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  Fab Fall Films: movies coming to theaters in the final weeks of the year

  This fall the pressure is on as it has rarely been on before. The year is rapidly winding down, yet film studios are still holding back the prestigious, important, artful, thought-provoking movies that will define the 2008 Oscar race. As we survey the horizon, we see ever-greater hopes pinned on fewer and fewer contenders.

  Here’s a partial rundown of the movies concealed behind the curtain.

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