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In the 2009 film (500) Days of Summer, Margate is the hometown of the male lead character, Tom Hansen, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Scott Neustadter, one of the screenplay's co-writers, grew up in Margate.
In the 1998 Nicolas Cage mystery/thriller film "Snake Eyes," Margate is the main character's place of residence, alluded to as a pleasant suburban town, in contrast to the grittier Atlantic City, which forms the backdrop of the story.
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