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Julianne Moore Plays Mona Friedman in Jesse Eisenberg’s New Film

JL;DR SUMMARY Julianne Moore stars as Mona Friedman in Jesse Eisenberg's upcoming film "The Debut," where she plays a New Jersey stay-at-home mom who defies expectations by auditioning for a community theater musical. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FilmMusicalA24Jesse EisenbergCommunity TheaterPaul GiamattiJulianne MooreMona FriedmanThe DebutHalle Bailey

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New Jersey, United States
"Moores character in this new film is a stay-at-home mom, belittled and taken for granted by her husband (the kids can drive, she doesnt do anything anymore, he says of his spouse), who auditions for a musical at her local New Jersey community theater."
Szczecin, West Pomerania, Poland
"The Revisionist is based on the Holocaust history of Eisenbergs real second cousin, Maria, a Holocaust survivor from Szczecin, Poland."

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