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Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” Getting Rom-Com Feature Treatment At Alloy Entertainment
Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" will be adapted into a new movie by Alloy Entertainment, Deadline can exclusively reveal.
Born David Goldstein on February 24, 1947, Holmes worked in the early stages of his career as a session musician, songwriter and composer, writing and arranging songs for artists such as Gene Pitney, the Platters, the Drifters, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow, and the Partridge Family. He launched his theater in the 1980s with the critically acclaimed The Mystery of Edwin Drood, an adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens, which won multiple Tonys and Drama Desk Awards. Over the course of his multifaceted career, he also created the series Remember WENN for American Movie Classics and has penned multiple books, including Where the Truth Lies, which was adapted into a film by Atom Egoyan.
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