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'Winter's Bone' Director Re-Creates Life In The Ozarks

Jennifer Lawrence (center) plays the 17-year-old big sister who teaches her siblings, including Ashlee Thompson (left), how to shoot guns in <em>Winter's Bone</em>. Director Debra Granik says this was a difficult day on the set because she grew up in an urban setting and has a different relationship with firearms than people in the Ozarks. &quot;The idea that people can imbue children with a very great respect for something was something that moved me,&quot; the director says.
Jennifer Lawrence (center) plays the 17-year-old big sister who teaches her siblings, including Ashlee Thompson (left), how to shoot guns in Winter's Bone. Director Debra Granik says this was a difficult day on the set because she grew up in an urban setting and has a different relationship with firearms than people in the Ozarks. "The idea that people can imbue children with a very great respect for something was something that moved me," the director says.

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