{"id":741,"date":"2023-03-20T01:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T01:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grandriverfilms.com\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2023-04-10T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T00:59:58","slug":"tales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/?page_id=741","title":{"rendered":"TALES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"741\" class=\"elementor elementor-741\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cbb586 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cbb586\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3d6767\" data-id=\"a3d6767\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8545b2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"8545b2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is\u00a0TALES FROM THE SCRIPT?\u00a0\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b96f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b96f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Peter Hanson\u2019s\u00a0<b><i>Tales from the Script<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is a feature-length documentary movie AND a nonfiction paperback book. This unique dual-format project explores the world of Hollywood screenwriting through dozens of exclusive interviews. Participants include\u00a0<b>Shane Black<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Lethal Weapon<\/i>),\u00a0<b>John Carpenter <\/b>(<i>Halloween<\/i>),\u00a0<b>Frank Darabont<\/b>\u00a0(<i>The Shawshank Redemption<\/i>),\u00a0<b>William Goldman<\/b>\u00a0(<i>The Princess Bride<\/i>),\u00a0<b>David Hayter\u00a0<\/b>(<i>X-Men<\/i>),\u00a0<b>Bruce Joel Rubin\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Ghost<\/i>),\u00a0<b>Paul Schrader<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Taxi Driver<\/i>), and many more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eddb71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4eddb71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjExOTIiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-play-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click to watch the trailer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0efb17e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0efb17e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa011cf\" data-id=\"fa011cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27cb69a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27cb69a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are the Book and the Movie the Same?\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8bf98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d8bf98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The movie features stories not included in the book, plus entertaining film clips. The book has almost four times as much content as the movie, plus\u00a0additional off-camera interviews with\u00a0<b>Nora Ephron<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Julie &amp; Julia<\/i>),\u00a0<b>Robert Mark Kamen<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Taken<\/i>),\u00a0<b>Paul Mazursky<\/b>\u00a0(<i>An Unmarried Woman<\/i>), and others. The book and the movie offer different experiences designed to complement each other, so if you only experience one of them, you haven\u2019t gotten everything that\u00a0<b><i>Tales from the Script<\/i><\/b>\u00a0has to offer!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a5e088 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a5e088\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d62b596\" data-id=\"d62b596\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e6b09e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e6b09e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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And that\u2019s a lot of us.\u201d<\/b><br \/><b>Edward R. Pressman<\/b>, producer of\u00a0<i>American Psycho<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Reversal of Fortune<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>Wall Street<\/i><\/p><p><b>\u201c<i>Tales from the Script<\/i>\u00a0gathers notable veterans of the screen wars who demonstrate the basic truth of our adventures in Movieland: Writing is the easy part.\u201d<\/b><br \/><b>John Sayles<\/b>, Oscar-nominated writer\/director of\u00a0<i>Eight Men Out<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Lone Star<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>Passion Fish<\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>\u201cA hidden gem<\/b>.<b>\u201d<\/b><br \/><b>Leonard Maltin<\/b>,\u00a0<i>Secret\u2019s Out with Leonard Maltin<\/i>, best-selling author of\u00a0<i>Leonard Maltin\u2019s Movie Guide<\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>One of the Best Movies of 2010:\u00a0\u201cA must-see documentary about screenwriting<i>.<\/i>\u201d<\/b><br \/><b>Nick Lyons<\/b>,\u00a0DVD Corner<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201c<i>Tales from the Script<\/i>\u00a0offers a comprehensive look at the realities of working as a screenwriter from the perspective of those who have made careers out of writing for the big screen. . . . In all, this overview captures the excitement, frustration, and reality of being a working screenwriter in an accessible and essential volume that aspiring screenwriters will devour.