Editing Richard Benjamin

{{short description|American actor and film director}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Rick Benjamin (disambiguation)|Benjamin Richards (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Richard Benjamin
| image              = Richard Benjamin LOC.jpg
| caption            = Benjamin in 1972
| birth_name         = Richard Samuel Benjamin
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1938|5|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Paula Prentiss]]|1961}}
| children           = 2
| alma_mater         = [[Northwestern University]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer}}
| years_active       = 1962–present
}}

'''Richard Samuel Benjamin''' (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including ''[[Goodbye, Columbus (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]'' (1969), ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'' (1970), ''[[Portnoy's Complaint (film)|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' (1972), ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]'', ''[[The Last of Sheila]]'' (both 1973) and ''[[Saturday the 14th]]'' (1981). In 1968, Benjamin was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for [[Emmy Award|Best Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his performance on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[He & She]]'' (starring opposite his wife [[Paula Prentiss]]), which aired from 1967-1968. In 1976, Benjamin received a [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe|Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture]] for his performance as aged [[vaudevillian]] Willy Clark's ([[Walter Matthau]]) comedically long-suffering nephew, confidante and talent agent, Ben Clark, in [[Herbert Ross]]' ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1975), based on [[Neil Simon]]'s 1972 hit [[stage play]] of the same name.
After directing for television, his first film as a director was the 1982 comedy ''[[My Favorite Year]]'', starring [[Peter O'Toole]], who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. His other films as a director include ''[[City Heat]]'' (1984), ''[[The Money Pit]]'' (1986), ''[[My Stepmother Is an Alien]]'' (1988), ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990), ''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]'' (1993), ''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'' (1994), ''[[Mrs. Winterbourne]]'' (1996), and ''[[Marci X]]'' (2003).

==Early life==
Benjamin was born in New York City, the son of Samuel Roger Benjamin (1910–1997), a [[Textile manufacturing|garment industry]] worker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/09/08/archives/hello-again-to-goodbye-columbus.html|title=Hello Again To 'Goodbye, Columbus'|author=Jonas, Gerald|date=September 8, 1968|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref> Benjamin's uncle was vaudeville comedian [[Joe Browning]]. His family was [[Jewish]].<ref>Great Jews on Stage and Screen</ref> He attended the [[High School of Performing Arts]] and graduated from [[Northwestern University]], where he was involved in many plays and studied in the Northwestern theater school. While there, he met future wife [[Paula Prentiss]].<ref name="los"/>

==Career==
===Theatre===
Benjamin appeared on stage in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' and guest-starred on shows such as ''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]'' and ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''.<ref name="los"/> Benjamin's early break came when cast in the touring company of ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' in 1964. He later toured in ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]'' with [[Dan Dailey]].<ref name="retro">{{cite web|website=Cinema Retro|url=http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/8654-RICHARD-BENJAMIN-REFLECTS-ON-THE-SUNSHINE-BOYS-A-CINEMA-RETRO-INTERVIEW.html|title=RICHARD BENJAMIN REFLECTS ON "THE SUNSHINE BOYS": A CINEMA RETRO INTERVIEW}}</ref> In 1966, he directed ''Barefoot in the Park'' on stage in London. Simon was pleased with Benjamin's work and cast him in his new play ''[[The Star-Spangled Girl]]'' (1966–67) directed by [[George Axelrod]]. Benjamin appeared alongside [[Anthony Perkins]] and [[Connie Stevens]], and the show ran for 261 performances. The success of the show led to Benjamin appearing in a television series with his wife Paula, ''[[He & She]]'' (1967–68). It ran for 26 episodes.<ref name="los"/>

===Stardom===
[[File:Ali MacGraw-Richard Benjamin in Goodbye, Columbus trailer.jpg|thumb|left|Ali MacGraw and Richard Benjamin in ''[[Goodbye, Columbus (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]'' in 1969]]
Benjamin's first lead role in a film came with an adaptation of the [[Philip Roth]] novella, ''[[Goodbye, Columbus (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]'' (1969) with [[Ali MacGraw]]. It was a critical and commercial hit.<ref name="av">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/richard-benjamin-on-peter-o-toole-celebrity-treasure-h-1798234629|website=AV Club|title=Interview with Richard Benjamin – Random Roles|date=November 15, 2012}}</ref> He followed it with a key support role in the film of ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'' (1970). He was top billed in ''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]'' (1970) from the team of Eleanor and Frank Perry, appearing alongside [[Carrie Snodgress]] and [[Frank Langella]]. He directed his wife off-Broadway in ''Arf/The Great Airplane Snatch'' (1969), which ran for five performances.

