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From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.
Joe Eszterhas
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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
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