\u201d\u00a0<b>\u2014 <i>Booklist<\/i> (starred review)<\/b><\/p><p>&#8220;Anyone who\u2019s wondered how their favorite scribe landed her first film job, or what happens behind the headlines of a high-profile spec sale, will find plenty of information, as well as general advice and inspiration.&#8221;\u00a0<b>\u2014 <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Relentlessly entertaining.&#8221;\u00a0<b>\u2014 <i>New York Magazine<\/i><\/b><\/p><p>\u201cA lively collection of war stories from screenwriters with experience in the trenches.\u201d\u00a0<b>\u2014 Todd McCarthy<\/b>, <i>Variety <\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cCompulsory viewing for any aspiring screenwriters.\u201d\u00a0<b>\u2014 Leal Lowenstein<\/b>, KPCC-FM (Los Angeles National Public Radio)<\/p><p>\u201cHonest insight from writers who have seen their scripts dragged through the soul-shattering development gauntlet.\u201d<b>\u00a0\u2014 Dave Davis<\/b>, JoBlo.com<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe best film about writing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\u00a0<b>\u2014 Chris Gore<\/b>, <i>Film Threat<\/i><\/p><p>&#8220;Full of wry one-liners, well-spun anecdotes, and pithy observations on the movie-making industry.&#8221;\u00a0<b>\u2014 Ernest Hardy<\/b>, <i>Village Voice<\/i><\/p><p>\u201cHighly enjoyable. . . . Manages to be fun and informative without tipping too far into the dark side; it favors war stories over horror stories. . . . Ample doses of cautionary advice to aspiring screenwriters and many relatable moments for professionals. . . . Director Peter Hanson has assembled a frank, articulate, often crisply funny group of scribes.\u201d\u00a0<b>\u2014 Gary Goldstein<\/b>, <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i><\/p><p>&#8220;Amusingly blunt documentary about the trials of life at the bottom of Hollywood&#8217;s totem pole \u2014 in other words, as a screenwriter.&#8221;\u00a0<b>\u2014 Elizabeth Weitzman<\/b>, <i>New York Daily News<\/i><\/p><p>&#8220;In Peter Hanson&#8217;s dishy documentary, 46 screenwriters gab agreeably about the tribulations of their profession. . . . Matching faces to scripts is wicked fun.&#8221;\u00a0<b>\u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis<\/b>, <i>New York Times<\/i><\/p><p>\u201cLuckily, aspiring scribes can pick up a life lesson or two from Peter Hanson\u2019s\u00a0<i>Tales from the Script<\/i>. The documentary and companion book are full of anecdotes and advice from nearly 50 of Hollywood\u2019s more successful screenwriters.\u201d\u00a0<b>\u2014 Michelle Kung<\/b>, <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\">&#8220;With its impressive roster of participating Hollywood screenwriters,\u00a0<i>Tales from the Script<\/i>\u00a0is an enjoyable ride into a mean, tough, well-paying biz that grows ever more challenging.&#8221;\u00a0<b>\u2014 Doris Toumarkine<\/b>, <i>Hollywood Reporter<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-49b79e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49b79e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-29a38cb\" data-id=\"29a38cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b4aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99b4aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Behind the Scenes\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f57d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f57d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egyptian-for-GRF-Site.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-81\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egyptian-for-GRF-Site.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egyptian-for-GRF-Site-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egyptian-for-GRF-Site-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409a114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"409a114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">From the 2009 Los Angeles premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood: <i>Tales<\/i> director Peter Hanson, David S. Ward (<i>The Sting<\/i>), Zak Penn (<i>The Avengers<\/i>), Larry Cohen (<i>Phone Booth<\/i>), Adam Rifkin (<i>The Dark Backward<\/i>), Billy Ray (<i>Shattered Glass<\/i>), Jose Rivera (<i>The Motorcycle Diaries<\/i>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d4e156 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d4e156\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcba3c2\" data-id=\"dcba3c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f749904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f749904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-Production and Principal Photography\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e91dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e91dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Peter Hanson\u2019s TALES FROM THE SCRIPT is the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting, joining the ranks of <i>The Cutting Edge<\/i> (film editing) and <i>Visions of Light<\/i> (cinematography) among the essential behind-the-scenes studies of Hollywood filmmaking. Featuring exclusive interviews with a who\u2019s who of cinema storytellers, TALES FROM THE SCRIPT gives an unprecedented inside look at the lives of screenwriters.