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Sarah Palin is moving fast to discredit an unflattering HBO movie.

Palin is releasing dozens of behind-the-scenes photos from the 2008 presidential campaign that show her smiling and laughing with the real-life characters including John McCain and his hard-charging campaign manager, Steven Schmidt portrayed in the upcoming movie Game Change.

A link to the photo gallery 67 in all, under the headline Game Change We Can Believe In appeared over the weekend on the home page of SarahPAC.com, Palins political fundraising arm.

The movie, set to air next month. stars Ed Harris as McCain, Julianne Moore as Palin and Woody Harrelson as Schmidt.

BOSS: Palins own pix show a warm and fuzzy McCain relationship on the campaign trail.

Last week on Fox News, Palin dismissed the movie as a waste of time.

But now it appears she is stepping up her campaign to paint as fiction the movie that portrays her as an unprepared diva.

The movie paints her as angry and embarrassed by Tina Feys famous send-up of her. But the photos show her laughing and enjoying herself backstage at SNL. as she rehearsed for her October 2008 appearance on the comedy show.

In the movie, Harrelsons character is shown as Palins biggest detractor. But in a photo captioned All Smiles, Palin and Schmidt are seen beaming after the debate with Joe Biden.

The events depicted in Game Change have been thoroughly sourced, HBO said yesterday in a prepared statement.

We hope that people will withhold any judgment until they have viewed the film.