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Apr 2011
33m 43s

Meet the Filmmaker: James Gunn "Super"

APPLE INC.
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Join director James Gunn and as he discusses his new comedy “Super”. The story follows a man (Rainn Wilson) who decides to become a super hero after a series of unfortunate events, including his wife (Liv Tyler) leaving him, literally being touched by the finger of God in a dream, and seeing a morally-preachy superhero named the Holy Avenger (Nathan Fillion ... Show More
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