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Directed by | John DeBellis |
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Country | United States |
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Last Request is a 2006 American comedy directed by John DeBellis. The film features T.R. Knight, as a son who leaves the seminary responding to the last request of his father Danny Aiello to find a wife and prolong the family name. [1] [2]
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