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The Holdovers is accused of being 'plagiarized line-by-line' by screenwriter Simon Stephenson - as it loses Best Original Screenplay nomination to Anatomy of a Fall at 2024 Oscars
The Holdovers, a dramatic comedy, was directed by Alexander Payne and written by David Hemingson.
The Holdovers, a dramatic comedy, was directed by Alexander Payne and written by David Hemingson, with Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa leading the cast. The movie was nominated for five Oscars Sunday, including Best Motion Picture of the Year, and Best Original Screenplay for Hemingson, who lost to Anatomy of a Fall writers Justine Triet and Arthur Harari. In The Holdovers, Giamatti portrayed teacher Paul Hunham, while Sessa played the teen, Angus Tully, opposite Randolph, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as school's cafeteria manager Mary Lamb.
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