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Article: UMd. alumni ease Hollywood scripts.(D)(Business Times)(On Computers)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2001
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Byline: Mark A. Kellner
LOS ANGELES - In the motion picture "Get Shorty," a shady character named Bo Catlett, surveying the hills from his home overlooking Malibu Canyon, fixes a steady gaze on an associate, "Bear," and announces that he, Bo, wants to move from crime to cinema.
"I mean, what's the point of living in L.A. if you're not in the movie business?" the character - coolly played by actor Delroy Lindo - says.
That dream of breaking into "the business" fuels the lives of many people here, including those who want to write screenplays such as Scott Frank's excellent adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel, which hit cinemas in 1995.
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