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Similarities to 'The Parole Officer' (2001)


There are many! "The Parole Officer" was a British Steve Coogan film with Lena Headey ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"). Throw in "Hamlet 2" and you get almost the whole movie.

1. Ends with David Bowie's "Heroes".
2. Starts in an office with a typewriter.
3. Exile to a lousier city.
4. He works with at-risk youth.
5. Vehicle problems & unlikely thefts.
6. Unexplained affections for Steve Coogan.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283534/
http://www.hulu.com/watch/141411/the-parole-officer

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