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"Kevin Spacey has paid tribute to late director George Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper, whose final film Casino Jack stars Spacey as jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff, passed away over the weekend at the age of 47. In a statement released to Deadline, Spacey said that he is experiencing &amp;quot;great sadness&amp;quot; over the loss of filmmaker Hickenlooper. &amp;quot;I can\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t believe he&amp;#039;s gone because George was so alive, bubbling with energy, drive, commitment, an open heart and a brilliant sense of humour,&amp;quot; Spacey said. &amp;quot;He was one of a kind. &amp;quot;My experience working with him was nothing short of fantastic: from our prison visit with Jack Abramoff, to script meetings, pre-production discussions and finally our first day of shooting. From that day until our last event premiering Casino Jack in Toronto last month, he was a joy to be around.&amp;quot; Spacey remarked that he will miss Hickenlooper with &amp;quot;enormous admiration and affection&amp;quot;, adding: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m shocked and can\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t really get it around my head that I won\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t be spending the next three months in his company. That Casino Jack turns out to be his last, the pride I feel in it - in his direction, his ideas and the final results - has soared.  &amp;quot;He deserves for audiences to see it and discover his work. And then go out and see what he did before, cause he will deservedly find a whole new audience. And nothing would make George happier than for people to see his work.&amp;quot; Hickenlooper also directed Sienna Miller&amp;#039;s Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl and the acclaimed Apocalypse Now documentary Hearts of Darkness. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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