Celia Rodriguez
Also Known As: Maria Cecilia Rodriguez
Biography: Maria Cecilia Rodriguez (born March 17, 1938) is a multi-awarded Filipina actress. She appeared in more than 130 movies and television shows. She won four FAMAS Awards in the films Kulay Dugo Ang Gabi, The Passionate Strangers, Lilet and Magnifico. She also received an award for Best Supporting Actress in the Metro Manila Film Festival for the movie Bulaklak Sa City Jail (1984). Rodriguez joined the movie industry in the late 1950s, appearing in Sa Ngalan Ng Espada (1958), and Shirley, My Darling (1958). She performed in movies such as Lilet, released in 1971, Super Gee (1973) and Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16 (1976). She was known as the original Valentina in Darna movies. She was included in the GMA-7 TV sitcom Who's Your Daddy Now? (2007) and the romantic-comedy series I Heart You, Pare! (2011) starringDingdong Dantes and Regine Velasquez.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Laguna - Philippines
Birthday: March 17, 1938
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16
Overview: A story about Eva who was raped at 14, became a mother at 15, and a stripper at 16. She has gone through a hard life and learned the ropes of how to live and survive by becoming practical.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1976-05-14
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Iskandalo
Overview: A love story about a guy with a broken family a girl who slept with her professor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-07-13
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Bantay-Salakay
Overview: A story of three young, provincial highschool graduates who set sail for Manila with visions of fame and fortune, only to realize that reality is a far cry from their expectations.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-01-08
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Magnifico
Overview: A boy builds a coffin for his terminally ill grandmother, while raising money to buy a wheelchair for his sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2003-01-29
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Divino
Overview: Divino was doubly blessed with good looks and an irresistible charm that made him the most desirable man in town. He was also blessed with a voracious appetite, much to the annoyance of his companion, Panchito.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1976-09-03
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Angela Markado
Overview: Angela Delmar works as a waitress for one of the seedier bars in Manila. There she meets five patrons of the bar, who also turn out to be a gang specializing in drugging and raping girls and later on selling them to prostitution.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-11-07
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Wanted: Johnny L
Overview: The biggest anti-crime picture of the year.
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1966-07-28
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The Blood Drinkers
Overview: Dr. Marco's most beloved Katrina has died. As a vampire, Marco has devised a plan to bring her back from the dead. It requires large amounts of human blood and will eventually necessitate the transplantation of a human heart.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1964-11-06
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Macho Gigolo
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Angkinin Mo Ako
Overview: A young woman desperately long intimacy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1983-05-19
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Pabling
Overview: A playboy and a simple girl from the provinces try to make it in the big city.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-07-17
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May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1975-08-15
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La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw
Overview: Joey Gosiengfiao's witty drama-comedy of three women fighting for an estate.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-11-29
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Super Gee
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Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1973-10-19
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Mother Dear
Overview: This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-06-04
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Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
Overview: A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1973-08-24
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Si Popeye, Atbp
Overview: Si Popeye, atbp (Popeye etc.) is an unofficial Popeye film released in the Philippines in 1973. A live-action film, it consists of three stories: Episode 1: "Popeye", Episode 2: "Dracula" and Episode 3: "Dyango". Popular Filipino personality Ariel Ureta stars as a mustachioed Popeye (and as the protagonist in the other two segments) while former Miss International Aurora McKenny Pijuan portrays Olive Oyl. The Popeye segment was directed by renowned Filipino filmmaker Ishmael Bernal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1973-12-22
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Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
Overview: A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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Aguila
Overview: Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.
Genres: Action Drama Romance War
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-02-14
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The Enforcer and the Pussycats
Overview: Tony Ferrer action movie.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Darna and Ding
Overview: Narda receives superhuman powers and becomes Darna. Darna and her child brother Ding start by fighting the Hawk Woman; next they face-off with the Giant, and both foes are destroyed. They meet Dr. Vontesberg a good Samaritan woman doctor, who actually plans in secret to destroy an entire village to avenge her grandfather who had been mistakenly accused of being a devil worshiper. She too has powers to summon the dead and terrorize the townspeople. Narda is captured by the evil doctor, who shows Darna how she intends to achieve her plan. Just in time, Ding arrives to rescue his helpless sister and together they stop Vontesberg's plan. Darna and Ding flow their way to the city, but they are captured by a Sorceress, and they join a bunch of other prisoners. The sorceress Lei Ming and Darna measure their strength and powers. After losing her face, Lei Ming takes her own life.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Ligalig
Overview: A series of murders takes place in the Metropolis in a span of three weeks, the latest of which happens on the night Junior, a taxi driver, makes love to a prostitute...
