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corrupt cop   beer   friend   child molestation   mask   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   obscene finger gesture   cocaine   dead body   behind the scenes   california   based on true story   bicycle   microphone   policeman   anger   drug use   snorting cocaine   coming of age   cross   live television   catholic   child abuse   basement   confrontation   tv news   flashlight   child in peril   sexism   drug addiction   fax   masked man   children   thief   wine   interracial relationship   search   pedophilia   internet   time lapse photography   dying man   moral ambiguity   woman in uniform   shouting   drawing   black and white scene   coffin   aunt niece relationship   graveyard   home movie   standoff   living with mother   hypocrisy   pool hall   broken glass   private investigator   insult   grandmother granddaughter relationship   bloody body of child   medallion   black american   boat   inventor   drug addict   liar   racial prejudice   police funeral   racist   child murder   disappearance   doll   sketch   face mask   burning money   working class   musician   parking lot   blindfold   snowing   neglected child   garage   narration from the grave   accident   police captain   watching a cartoon on tv   abduction   gurney   grandfather granddaughter relationship   single mother   widow   drug lord   dallas texas   tv reporter   disappointment   intimidation   interracial marriage   retired cop   framed   gunshot   half sister   meeting   corrupt police   jumping off a cliff   fragments of glass   glass   fax machine   job resignation   shooting practice   haitian   clothing   concealed carry   dead cop   door bell   drug runner   early retirement   ex con   gunrunner   immorality   keno   live in girlfriend   nashua new hampshire   police coverup   polygraph   poor white trash   postmodernism   religious statue   rifle held to head   self righteousness   shooting a policeman   shot in the back of one's head   situational ethics   slum bar   stealing a child   tv news crew   taped to a bed   thirty something   set up   neighborhood   memorial   hearse   tv camera   hypocrite   child molester   media frenzy   sexist   rocking chair   murder of child   sailing   amish   argument   stubbornness   inspiration   red wine   plumber   paper   quarrel   business meeting   triumph   mop   bankruptcy   crayon   bill   cough medicine   strong woman   breaking a plate   businesswoman   saleswoman   loss of grandmother   meet cute   based on real events   car repair   patent   name in title   dating service   mold   giving a speech   death of grandmother   prototype   rolodex   female narrator   blood on hands   airport gate agent   brutally honest   crayons   cutting one's hand on broken glass   demo   father's girlfriend   female ceo   female inventor   flash of wit   haitian man   half sister half sister relationship   in the zone   intentional bad acting   invoice   italian woman   living with father   reference to barry diller   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telephone   pursuit   investigation   drinking   singer   rain   gun   drunkenness   photograph   vigilantism   horse   party   rifle   mother daughter relationship   theft   police   police car   sunglasses   missing girl   robbery   shooting   shot in the head   priest   umbrella   tv   watching tv   tv studio   television   uncle niece relationship   neo noir   murder of a police officer   wedding