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Paul Giamatti In Gary Shteyngart's New Video: Trying Too Hard To Be Borat?

First Posted: 05/19/11 04:37 PM ET Updated: 07/19/11 06:12 AM ET

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Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and auteur of one of the funniest book trailers we've ever seen (not a high bar), has just crafted a sequel -- to the trailer, which we're premiering on Vulture. To tout the paperback release of Love Story, he cast another Oscar nominee, Paul Giamatti, to play his roomie (James Franco appeared in the hardcover trailer).

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Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and auteur of one of the funniest book trailers we've ever seen (not a high bar), has just crafted a sequel -- to the trailer, which we're premieri...
Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and auteur of one of the funniest book trailers we've ever seen (not a high bar), has just crafted a sequel -- to the trailer, which we're premieri...
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08:29 PM on 05/19/2011
No time to write a decent lead-in or some thoughtful commentary while aggregating? Write an inflammatory headline and walk away. Well, done, Huff Po.

Great video, and Shteyngart is a wonderful writer.
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