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In all honesty a gangster picture was the easiest kind of film for me to get made.

William Monahan

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William Monahan
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 3
Critic
Film Director
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Claude La Badarian
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Gangsters
Easiest
Honesty
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