Screenwriting as a Second Language

February 7th, 2012

Rampart, starring Woody Harrelson and directed by Oren Moverman opens in major cities the weekend of February 10. Moverman, a screenwriter by trade,  took a sprawling  script by crime-fiction writer James Ellroy, adapting the story from the LAPD corruption scandal of the late 1990s into a vehicle for a searing performance by Woody Harrelson as [...]

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