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Based on Guthrie’s 1943 autobiography and starring David Carradine as the itinerant, socially conscious musician, the movie was nominated for six Oscars, including picture, adapted screenplay and film editing.

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Arnett then used the story as the basis for his screenplay, which he wrote with Cooper and film and TV screenwriter Mark Chappell.

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Your screenplay’s dissection of our modern culture is so complex.

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“And then I opened my eyes and he was looking back at me, and it was exactly what I thought it would be when I first read the screenplay.”

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How are the book and the screenplay different?

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