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Alexander Payne On ‘The Holdovers’ Plagiarism Accusation, Theatrical Designs For An ‘Election’ Sequel & Chances Of A TV Return – Sarajevo
The 'Sideways' director has lambasted a report from earlier this year that the script for his Oscar-nominated film The Holdovers was plagiarized.
“It was the stupidest thing in the world,” Payne told us at the Sarajevo Film Festival when asked about the Variety report earlier this year, which dropped on the eve of the Oscar ceremony. In the piece, Luca screenwriter Simon Stephenson accused The Holdovers script of being plagiarized from his 2013 Black List screenplay Frisco. “Jim and I are still conceiving it,” he told Deadline, while confirming that Reese Witherspoon, who plays main character Tracy Flick in the 1999 title, was still attached to the project.
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