<\/p><p>\u201cThe public tends to hear from actors and directors,&#8221; Hanson remarked, &#8220;but it\u2019s ironic that the very people whom actors and directors entrust to provide them with stories worth telling are the people least likely to speak on behalf of movies based upon those stories. Having been captivated at speaking engagements by screenwriters including William Goldman over the years, I knew there was a wealth of film professionals with inside knowledge and the wit to share that knowledge in an entertaining way.\u201d<\/p><p>Assembled over the course of three years, TALES FROM THE SCRIPT and its companion piece, a nonfiction book of the same name, give dozens of Hollywood screenwriters the opportunity to tell their side of the story about movies ranging from beloved classics to notorious flops. As Todd McCarthy of <i>Variety<\/i> noted, TALES FROM THE SCRIPT is \u201ca lively collection of war stories.\u201d<\/p><p>The project\u2019s origin dates back to coproducer Paul Robert Herman\u2019s time in UCLA\u2019s Professional Screenwriting Program, when he came up with the idea for a project exploring the rejection screenwriters face during their careers. He presented the idea to Peter Hanson, who took the reins as the project&#8217;s director, producer, and writer once the decision was made to simultaneously create a documentary feature and a nonfiction book. Hanson oversaw the creative execution of the project and secured most of the interviews, while co-producer Herman helped by securing additional interviews and building a project website. Herman also participated in most of the project\u2019s Los Angeles on-camera interviews.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">When production began in November 2006, Hanson\u2019s working title was <i>Pass! Screenwriters on Surviving Hollywood Rejection<\/i>. The first participant to sit down for an interview was screenwriter\/UCLA professor Kris Young. Hanson\u2019s work as one of the producers of the annual Saturn Awards helped land a linchpin interview with horror-movie legend John Carpenter (<i>Halloween<\/i>) in February 2007. Carpenter\u2019s participation immediately gave the project a profile, leading to a <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i> article. Throughout the late spring and early summer of 2007, notables including John August (<i>Go<\/i>), Shane Black (<i>Lethal Weapon<\/i>), and Oscar winner David S. Ward (<i>The Sting<\/i>) graciously sat for interviews.<\/p><p>In the summer of 2007, an interview was conducted with two-time Academy Award nominee Melville Shavelson (<i>Houseboat<\/i>) at his home in Studio City, California. The comedy veteran passed away the following day at the age of 91, making his appearance in TALES FROM THE SCRIPT a touching farewell.<\/p><p>Interviews continued throughout late 2007, and Hanson augmented the project\u2019s Los Angeles shoots by assembling a second unit in New York. In fact, the final interview of principal photography was Hanson\u2019s conversation with Paul Schrader at the writer-director\u2019s office near Times Square in January 2008.<\/p><p>Some of the project\u2019s participants elected to be interviewed off-camera, and Hanson conducted supplemental interviews with industry \u201cgatekeepers\u201d who accept and reject scripts for a living. As a result, the TALES FROM THE SCRIPT book spotlights interviews not seen in the documentary. Participants in book-only interviews include Academy Award nominees Nora Ephron (<i>Julie &amp; Julia<\/i>), Paul Mazursky (<i>An Unmarried Woman<\/i>), and Joe Stillman (<i>Shrek<\/i>); director David Dobkin (<i>Wedding Crashers<\/i>); and writer-directors Mike Binder (<i>The Upside of Anger<\/i>) and Duncan Tucker (<i>Transamerica<\/i>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d61810 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d61810\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed356f3\" data-id=\"ed356f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b383f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b383f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Post-Production\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28d131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d28d131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">When post-production began in early 2008, archival supervisor Tim Merrill, composer T.J. Raider, and editor J.D. Funari joined the project. TALES FROM THE SCRIPT marks Raider\u2019s third collaboration with Hanson, while Merrill and Hanson were classmates at NYU\u2019s film school and have collaborated on writing projects. Even Funari has a close connection with Hanson\u2019s past work\u2014Funari got his start in the indie-film community based around Albany, New York. That community was the subject of Hanson\u2019s feature-length documentary\u00a0<i>Every Pixel Tells a Story<\/i>.