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‘Cloud Atlas’ Author David Mitchell: If the Movie Were Structured Like the Book, ‘It Would Suck’

Paul Hechinger — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:23:41 +0000

British author David Mitchell says he never imagined anyone would make a movie out of his novel Cloud Atlas.

Five Ways You Can Celebrate Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday

Paul Hechinger — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:50:17 +0000

“We meet on this day,” Charles Dickens said in a speech marking the tricentennial anniversary of William Shakespeare‘s birth, “to celebrate the birthday of a vast army of living men and women who will live for ever ...

Could BBC America Writers Win This Year’s Screenplay Oscars?

Leah Rozen — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:46:27 +0000

Last winter, London-born writer David Seidler won an Oscar for The King’s Speech, his moving drama about King George VI’s struggle to overcome a speech impediment. At age 73, the veteran TV scribe became the oldest person to win a ...