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Article: Haggis storms Hollywood after 'Crash'; With three screenplays coming out, Paul Haggis is putting his own twist on films.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 20, 2006
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Byline: Gloria Goodale Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
LOS ANGELES -- Ask screenwriter Paul Haggis how he likes being Hollywood's current "it" boy, and a red carpet cliche first springs to the mind of the only screenwriter ever to pen consecutive Oscar winners for Best Picture ("Million Dollar Baby" in 2005 and "Crash" in 2006). The fashion police couldn't fault his middle-aged legs in a pair of short shorts, he offers. But then he quickly undercuts the suggestion: "However, you really wouldn't want to see me on a pedestal."
For the moment, though, that's just where this Canadian-born scribe appears to be, with three of his screenplays ...