<\/p><p>Concurrent with picture editing and the collection of archival material, two final interviews were conducted. After a year-long effort to land the interview, Hanson persuaded Frank Darabont to participate, resulting in one of the film\u2019s funniest and most inspirational conversations. Two weeks later, Hanson traveled to New York for an interview with two-time Oscar winner William Goldman at the novelist-screenwriter\u2019s home near Central Park.<\/p><p>\u201cEditing was an exciting challenge,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cSifting through sixty hours of footage and something like 400,000 words of transcript drew on my experience in journalism, where the object is to distill significant volumes of information into brief stories. Throughout editing,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I tried to let the participants shape their own collective narrative. I looked for connections and throughlines, trying to identify the commonalities that join the disparate experiences of these disparate writers.\u201d<\/p><p>Eventually, two key themes emerged: enthusiasm and tenacity.<\/p><p>\u201cOver and over again, writers talked about the importance of preserving enthusiasm for the creative aspects of the job,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cScreenwriters endure so many indignities throughout their careers that it\u2019s crucial to compartmentalize. A working screenwriter needs to be able to listen to actors, executives, and directors make absurd requests for changes in screenplays without reacting negatively. And then the writer very often has to integrate those changes, or else the writer will be shown the door. All of the clich\u00e9s are true about how little autonomy is given to screenwriters, so in order to survive these vicissitudes, professionals must learn to keep workplace adversity from making them cynical about the work itself.\u201d<\/p><p>Similarly, tenacity is an essential survival skill. \u201cObviously the creative and financial rewards for A-list screenwriters can be amazing,&#8221; Hanson said, &#8220;but even the top people in this field experience crushing disappointments. Sometimes a great script doesn\u2019t get made, and sometimes a promising script turns into an awful movie. The problem is that a screenplay is not an end product. If a novelist publishes a book that flops, at least the novelist has the satisfaction of completing their work. A script that stays on the shelf never gets exposed to the public, and a script that gets made badly the first time is not likely to get remade. The screenwriter does not control their own destiny.\u201d<\/p><p>During post-production, Hanson made overtures to publishers for the companion book. Discovering marketplace resistance to the original idea of a project focused on rejection, Hanson reframed the material into a broader discussion of the lives of screenwriters. Herman suggested the title TALES FROM THE SCRIPT. The project\u2019s literary component found the right home in late 2008, when Hanson&#8217;s then-managers Anna Cottle and Mary Alice Kier of Cine\/Lit Entertainment\/Management sold the book version of TALES FROM THE SCRIPT to !T Books, a new imprint of HarperCollins Publishers specializing in popular culture.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cI jokingly describe the book and the movie as a study of the life cycle of the screenwriter from pupa to carcass,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cI strove to assemble an eclectic cast, so that viewers of the movie and readers of the book are exposed to everyone from Ari B. Rubin, a young second-generation writer who has just entered the business, to two-time Oscar winner Bill Goldman, who has quite literally seen it all. I hope that anyone experiencing this project walks away with a deep understanding of what it means to be a professional screenwriter.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfb2777 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfb2777\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-747f18f\" data-id=\"747f18f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86ec125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86ec125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book Publication and Film Distribution<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f4851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8f4851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">In the final weeks of 2008, post-production was completed and the film was selected as one of the handful of world-premiere screenings at the 20th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Screenings followed at the Austin Film Festival, the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Starz Denver Film Festival, and more. In addition to its run on the festival circuit, the movie played word-of-mouth screenings at the American Cinematheque; the Writers Guild of America, West; and the University of Southern California. Along the way the feature received accolades including a glowing review from Chris Gore of <i>Film Threat<\/i>, who called TALES FROM THE SCRIPT \u201cthe best film about writing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In November 2009, First Run Features acquired the film for North American theatrical and home-video distribution. The movie played special limited-engagement runs in March 2010 on both coasts, and on April 20, 2010, First Run Features released TALES FROM THE SCRIPT on DVD, featuring over an hour of special features. The DVD has earned fantastic reviews, with household-name film critic Leonard Maltin spotlighting the film on his Reelz Channel TV show <i>Secret&#8217;s Out With Leonard Maltin<\/i>. He called TALES FROM THE SCRIPT a &#8220;hidden gem.