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Nominations Best Actress, Original Screenplay...
Hindley set out to tell a tale proving that “families aren’t necessarily connected by bloodlines.” Originally a screenplay, she said Grace was being shopped around movie studios in Los Angeles when she decided to turn it into a novel. “A Christmas story about a gay couple doesn’t make it in Los Angeles,” she said...
Hindley said she is unsure of her future writing plans, but is in the process of adapting another screenplay. The idea of a sequel to Grace is possible, she said, but unlikely. Plot ideas include the future of Nick and Arthur’s relationship following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts or the adult life of Child as an artist...
...that the US had “taken a leading role in efforts to protect the Rwandan people” is the worst lie that administration ever told. Rusesabagina says that most Americans fled the country in the opening days of the slaughter. George masterfully crafts a screenplay that highlights the United States’ complicity...
...Harvard crew heavyweight Keir Pearson ’90 learned from a journalist friend how Rusesabagina risked his own life to save hundreds of others from near-certain slaughter. The story piqued the interest of Belfast-born filmmaker Terry George, a one-time Oscar nominee best known for the screenplay In the Name of the Father (1993). George searched for a Hollywood studio that would bring Rusesabagina’s story to the silver screen. But several top Hollywood execs refused to put their money behind the film. “They all thought it was a good script...