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-12-25
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Fuschia
Overview: A story about an old woman, a cool hip Lola who likes the color Fuchsia, must deal with her old siblings in matters of life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-29
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Under-age
Overview: Three Sisters Corazon,Cecilia and Celina are students of the school. Corazon allways never think about men until a pouplar student came for her Second Sister Cecilia was rebellous kid who was with A Handsome teacher Professor David who having a girlfriend but he fall in love with Cecilia and Third sister Celina who nickname Diva by male admirers who fall in love with Migs however they faced real world to become women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-10-17
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Maligno
Overview: A blood-curdling motion picture about witchcraft, Satan's disciples, witches and warlocks to steal a beautiful maiden's soul.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-06-23
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Tamawo
Overview: A family transfers into an isolated town where the family man tends to his blind wife and illegitimate son. Soon they find out that extraordinary creatures lurking outside their house are looking for something they claim stolen from them.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2011-12-25
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Katorse
Overview: She's a child, a woman and a mother at 14.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-07-23
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Kapitan Kidlat
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-12-25
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Karugtong Ang Kahapon
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1975-09-21
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Tonyong Bayawak
Overview: Story of Tonyong Bayawak who was given strong powers but in return turns him into a wild boar whenever he gets angry.
Genres: Action Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-10-15
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Lilet
Overview: An unstable young woman finally blows the cover of her repressive family's dark secrets when her memories where unlocked with the help of an ardent suitor.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1971-01-29
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Sapagka't Kami'y mga Misis Lamang
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1976-10-22
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The Passionate Strangers
Overview: An angry husband accidentally kills an old man while trying to find out where his wife and her Filipino lover are meeting. Because the old man had been trying to improve labor conditions for Filipino field workers, it is thought that the unsolved murder was politically motivated. This sparks labor riots.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-04-20
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Bulaklak sa City Jail
Overview: A pregnant woman arrested for frustrated murder is sent to the Manila City Jail where she meets several women with shocking pasts.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-12-25
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Roberta
Overview: A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-07-05
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Secrets of Madonna
Overview: A surreal melodrama about a deranged woman raising a child.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-02-21
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I'll Be There
Overview: The story revolves around Maxi dela Cerna, a young, aspiring New York-based fashion designer who returns to the Philippines shortly after her mother’s death to find her father. She had been swindled by her ex-boyfriend and hopes to pay off her debts by selling the piece of provincial land that her parents co-owned. But this means spending time with her father whom she hates for walking out on her and her mother 15 years ago. As the uptight and guarded Maxi struggles to immerse herself in farm life and deal with a father she despises, she crosses paths again with Tommy, her childhood friend, now an architect who is trying to heal from his own mistakes in the past with his 7-year-old son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2010-06-16
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Konsiyerto ng Kamatayan
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1961-03-13
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Mga Rosas sa Putikan
Overview: Vilma Santos did Mga Rosas Sa Putikan for her own VS Films where she played a country girl forced into prostitution in the big city. The movie did fairly well at the tills. Good sign…” – Ricardo F. Lo, Expressweek, Jan 19 1978
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1976-09-10
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Shake, Rattle & Roll 13
Overview: An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu Respall) demands Lando to give back something that belongs to them which he refuses. Angered, he and his tribesmen savagely killed him.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2011-12-25
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Tarot
Overview: A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2009-08-26
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Bilibid Boys
Overview: =The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living their regular free, luxurious lives outside the cold bars of the prison, in open air, able to go where they want when they want. Four of the men - Nandong, Noel, Butch, and Caloy - are gay men who feel attracted to Steve Guanzon and eventually sodomize and rape him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-01-16
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Darna, Kuno?
Overview: A male cab driver is transformed into a female superhero.
Genres: Comedy Action Family Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-03-29
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Ikaw Pala Ang Mahal Ko
Overview: A Filipino romance drama film directed by Jose Javier Reyes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-11-19
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Bagets
Overview: Experiencing the forbidden. Experiencing rejection. Hating your parents. Hating the world around you. Discovering what's hot. Discovering what's cool. Discovering your first true love. Discovering who you are. Growing up can be such a wild time. But not when you've got the best guys to hang out with. Five chaste young men immerse themselves in the superficialities and superfluity of adolescence over the course of their last year in high school. But as they make their gradual transition from boyhood to manhood, they realize it is their formidable bond that stands as the real deal.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?
