European dukes holding court in film (2,4)

I believe the answer is:

ed wood

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'european dukes' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'court in film' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'woo' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'film' becomes 'edd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'woo' placed within 'edd' is 'ED WOOD'.

'holding' is the link.

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