There are many screenwriters in the annals of Hollywood who have believed that they are infinitely more talented than the hacks and cowboys who have ruined their perfectly conceived scripts. Some might even have a point. Yet it is decidedly rare for a lowly scriptwriter not only to be the auteur of the brilliant films that they worked on, but to achieve a degree of adulation throughout their careers that would see the most powerful and respected figures in Hollywood going to them, cap in hand, in an attempt to see their pictures elevated from serviceable or decent to classic.
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