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Kevin Spacey is out of control!

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George Hickenlooper's "Casino Jack" has just been released on DVD in France, starring Kevin Spacey as out-of-control Washington D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff. It's funny and outrageous, with a true cast of characters and it's an instructive tale in an election year. Influence peddling is an actual profession and Abramoff went to prison for stepping over just about every line that divides legal from illegal.

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