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secured. Through a complex system of counterweights and
other mechanical voodoo, the camera is kept steady while
maintaining all the advantages of being mobile. When
locked into the get-up, John looks like he should be fighting
aliens. And here he was, running up, down and around the
monuments of D.C. for twelve hours a day. It was exhausting
work and John did an amazing job. Marianna's mother in the
film is played by her real life mother, Annie Houston. This
brought out strong moments that I don't think we would have
gotten from actors who didn't know each other to begin with. And