Benjamin played the lead in ''[[The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker]]'' (1971), directed by the producer and the original author of ''[[The Graduate]]'', though it was not as successful.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Tom|date=1971-12-05|title=Movies (Published 1971)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/05/archives/alexander-portnoy-this-is-your-wife.html|access-date=2020-12-28|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He acted in a comedy, ''[[The Steagle]]'' (1971), the directorial debut of designer [[Paul Sylbert]], which was little seen. Another box-office flop was the film of Roth's ''[[Portnoy's Complaint (film)|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' (1972), the sole directorial effort of [[Ernest Lehman]].

In 1972 Benjamin returned to Broadway with ''The Little Black Book'', which only ran for nine performances. He then acted in two more successful films, as part of an all-star cast in ''[[The Last of Sheila]]'' (1973), from a script by [[Anthony Perkins]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]], and in ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]'' (1973), directed by [[Michael Crichton]] and co-starring [[Yul Brynner]]. The ''Los Angeles Times'' stated that by this stage, his image was of "a whining, petulant bore by doing too good a job of acting in a series of sleazy roles." He decided to steer away from such roles by turning down a part in ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (which Richard Chamberlain ended up playing).<ref name="los">{{cite news|title=After 'Portnoy,' Benjamin Has No Complaint|author=ALJEAN HARMETZ|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 21, 1975|page=m49}}</ref>

===Supporting actor===
Benjamin supported [[Walter Matthau]] and [[George Burns]] in the film adaptation of [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1975), for which he won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture]]. He starred with Prentiss in ''[[The Norman Conquests]]'' (1975–76) on Broadway, which went for 76 performances. The couple went to Australia to make ''[[No Room to Run]]'' (1978). In Hollywood, Benjamin supported Matthau and [[Glenda Jackson]] in ''[[House Calls (1978 film)|House Calls]]'' (1978).

In 1978, he starred in the ambitious but short-lived television series ''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]''.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=A Space Garbage Man and His Eclectic Crew|first=Frank|last=Decaro|date=December 24, 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/arts/television/28deca.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=RICHARD BENJAMIN: in the 'Get Smart' of sci-fi|author=Simmons, Charitey|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 19, 1978|page=j3}}</ref> The same year he appeared in a TV film ''[[Fame (1979 film)|Fame]]'', written by [[Arthur Miller]]. Benjamin played a frustrated fiancé of a woman who falls for the vampire Count Dracula in the surprise box-office smash ''[[Love at First Bite]]'' (1979) starring [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]] and [[Susan Saint James]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Love At First Bite (1979) Screen: 'Love at First Bite,' Dracula's 'Plaza Suite': Full-Blooded Humor|author-link=Janet Maslin|first=Janet|last=Maslin|date=April 13, 1979|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E07E0DC1739E732A25750C1A9629C946890D6CF}}</ref>

Benjamin has hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' twice, once by himself on April 7, 1979 and the other nearly a year later on April 5, 1980 with his wife [[Paula Prentiss]].<ref>{{Citation|last1=Wilson|first1=Dave|title=Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones|date=1979-04-07|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694926/|type=Comedy, Music|others=Richard Benjamin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin|publisher=NBC Productions|access-date=2020-12-28|last2=Signorelli|first2=James|last3=Slesin|first3=Aviva}}</ref> He was top billed in ''[[Scavenger Hunt (film)|Scavenger Hunt]]'' (1979), an ensemble film.

Benjamin had directed in theatre and was keen to do it in film. In 1979, Benjamin directed for the first time, creating a pilot for a sitcom spin-off of the film ''[[Where's Poppa?]]'' by Carl Reiner. "The pilot turned out really well," said Benjamin. "But I don't think ABC ever quite 'got' it. They never did put the show on the air... At least I could prove that I wasn't nuts, that I really had actually directed something."<ref>{{cite news|title=It's no act: Benjamin happiest as a director|edition=MET|author=Rob Salem|work=TORONTO STAR|date=August 26, 1994|page=B1}}</ref> He directed one episode of the 1980 TV series ''[[Semi-Tough (TV series)|Semi-Tough]]''.

Benjamin had supporting roles in ''[[The Last Married Couple in America]]'' (1980), ''[[How to Beat the High Co$t of Living]]'' (1980), ''[[Witches' Brew (film)|Witches' Brew]]'' (1980), and ''[[First Family (film)|First Family]]'' (1980). He and Prentiss played the leads in ''[[Saturday the 14th]]'' (1981). They also began hosting corporate videos.

===Feature film director===
Benjamin's work on the ''Where's Poppa?'' pilot saw him offered the job as director on ''[[My Favorite Year]]'' (1982) starring [[Peter O'Toole]]. The film was warmly received, earning O'Toole an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and launched Benjamin as a director.