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Concurrently, the companion book built momentum.\u00a0The 346-page paperback original, formally titled\u00a0<i>Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories<\/i>, was published on January 26, 2010. In addition to interviews, the book features exclusive photographic portraits of the participants taken by Hanson.\u00a0Feedback from industry professionals includes a remark that sums up the ambitions of the entire\u00a0project. John Sayles, the Oscar-nominated writer\/director of <i>Eight Men Out<\/i> and <i>Lone Star<\/i>, said \u201cTALES FROM THE SCRIPT gathers notable veterans of the screen wars who demonstrate the basic truth of our adventures in Movieland: Writing is the easy part.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a039298 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a039298\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-22b8748\" data-id=\"22b8748\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdc959f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdc959f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hanson-w-Writers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-763\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hanson-w-Writers.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hanson-w-Writers-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hanson-w-Writers-1024x283.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hanson-w-Writers-768x212.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandriverfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hanson-w-Writers-1536x425.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2ce086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2ce086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Hanson with Frank Darabont (<i>The Shawshank Redemption<\/i>), Antwone Fisher, and Paul Schrader <i>(Taxi Driver<\/i>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e388f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e388f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-476bfda\" data-id=\"476bfda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d1b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80d1b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cddb17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cddb17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Nonfiction book published by !T Books<br \/>An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers<br \/>U.S. Publication Date: January 26, 2010<br \/>346 pages \/ 58 black-and-white photographs<\/p><p>Written, edited, and photographed by Peter Hanson<\/p><p>The book features exclusive interviews with the following screenwriters who do not appear in the movie: Mike Binder, Nora Ephron, Robert Mark Kamen, Daniel Pyne, Paul Mazursky, Joe Stillman, Duncan Tucker, Linda Voorhees, and Richard Wenk.<\/p><p>The book also features interviews with the following film-industry professionals who describe their work with screenwriters: talent agent Richard Arlook, contest administrator Greg Beal (Nicholl Fellowships), film director David Dobkin (<i>Wedding Crashers<\/i>), script reader Katherine O&#8217;Brien, development executive Charles Vignola (Jerry Bruckheimer Films), and author\/educator Richard Walter.<\/p><p><i>Note: The book&#8217;s cover credit, naming Paul Robert Herman as co-editor, has created confusion. Mr. Herman conceived the original idea for the project and served as one of the producers for the movie version, but Mr. Herman did not participate in editing or writing the book.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb8d4a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb8d4a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2be4033\" data-id=\"2be4033\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c0708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2c0708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Movie: Tales from the Script<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb95d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb95d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Documentary feature film distributed by First Run Features<br \/>105 minutes \/ color \/ stereo \/ 4&#215;3 letterbox DV \/ NR<br \/><br \/>CREW:<br \/>Writer, producer, and director: Peter Hanson<br \/>Executive producers: Rick D&#8217;Avino &amp; Pamela Murphy<br \/>Coproduced and Based on an Idea by: Paul Robert Herman<br \/>Edited by J.D. Funari \/ Music by: T.J. Raider<br \/>Archival supervisor: Tim Merrill<br \/>Cinematographer and still photographer: Peter Hanson<br \/>Additional crew: