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By MICHAEL CIEPLY, New York Times
Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:44pm

Oscar prospects brightened for "The King's Speech," as the film's producers - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin - won the top award for makers of a theatrical motion picture from the Producers Guild of America on Saturday night.

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