Benjamin and Prentiss returned to acting with the TV movie ''[[Packin' It In]]'' (1983). He said, "If I get a wonderful script to act in and a mediocre script to direct, I'll act. And the same principle applies the other way around. It's the material that counts."<ref>{{cite news|title=MOVIES: From acting to directing: For Richard Benjamin; the move meant a 'Year' of fear|author=Reich, Howard|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 10, 1982|page=d16}}</ref> He focused on directing, though, for the next decade. Benjamin's second feature as director was ''[[Racing with the Moon]]'' (1984) from a script by [[Steve Kloves]] starring [[Sean Penn]] and [[Nicolas Cage]]. He was then called in at short notice to replace [[Blake Edwards]] on ''[[City Heat (film)|City Heat]]'' (1984) with [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Burt Reynolds]], which was a critical and commercial disappointment.<ref name="blake">{{cite news|title=MOVIES: EDWARDS' YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY|author=Mann, Roderick|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 25, 1984|page=x21}}</ref>

Benjamin directed a comedy for [[Steven Spielberg]]'s company, ''[[The Money Pit]]'' (1986) with [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Shelley Long]]. He then directed a thriller ''[[Little Nikita]]'' (1988) with [[Sidney Poitier]] and [[River Phoenix]], and a comedy with [[Dan Aykroyd]], ''[[My Stepmother Is an Alien]]'' (1988). Benjamin did another comedy, ''[[Downtown (film)|Downtown]]'' (1990), with [[Anthony Edwards (actor)|Anthony Edwards]] and [[Forest Whitaker]]. He had a moderate hit with ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990) starring [[Cher]] and [[Winona Ryder]].

''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]'' (1993) with [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Ted Danson]] was also successful. ''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'' (1994) with [[Melanie Griffith]] and [[Ed Harris]] was less so. He also directed ''[[Mrs. Winterbourne]]'' (1996).

In the 1990s, Benjamin returned to acting with appearances on shows including ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]'', ''[[Love & War (TV series)|Love & War]]'', ''[[Ink (TV series)|Ink]]'', ''[[Mad About You]]'', and ''[[Titus]]'', as well as the films ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' (1997),<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Deconstructing Harry (1997) FILM REVIEW; Gleefully Skewering His Own Monsters|author-link=Janet Maslin|first=Janet|last=Maslin|date=December 12, 1997|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9a07efdb103cf931a25751c1a961958260}}</ref> ''[[Keeping Up with the Steins]]'' (2006), and ''[[Henry Poole Is Here]]'' (2008).

===TV directing===
In 1998, Benjamin and Prentiss performed ''Power Plays'' on stage.<ref>{{cite news|title=AN OFF-B'WAY 'POWER' COUPLE PAULA PRENTISS AND RICHARD BENJAMIN: A FAMILY THAT 'PLAYS' TOGETHER, STARTING TONIGHT|author=O'HAIRE, PATRICIA|work=New York Daily News|date=September 22, 1998|page=34}}</ref> Benjamin did some directing for TV – ''[[The Pentagon Wars]]'' (1998), ''Tourist Trap'' (1999), ''The Sports Pages'' (2001), and ''Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' (2001) from the play by Neil Simon. Benjamin returned to features with ''[[The Shrink Is In]]'' (2001) and ''[[Marci X]]'' (2003), in which he also had a small role.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Marci X (2003) FILM REVIEW; In Giddy Rap Land, It's Senator Vs. Smut|author-link=Stephen Holden|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=August 23, 2003|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9403EFD81739F930A1575BC0A9659C8B63}}</ref>

He produced and directed a TV adaptation of Simon's ''[[The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)|The Goodbye Girl]]'' (2004) with Jeff Daniels and [[Patricia Heaton]]. In 2006, Benjamin directed the award-winning cable television drama ''[[A Little Thing Called Murder]]'', starring Australian [[Judy Davis]]. It was based on the true story of [[Sante Kimes|Sante and Kenny Kimes]], mother and son [[Confidence trick|grifters]] and killers.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Murdering Mommy Dearest With a Swell Son to Match|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 23, 2006|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/arts/television/23gate.html?_r=0}}</ref> His later acting appearances on television include ''[[Ray Donovan]]'' and ''[[Childrens Hospital]]''. He most recently played Dr. Green in the Netflix comedy film ''[[You People]]'' (2023) opposite [[Jonah Hill]] and [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]].

