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A movie [produced / producing] by Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has made the headlines for [scares / scaring] farm animals. Filming is [taking / talking] place in the countryside in Northern Ireland in the U.K. The movie is called 'The Lost City of Z' and is [set / sat] in the 1920s. It is about a British soldier and spy who [disappearance / disappeared] into the Brazilian jungle in 1925 with his son. They were searching for a lost [civilised / civilisation] , which the soldier called Z. He was never seen [again / more] . Film makers [needed / necessary] to create explosions and other [loudly / loud] noises for the movie's special effects. However, locals and farmers in the town of Ballygally complained that the loud bangs frightened their animals. No one knows if Mr Pitt was in the town at the time as he is not [action / acting] in the film.

[Local / Locally] people in the town said the [expulsions / explosions] began on September 14 and [gradually / gradual] became bigger and louder. Some locals said it sounded like there was a war [going / gone] on as the noise shook windows in houses. One farmer [spoke / speaking] to reporters about how his animals were "terrified". He said: "The dog was [shivered / shivering] under a chair and the hens had [every / all] gone. Then I heard there had been another explosion while I was out….Another neighbour’s cow and calf [jumped / trimmed] the hedge and the cows were crying in [afraid / fear] ." Mr Pitt may do something special for the local people as he is a famous animal rights activist and might be upset if he heard animals had [suffered / suffer] because of his film.

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