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 | | The money will ensure the festival runs smoothly this year and should also mean it gains enough momentum to become a regular event for the town to be proud of. |
 | | Last year, its second, the festival saw a Sunday with back-to-back Westerns, and a 25th anniversary showing of the James Bond film Moonraker complete with appearances by Richard Kiel, who played Jaws, and Blanche Ravalec, who played his girlfriend. |
 | | There were also preview showings of several movies, allowing Swindon people be the first to see the likes of House of Flying Daggers, Vanity Fair and Ray, the biopic of soul singer Ray Charles which went on to win an Oscars for Jamie Foxx, who played Ray, and for the best sound mixing. |
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