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Strip Roland Emmerich’s 2012 Of Its Special Effects, And What Do You Get?

By Meredith Woerner Published October 6, 2009, 3:39 pm ET

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You’ve seen five slapsticky minutes of disaster-porn film 2012. You’ve even seen our 1970s exploitation version of the film. Now see Roland Emmerich‘s film denuded of special FX, with just the actors making "o" faces. [via Film Drunk]

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