jonny Bunning of Bloody Disgusting gave the film a score of three-and-a-half out of five skulls, saying that "Kung Fury is The Avengers if it had been made in the 90s."^[19]

Todd Brown of Twitch Film also praised the film, calling it "a thirty-minute long, nonstop assault of some of the most astounding visual gags ever assembled in one place. Kung Fury knows its audience, knows it damn well, and while it has little to offer to anyone outside of its particular niche, for people within that niche this is absolute gold."^[20] Scott Weinberg of Nerdist Industries called it "a 31-minute masterpiece that feels like it fell right out of 1985 and hit just about every awesome b-movie genre on the way down."^[21] Melissa Locker of Vanity Fair praised the film, jokingly calling it "the best movie ever, of course."^[22]

Accolades

Kung Fury received the following awards and nominations:^[23]

Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival - Best Film - Won
Guldbagge Awards - Best Short Film - Won
Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight (Short Film) - Nominated
Empire Awards - Best Short Film - Nominated
European Film Awards - European Short Film - Nominated

Video game

Kung Fury: Street Rage is the companion video game to the film published by Hello There AB released in June 2015, paying homage to classic beat 'em up games such as Streets of Rage, Double Dragon, and Final Fight. The gameplay also resembles One Finger Death Punch by Silver Dollar Games, with the player pressing left or right of the character to attack in either direction.

It was released in 2015 for Windows and macOS via Steam.^[24]

An upgraded version of the game, titled Kung Fury: Street Rage - The Arcade Strikes Back, was released on PlayStation 4 and Windows in December 2015. The game features additional boss fights and enables players to fight as Kung Fury's allies Triceracop, Barbarianna, and Hackerman.^[25] Another expansion DLC, titled A Day at the Beach, was released on Windows and macOS in November 2021. The updates features a new story, Co-op mode and a new playable character as David Hasselhoff.^[26] In 2021 the game was made available as DLC for arcade management game Arcade Paradise, sold as DLC. The game is playable once the appropriate cabinet has been placed in the arcade.^[27]

Sequel

On 28 May 2016, it was announced on the Laser Unicorns Facebook page that Kung Fury II The Movie is in development.^[28]

Sandberg worked with producers Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg on a full-length feature film version of Kung Fury. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he stated that the project would be a "clean slate", containing no footage from the short film but taking place in the same universe.^[29] In February 2018, Michael Fassbender and Arnold Schwarzenegger were confirmed to star alongside Hasselhoff in the upcoming film.^[30]^[31] On 16 May 2019, it was announced that Creasun Entertainment USA purchased a majority stake in the film's rights and co-produced it with Argent Pictures. Filming commenced on 29 July 2019 in Bulgaria and Germany.^[32]^[33] On 13 September 2019, Schwarzenegger confirmed the film's title as Kung Fury 2, that he would portray the President of the United States, and that filming was to begin that day.^[34] On 25 September, the official Laser Unicorns Instagram page confirmed that Kung Fury 2 had wrapped filming.^[35] The film was intended for release in 2022, but its release date was rescheduled to November 17, 2023.^[36] However, as of February 2024, the film has yet to be released, with no explanation given by Sandberg nor the production company.

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