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variety.com - 10/7/2009

Paul Schrader looks to India

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Writer-director teams with Bollywood on 'Xtrme' A year after reports surfaced that Paul Schrader had abandoned Hollywood, the writer-director has been busy merging East and West. Schrader's latest film, "Xtrme City," is a bilingual collaboration with Bollywood scribe Mushtaq Shiekh, creative ...

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