As the Osar-nominated script by Alfonso Cuaron and Jonas Cuaron has it.
The Oscar-nominated script, adapted by Hilary Henkin from Larry Beinhart's book American Hero and re-written heavily by David Mamet (his second big script of the fall), is full of tasty Mamet bon mots like "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow," and sharp exchanges like this one: "Our guy did bring peace".
Irving Ravetch, whose playwriting career stalled on the brink of Broadway but who became half of one of Hollywood's most successful husband-and-wife screenwriting teams, creators of the Oscar-nominated scripts for "Hud" and "Norma Rae," died Sunday in Los Angeles.
The screenplay is written by Ron Nyswaner, who wrote the Oscar-nominated script for Philadelphia.
May also wrote the Oscar-nominated script for Nichols's Primary Colors (1998), an adaptation of the best-selling political novel by an anonymous writer (later revealed to be journalist Joe Klein).
The director will work from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison, who previously wrote the Oscar-nominated script for his 1982 hit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Before taking over the "Twilight" franchise for its final installments, "Breaking Dawn Part 1" and "Breaking Dawn Part 2," Bill Condon was best known for his contribution to modern movie musicals: He wrote the Oscar-nominated script for 2002 Best Picture winner "Chicago" and wrote and directed the 2006 film "Dreamgirls".
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The morning we meet it's the day after the Independent Spirit Awards, where Akhavan was nominated for best debut script, an experience she describes as "fun and strange.
Christopher Hampton's script, also nominated, is every bit as good as he provided for The Quiet American (though I don't think anyone would have said "sorr-ree" in 1935, or even 1965).
While we're on the subject, Marvellous's writer Peter Bowker is also justly nominated for his glorious script, as is Chris Lunt, the author of Prey (ITV), possibly the first ITV drama in decades not to wildly underestimate its audience.