==Personal life==
Benjamin met [[Paula Prentiss]] at [[Northwestern University]]. She had transferred from [[Randolph-Macon Woman's College]] and was a year ahead of Benjamin at the university.<ref name="cometoverhollywood/paula-prentiss-richard-benjamin">{{cite web |title="The next 58 years will be a breeze": An interview with RiverRun Master of Cinema awardees Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin |url=https://cometoverhollywood.com/2019/04/07/the-next-58-years-will-be-a-breeze-an-interview-with-riverrun-master-of-cinema-awardees-paula-prentiss-and-richard-benjamin/ |website=Comet Over Hollywood |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=en |date=7 April 2019}}</ref> They married on October 26, 1961 and have two children, son Ross (b. 1974) and daughter Prentiss (b. 1978), both graduates of [[Beverly Hills High School]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Victoria|last=Houseman|title=Made in Heaven: The Marriages and Children of Hollywood Stars|year=1991|publisher=Bonus Books|isbn=9780929387246|page=26}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Actor===
====Film====
{| class = "wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Goodbye, Columbus (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]''
| Neil Klugman
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]''
| Maj. Danby
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]''
| Jonathan Balser
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker]]''
| William Alren
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The Steagle]]'' 
| Harold Weiss, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Portnoy's Complaint (film)|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' 
| Alexander Portnoy
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Last of Sheila]]'' 
| Tom Parkman
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]'' 
| Peter Martin
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' 
| Ben Clark
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[House Calls (1978 film)|House Calls]]'' 
| Dr. Norman Solomon
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Love at First Bite]]'' 
| Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Scavenger Hunt]]'' 
| Stuart Selsome
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Last Married Couple in America]]'' 
| Marv Cooper
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[How to Beat the High Co$t of Living]]'' 
| Albert
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Witches' Brew (film)|Witches' Brew]]'' 
| Joshua Lightman
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[First Family (film)|First Family]]'' 
| Press Secretary Bunthorne
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Saturday the 14th]]'' 
| John Hyatt
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Lift''
| Rabbi Brill
| Short
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' 
| Ken
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Shrink Is In]]'' 
| Samantha's Editor 
| Uncredited
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Marci X]]'' 
| Ben Feld
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Keeping Up with the Steins]]'' 
| Rabbi Schulberg
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Henry Poole Is Here]]'' 
| Dr. Fancher
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Pablo (film)|Pablo]]'' 
| Himself
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[You People]]''
| Dr. Green
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Ex-Husbands]]''
| Simon Pearce
| 
|}

====Television====
{| class = "wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1962 
| ''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]''
|Intern
|Episode: "All the Dead Faces"
|-
| 1962–1963
| ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
|Dr. Adam Barstow / Intern
|2 episodes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Vacation Playhouse]]''
|Ted Penny
|Episode: "My Lucky Penny"
|-
| 1967–1968
| ''[[He & She]]'' 
| Dick Hollister
|26 episodes
|-
| 1977
| ''[[No Room to Run]]'' 
| Nick Loomis
| TV movie
|-
| 1977–1978
| ''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]'' 
| Adam Quark
|8 episodes
|-
| 1979–1980
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself (host)
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|Brad
|Episode: "Goodbye"
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Packin' It In]]''
| Gary Webber
| TV movie
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]'' 
| Mr. Howard
|Episode: "Let's Play Poison"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Love & War (TV series)|Love & War]]''
|Charles Berkus
|Episode: "The Great Escape"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Ink (TV series)|Ink]]''
|Dr. Vishniac
|Episode: "The English-Speaking Patients"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Pentagon Wars]]'' 
| [[Caspar Weinberger]]
| TV movie
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Mad About You]]''
|Mr. Frank DiChristophoro
|Episode: "Valentine's Day"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Titus (TV series)|Titus]]''
|Bill
|Episode: "The Reconciliation"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)|The Goodbye Girl]]''
|Oliver Fry
|TV movie
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''
|Jerry Holmes
|Episode: "Window Dressed to Kill"
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Ray Donovan]]'' 
| Jerry Weiss
|Episode: "Sunny"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Childrens Hospital]]''
| Dan Richards
|Episode: "With Great Power..."
|}

===Director===
'''Film'''
* ''[[My Favorite Year]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Racing with the Moon]]'' (1984)
* ''[[City Heat]]'' (1984)
* ''[[The Money Pit]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Little Nikita]]'' (1988)
* ''[[My Stepmother Is an Alien]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Downtown (film)|Downtown]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Mrs. Winterbourne]]'' (1996)
* ''[[The Shrink Is In]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Marci X]]'' (2003)

'''TV movies'''
* ''[[The Pentagon Wars]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Laughter on the 23rd Floor#Adaptation|Laughter on the 23rd Floor]]'' (2001)
* ''The Sports Pages'' (2001)
* ''[[The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)|The Goodbye Girl]]'' (2004)
* ''[[A Little Thing Called Murder]]'' (2006)

'''TV series'''
* ''[[Disney anthology television series#The Wonderful World of Disney (1991–present)|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1998) (Episode "Tourist Trap")

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* Dye, David. ''Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1988, p.&nbsp;17.

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