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I missed the first few minutes


although the pre-movie credits were still rolling when i tuned in. Can anyone tell me the approximate year that the original action was set in. The furnishings of Aunt Ava's house looked kind of forty-ish or fifty-ish, but Aunt Ava was at least 55 judging by appearances. So if she was, say, 20 in 1945 (I'm just surmising) was the movie set in say 1980, because Kirsten Dunst's outfit looked more bobby-soxer to me. Can anyone help me here? Thank you.

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