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Marci X

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2003 romantic comedy film”. Today it says “a 2003 american romantic comedy film directed by richard benjamin”.
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Marci X is a 2003 romantic comedy film, directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Paul Rudnick .1 It stars Lisa Kudrow as Jewish-American Princess Marci Feld, who has to take control of a hip-hop record label, as well as the controversial rapper Dr S, played by Damon Wayans . The film also featured Andrew Keenan-Bolger , Charles Kimbrough , Jane Krakowski , Richard Benjamin and Christine Baranski , and included a brief appearance by former BodyShaping host Jennifer Dempster .2 The movie grossed $1,648,818 at the American box-office, making it a box-office failure. This movie is rated R for language and sexual content. The last 10 minutes were reshoot in the wake of 9/11 due to a joke that "was a take off on the Hindenburg disaster ... which after September 11th just didn't work. So we had to reshoot it and since Damon Wayans and Lisa Kudrow are in it, we had to work around their TV schedules" and delaying its release from its originally scheduled fall 2001, according to cast-member Sherie Rene Scott .3

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a 2003 romantic comedy film

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a 2003 american romantic comedy film directed by richard benjamin

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