Writer's Life
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    Bright Star (2009)

    The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne,...

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    The Dark Half (1993)

    A Maine professor's (Timothy Hutton) hidden bad side comes alive under his notorious but successful...

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    1408 (2007)

    A writer (John Cusack) who specializes in debunking supernatural phenomena experiences true terror...

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    Alex & Emma (2003)

    A struggling writer (Luke Wilson) falls in love with a stenographer (Kate Hudson) while trying to...

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    Ask the Dust (2006)

    In Depression-era Los Angeles, a fiery Mexican waitress (Salma Hayek) who wants to improve her lot...

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    Conversations With God (2006)

    The true story of Neale Donald Walsch, who went from a divorced, jobless and homeless man to an...

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    Anything Else (2003)

    A writer (Jason Biggs) has problems with his live-in girlfriend (Christina Ricci) and an obsessive...

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    The Nines (2007)

    An actor is under house arrest, a TV show chronicles a sitcom production, and a video-game designer...

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    Nim's Island (2008)

    A fainthearted adventure writer (Jodie Foster) joins forces with a courageous youngster (Abigail...

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    Fugitive Pieces (2008)

    A writer (Stephen Dillane) has trouble moving past his haunting memories of the Holocaust.

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    Finding Forrester (2000)

    While studying at a prep school, an aspiring writer (Rob Brown) befriends a reclusive author (Sean...

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    Dreamchild (1985)

    At age 80, the Alice (Coral Browne) behind ``Alice in Wonderland'' recalls the deacon (Ian Holm) who...

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    Haunted Summer (1988)

    Set in england during the summer of 1816

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    The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)

    A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in...

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    Barfly (1987)

    Charles Bukowski, the talented crown prince of self-abuse, wrote the short stories upon which the...

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    The Basketball Diaries (1995)

    Crime pays for the drug addiction of a high-school hoopster (Leonardo DiCaprio) and three teammates...

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    Delirious (1991)

    The head writer (John Candy) of a soap opera dreams he's a character in it, romancing two women...

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    Almost Famous (2000)

    An aspiring teenage rock journalist gets his big break when he follows an up-and-coming band on its...

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    Finding Neverland (2004)

    Writer J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) befriends a widow (Kate Winslet) and her four sons who inspire him...

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    The Answer Man (2009)

    The grouchy, reclusive author (Jeff Daniels) of an enormously popular book on spirituality falls in...

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    Henry & June (1990)

    Writer Henry Miller (Fred Ward), wife June (Uma Thurman) and writer Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros)...

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    Best Seller (1987)

    A former hit man (James Woods) for a corporate big shot wants a police detective/novelist (Brian...

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    Big Bad Love (2002)

    A troubled Vietnam veteran (Arliss Howard) turns to alcohol over the frustration of writing woes and...

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    American Splendor (2003)

    Fiction and reality blend in this portrait of Cleveland-based writer Harvey Pekar, author of the...

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    588 Rue Paradis

    An Armenian playwright finds success in his profession at the expense of his ethnic and familial...

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    Swimming Pool (2003)

    A British novelist (Charlotte Rampling) clashes with her publisher's (Charles Dance) wild daughter...

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    How to Lose Your Lover (2004)

    A writer (Paul Schneider) pursues an accelerated courtship with a woman (Jennifer Westfeldt) he met...

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    Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

    A complex but invigorating relationship forms between an aging novelist (Frank Langella) and a...

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    Dedication (2007)

    A children's book author (Billy Crudup) has a nasty streak that alienates his new illustrator (Mandy...

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    Slipstream (2007)

    While writing a murder mystery, a man (Anthony Hopkins) finds that the characters of his screenplay...