Leslie Connor, Nick Fair, Kyle McKeveny<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><br \/>CAST:<br \/>Allison Anders, Jane Anderson, Doug Atchison, John August, Shane Black, John D. Brancato, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Frank Darabont, Steven E. de Souza, Gerald DiPego, Mark Fergus, Antwone Fisher, Naomi Foner, Joe Forte, Josh Friedman, Mick Garris, William Goldman, David Hayter, Peter Hyams, Michael January, Steve Koren &amp; Mark\u00a0O\u2019Keefe, Jonathan Lemkin, Andrew W. Marlowe, Dennis Palumbo, Zak Penn, Billy Ray, Adam Rifkin, Jose Rivera, Mark D. Rosenthal, Ari B. Rubin, Bruce Joel Rubin, Richard Rush, Paul Schrader, Melville Shavelson, Ron Shelton, Ronald Shusett, Stephen Susco, Guinevere Turner, Kriss Turner, David S. Ward, James L. White, Michael Wolk, Kris Young, Justin Zackham<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-883725a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"883725a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU2MCIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Distribution\/Exhibition\/Publicity Inquiries: Contact Peter Hanson<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0fb898 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0fb898\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67daf6b\" data-id=\"67daf6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294fe7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"294fe7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Movie Release History<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f73fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9f73fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">World Premiere: Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 10, 2009)<\/p><p>Sonoma International Film Festival (April 2, 2009)<\/p><p>Newport Beach Film Festival (April 25, 2009)<\/p><p>Writers Guild of America West, Los Angeles (May 14, 2009)<\/p><p>American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood (August 5, 2009)<\/p><p>Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (September 19, 2009)<\/p><p>University of Southern California, Los Angeles (October 8, 2009)<\/p><p>Austin Film Festival, Austin, Texas (October 23, 2009)<\/p><p>540 Film Fest, Fayetteville, Arkansas (November 7, 2009)<\/p><p>Starz Denver Film Festival, Denver, Colorado (November 19, 2009)<\/p><p>New York Theatrical Opening: Quad Cinema, New York (March 12\u201318, 2010)<\/p><p>Canadian Premiere: Vancity Theatre, Vancouver (March 13, 2009)<\/p><p>Albany, NY, Sneak Preview, Spectrum 8 Theatres (March 17, 2010)<\/p><p>Los Angeles Theatrical Opening: Laemmle\u2019s Music Hall (March 19\u201325, 2010)<\/p><p>American Film Institute, Los Angeles (April 6, 2010)<\/p><p>Salt Lake City Film Society, Salt Lake City, Utah (April 17, 2010)<\/p><p>Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (April 19, 2010)<\/p><p>North American DVD Release (April 20, 2010)<\/p><p>American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre, Santa Monica (April 28, 2010)<\/p><p>Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (May 14, 2010)<\/p><p>Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe (June 1, 2010)<\/p><p>French\/Spanish Broadcast Premiere on Turner Classic Movies (October 2010)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b22d53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b22d53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-589a09d\" data-id=\"589a09d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdc4c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdc4c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DVD Special Features<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe00a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfe00a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><i>Advice for New Screenwriters<\/i>\u00a0(9 minutes). Priceless tips and inspiration for beginners.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><i>The Gospel According to Bill<\/i>\u00a0(12 minutes). The wit and wisdom of author\/screenwriter William Goldman.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><i>More Tales from the Script<\/i>\u00a0(47 minutes). Nearly an hour of fascinating unheard stories from top screenwriters,\u00a0featuring cast members plus Daniel Pyne (<i>Pacific Heights<\/i>), Joe Stillman (<i>Shrek<\/i>), Duncan Tucker (<i>Transamerica<\/i>), and more!<\/p><p class=\"p1\">All DVD special features written, produced, and directed by Peter Hanson.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is\u00a0TALES FROM THE SCRIPT?\u00a0 Peter Hanson\u2019s\u00a0Tales from the Script\u00a0is a feature-length documentary movie AND a nonfiction paperback book. This unique dual-format project explores the world of Hollywood screenwriting through dozens of exclusive interviews. Participants include\u00a0Shane Black\u00a0(Lethal Weapon),\u00a0John Carpenter (Halloween),\u00a0Frank Darabont\u00a0(The Shawshank Redemption),\u00a0William Goldman\u00a0(The Princess Bride),\u00a0David Hayter\u00a0(X-Men),\u00a0Bruce Joel Rubin\u00a0(Ghost),\u00a0Paul Schrader\u00a0(Taxi Driver), and many more. 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