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Using an appropriated copy of Oliver Stone's script for "World Trade Center," filmmaker Chris Moukarbel took matters into his own hands and went ahead and shot an extract from the script with student actors in his own studio. The first of its kind in an internet rife with trailer mash-ups and footage remixes, the idea of creating an adaptation of a film months prior to release is part of Moukarbel's current video art installation, and aimed specifically at pre-empting the upcoming Oliver Stone film's release in August 2006. The installation piece is currently touring European art galleries, and has just recently found its way online.