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Deadline reports that Casey Affleck returned to the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with Company, his latest film as director, where it received a four-and-a-half-minute ovation following its world premiere in the Sala Grande. The response was enthusiastic, though Affleck and his cast departed while applause was still underway, allowing it to taper off rather than build to a formal conclusion. Star Nick Nolte drew a particularly vigorous cheer from the assembled crowd.
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