Frank Darabont Saw The Majestic As His Chance To Make A Frank Capra Film

Dec 18 2022 by /Film

 

At the beginning of Frank Darabont's 2001 film "The Majestic" is one of cinema's most tragic scenes about screenwriting this side of "Sunset Boulevard." A hardworking contract screenwriter — "a creative," in modern parlance — sits in the middle of a Hollywood office in 1951, the camera resting on his face. He is withdrawn, only half listening to the people around him. He is evidently surrounded by off-screen executives who are pitching long and elaborate — and completely trite —...

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