Dawn of the Planet of the Apes prompts revisiting a sci-fi franchise that always relied on the people who wrote it.
by J.R. Jones
Screenwriters are the great unsung heroes of Hollywood. Without them there would be no story to tell, no movie to make, yet some of the most ardent film buffs would be hard-pressed to connect such masters as Frank S. Nugent, Ernest Lehman, I.A.L. Diamond, or Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett with beloved movies they wrote (respectively: The Searchers, North by Northwest, Some Like It Hot, and It's a Wonderful Life).…[ Read more ]