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‘Conclave’ Screenwriter Peter Straughan On His Oscar Nom, The Movie’s Relevance & Why The Nuns Don’t Talk Much
'Conclave' Screenwriter Peter Straughan On His Oscar Nod, The Movie's Relevance & Why The Nuns Don't Talk Much
“I mean, obviously on paper it doesn’t look like box office gold … middle aged men in a room talking,” Straughan told Deadline. “I never thought I was going to get this awards notice, to be honest,” continued Straughan, who earned his first Oscar nomination for penning Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in 2012. I grew up in the great golden age of American ’70s cinema where I think there were a lot more movies that were doing that tackled something quite serious or contemporary and it’s relevant, but were also mainstream successful pieces of entertainment.
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