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Screenwriter of whatever tickles my fancy… and I’m very ticklish - 2022 Nicholl QF for THE LAST SIREN, 2021 Nicholl SF & 2022 ISA Dev Slate for SELDON SEEN

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Book Cover for: Smelling a Rat, Mike Leigh

Smelling a Rat

Mike Leigh
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@UnicornFilmsLtd @JWCM @RachelSL Okay… So, in 2002, I production supervised a Mike Leigh play called Smelling a Rat that Michelle Williams was in. 3 years later, I saw her before the closing of another play I did, Hurlyburly. And she was pregnant. Now, I’m not up on celebrity news, so it was a surprise. 1/2

Paperback, 1997

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Book Cover for: Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting, William Goldman

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

William Goldman
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@kylefandrews Adventures in the Screen Trade, 1990, not because I was considering screenwriting at the time, but because I was a fan of William Goldman the novelist… and, of course, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (So much so that autosuggest fills that title in for me now.)

Paperback, 1989

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Now You Know

Michael Frayn
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@muppitz @CharterHomes Where’s the Lorax when you need him? The promises made vs. the ultimate actions, reminds me of Michael Frayn’s play, Benefactors. Idealism turned to a complete lack of integrity.

Paperback, 2011

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Book Cover for: Benefactors, Michael Frayn

Benefactors

Michael Frayn
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@muppitz @CharterHomes Where’s the Lorax when you need him? The promises made vs. the ultimate actions, reminds me of Michael Frayn’s play, Benefactors. Idealism turned to a complete lack of integrity.

Paperback, 2015

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Book Cover for: Brecht Collected Plays: 2: Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins, Bertolt Brecht

Brecht Collected Plays: 2: Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins

Bertolt Brecht
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@TarzanWrites From my bookcase: (He also wrote 2 plays with his mentee, Bertolt Brecht.) https://t.co/xVq3jzbXYM

Paperback, 2010

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The Night Agent

Matthew Quirk
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Started watching The Night Agent, which dropped on Netflix today, with the feeling that it was completely familiar. Turns out I read the book last year. https://t.co/AJZxY63O1M

Paperback, 2022

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The Lonesome West

Martin McDonagh
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@timwestland @avishaiw I had been assistant set designer on his play, The Lonesome West, and Martin McDonagh wanted to participate in our Broadway Show League softball team. But he couldn’t make the adjustment from cricket. So, instead, he came to every game to cheer us on.

Paperback, 2008

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Chalk

Bill Thomson
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@leah_from Do you know the image-only book, Chalk, by Bill Thomson?

Hardcover, 2012

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Aurora

David Koepp
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@DavidAugust @marcblitstein The clapper says scene 110. It’s not a short or commercial. I now hear that it’s shooting South of San Francisco. If it is Aurora, that’s a David Koepp script.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2024

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