http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/23...html?th&emc=th
"(both of them, gamely enunciating lines from a drab script by the first-timer Patrick O’Neill)"
OK, how did a "first-time" screenwriter end up writing a big budget Tom Cruise movie?
Guy's got a few actor credits and a TV writing credit from 2001 on a series called "Dead Last."
Was this a spec? And since every critic so far seems to agree that the script sucks as filmed, was it always like this or was it mangled in development?
As this is one of the rare big-budget non-franchise films of the season, it would be interesting to know how that script got sold.
Couldn't find anything in a quick google - someone want to do the research?
"(both of them, gamely enunciating lines from a drab script by the first-timer Patrick O’Neill)"
OK, how did a "first-time" screenwriter end up writing a big budget Tom Cruise movie?
Guy's got a few actor credits and a TV writing credit from 2001 on a series called "Dead Last."
Was this a spec? And since every critic so far seems to agree that the script sucks as filmed, was it always like this or was it mangled in development?
As this is one of the rare big-budget non-franchise films of the season, it would be interesting to know how that script got sold.
Couldn't find anything in a quick google - someone want to do the research?
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