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If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?

Brian Helgeland

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Brian Helgeland
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 17
Film Director
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Rhode Island
Brian Thomas Helgeland
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