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Ben Affleck: Surviving Christmas
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[W]hile "Surviving Christmas" earned only a third as much money as "Paycheck" did in its opening weekend, Affleck is sticking with his plan. Up next he's shooting "Man About Town," written and directed by Mike Binder, the creator and star of HBO's "The Mind of a Married Man" and low-budget comedies like "The Sex Monster."
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"The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, stars opposite Affleck in DreamWorks' "Surviving Christmas," a comedy about a man (played by Gandolfini) so neurotic that he doesn't have a family of his own, so he hires one for the holidays. Affleck is a member of that family.
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Synopsis: Directed by Mike Mitchell, Surviving Christmas finds Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) uneager to spend another lonely Christmas in his own home. Longing for holidays past, Drew travels to his childhood home intending to relive the experience of a family Christmas -- unfortunately, his family no longerRead More
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"I think everybody in the world knows that Christmas is stressful," Affleck said. "It's a sacred holiday for me, and I'm a believer in the spiritual aspect of the holiday as well, but it doesn't mean that it's not ... hectic and manic and crazy — how to get your in-laws together and travel and buy presents and cook. That's why half the people just get drunk."
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