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From the Archives: Thanksgiving Movies

Why are there so few Thanksgiving movies?

As the WGA and the AMPTP break bread again, be sure to give thanks for all the great crew members you've worked with, vendors who have done better than asked for or cut you a deal; equipment that isn't broken, expendables that aren't expended. Give thanks to the writer, whose mind bequeathes; to the producer, who makes things happen; to the actors, who perform truth at 24fps and to the director, who has to get the actors to perform truth. Give thanks to loved ones who support your independent dreams and thanks to the audiences who indulge them.

Thanks to all the readers of Making the Movie for another great year of moviemaking.

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