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Wordplay

Discover a world that thinks inside the box.

This documentary takes a look at the world of crossword puzzles, especially through the eyes and life of one of the world's top crossword puzzle designers. We also get to meet some of the famous people who enjoy, and are very good at, crossword puzzles, as they prepare and take part in a national championship.

85 minutes, All ages
Documentary, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Will Shortz, Merl Reagle, Tyler Hinman, Norman Payne, Al Sanders, Ellen Ripstein, Jon Delfin
Director	Patrick Creadon
Screenplay	Patrick Creadon, Christine O'Malley
Music	Peter Golub
Cinematography	Patrick Creadon
Editing	Douglas Blush
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2006
Produced by	Grinder Productions, O'Malley Creadon Productions, The Weinstein Company
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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Trailer: Medium

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	15
The CitizenSabrina Dean	11
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
24.comIvan Sadler	15
International Media
Box Office (USA)Bridget Byrne	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	15
ScreenIt (USA)	14
Metacritic.com35 critics	15
RottenTomatoes.com114 critics	15
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	19
Internet (IMDB)1315 Netizens	15

Average .. 71%	14

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