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Martin Luther King, Jr Biopic

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=113670

They can't agree how to portray Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a man...as opposed to what? Will he also be a dragon? Maybe Oliver Stone leaving the project will be a good thing. I've never much liked his biopics. They always feel too long and draggy and uninspired.
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