Overview: Myrna and Lito plunge into marriage at a very young age. Both unprepared and still immature. But their relationship suddenly collapses when Lito gets into an illicit relationship with an older woman, Glacilda.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-02-16
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Sumigaw ka hanggang ibig mo!
Overview: Filipino horror movie from 1974.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-09-14
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The Devil's Daughter
Overview: Filipino horror movie from 1974.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-11-21
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Palengke Queen
Overview: A comedy market vendor captures the heart of a bachelor marketplace owner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-03-20
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Star?
Overview: The story of Tony (Rudy Fernandez) is not only a reminder to actors or actresses, but to everyone. It teaches a lesson about humility and the so-called "debt of gratitude." It features the lives of some actors such as Vicky Villareal (Lorna Tolentino) and Vina Amor (Celia Rodriguez). Their lives roll around the wheel of fame, especially that of Tony's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-12-04
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Naglalayag
Overview: After a chance decision sends her home in a taxicab, Dorinda (Nora Aunor), a widowed judge, strikes up a friendship with the young and charming driver, Noah (Yul Servo), who's overcome with respect for her profession. But soon enough, their fondness for each other results in love -- and an unexpected surprise: At 47 years old, Dorinda becomes pregnant. Will her scandalous romance ruin her future?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-23
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Diary of Cristina Gaston
Overview: A woman is desired by all men and hated by all women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-09-24
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World of Awe and Dread
Overview: A horror anthology. One of the tales features possession by Satan.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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My Kontrabida Girl
Overview: Isabel Reyes (Rhian Ramos) is an infamous soap opera villain in the country. Everyone simply loathes Isabel which makes her the most condemned personality in the world of television. But by some weird twist of fate, Isabel's life turns upside down when she encounters a near-death accident. The wicked antagonist experiences a sudden change of heart and being the top kontrabida of her soap opera, Isabel couldn't just deliver her heartlessness and cruelty in front of the camera. Her over-the-top villainous persona disappears and she finds herself powerless to kick and slap the lead star. Isabel's show hits a major ratings slump and the network advises her to take a break from work with hopes of reigniting her passion. To solve her dilemma, Isabel seeks the help of the biggest kontrabida icon in the country, no less than Ms. Bella Flores. She finds her on YouTube and says that for Isabel to get herself back, she needs to find the person who hurt her the most.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-03-14
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Why Blood is the Color of the Night
Overview: The poster promises visions of Satan's altar, an underground black mass, blood rituals of the undead, the birth of Satan's messiah, a dead village of the damned, the assassination of the Prince of Darkness and a zombie attack. Why isn't this available for viewing again?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-01-13
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Fly, Darna, Fly!
Overview: The first Darna movie featuring Vilma Santos.
Genres: Family Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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Bullet
Overview: Bullet, a skilled marksman, accidentally films gangsters beating up a kidnap victim. He and his cousins witness a gangland murder, putting them in danger.
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1999-07-09
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Hayop sa Sarap
Overview: A story of a Family that was been broken for the reason of the mother making an affair with her boss. Their Father became paralyze. The main character Irma Alegre decided to be a prostitute and so is her sister Angela Perez but their father suicides.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-10-26
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Bomba Star
Overview: A story about Estelita a young girl who dreams of becoming a movie star like her idol Stella Fuego. In the course of Estelita's rise to stardom, she gets entangled in the corruption of show business and makes enemies along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1978-07-18
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Kampanerang Kuba
Overview: Vilma Santos is Andang, a kind, honest, and devout hunchback who lives in the church's bell tower.
Genres: Family Drama Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1974-03-29
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Anak
Overview: A daughter defies her mother to pursue her passionate yet ill fated relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-07-30
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Ganito Kami Muli
Overview: A documentary produced by Cinema One that sees through fully restored film in the eyes of young filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Sanay
Overview: This is a story of love about a man and woman in which the mother of the former comes between them. The ignominy suffered by the woman (Eliza) from the mother of the man he loved, motivated her to do well in life and also avenge the insult hurled to her. Her child entrusted to her sister grew and became liberated and unfortunately landed in a whorehouse. See how she (Venus) was able to extricate herself from this predicament and eventually be reunited with her mother once more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-10
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First Kiss, First Love
Overview: Julie (Snooky Serna) comes from a broken family. Rommie (Albert Martinez) is an athlete from a rich sophisticated family. This is a story of young lovers facing challenges against their relationship.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-02-04
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Tomcat
Overview: A boy born with catlike powers is adapted by a policeman and his wife. He uses his gifts to do good and protect the ones that he loves.
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-06-22
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