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Disney Reject’s David Mamet’s Anne Frank
Friday, September 25, 2009 2:21PM - By Laura Aguirre
The witty David Mamet has been rejected. A couple of weeks after the Pulitzer prize winning screenwriter decided to take on Anne Frank — something unlike his other works — Disney has put his script in turnaround because of its dark flaws, reports The Wrap.
David Mamet Takes on Anne Frank
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:55AM - By Mali Elfman
David Mamet, the quick talking, witty writer/director has decided to take on something new, the Holocaust – and more to the point, one of the most famous people to come out of the Holocaust, Anne Frank.
When I think I Mamet I think of the Pulitzer prize winning screenwriter who came up with “steak knives” for Glengarry Glen Ross and “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow” for Wag the Dog, I don’t immediately jump to one of the most haunting and beautiful stories from WWII.
That being said, the writer/director has bought the writes to the new rendition of “The Diary of Anne Frank” and plans to writer and direct the film…
