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Sometimes people need a little help. Sometimes people need to be forgiven. And sometimes they need to go to jail.

Officer Jim Kurring

Magnolia · 1999

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Topic

Forgiveness Prison

Genre

Psychological drama (film)Drama (film)Psychological drama Drama

Medium

Film

Time

1999

Person

Officer Jim Kurring

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Citation

Magnolia. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Ghoulardi Film Company/JoAnne Sellar Productions, 1999.

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