2007 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Brad Pitt attends a press conference for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" at the Four Seasons Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 8, 2007. (UPI Photo/Christine Chew)
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