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Ben Affleck’s new film “The Town” is the latest in a run of movies ? from “Gone Baby Gone” to “The Departed” ? set in working-class Boston. But Hollywood’s attempts to nail the accent drive real Bostonians, like author Dennis Lehane, nuts. Produced by Eric Molinsky.

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