Writer's Life
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    Miss Potter (2006)

    Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) overcomes many obstacles in her quest to become a writer, including...

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    The Ape (2006)

    A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment...

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    Reprise (2008)

    Fate deals differently with two best friends (Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman-Hoiner) who aspire...

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    Rogue (2008)

    A cynical American travel writer (Michael Vartan) is among the stranded riverboat passengers who...

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    The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

    Victorian poet Robert Browning (Fredric March) courts invalid poet Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer)...

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    Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)

    Known as the godmother of punk, legendary singer, artist and poet Patti Smith emerged in the 1970’s,...

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    Dreams With Sharp Teeth (2008)

    A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison.

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    Pulp (1972)

    People die after an ex-Hollywood gangster (Mickey Rooney) asks a British pulp writer (Michael Caine)...

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    Isn't She Great (2000)

    Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler) writes ``Valley of the Dolls'' and, at the height of her success,...

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    Wilde (1998)

    Playwright Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) espouses personal style, breaks conventions and attacks...

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    Wonder Boys (2000)

    Terrified his second novel won't live up to the first and stumbling over his personal life, a writer...

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    The Shining (1980)

    A writer (Jack Nicholson) goes mad while serving as caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and...

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    Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

    Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (Bill Murray) covers Nixon and the 1972 Super Bowl with his...

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    Julia (1977)

    Playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls World War II, her best friend (Vanessa Redgrave) and...

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    Chelsea Walls (2002)

    A writer, a painter, two poets and a pair of musicians deal with their careers and romance at a New...

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    A Thousand Clowns

    A woman convinces an unemployed writer to get his job back and marry her so he won't lose custody of...

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    The Hoax (2007)

    Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) nearly pulls off a huge media scam when he writes a fake biography of...

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    The Source (1999)

    Filmmaker Chuck Workman charts the achievements of Beat notables Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,...

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    The Libertine (2005)

    In 17th-century England John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), the Earl of Rochester, indulges in a life of...

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    The Muse (1999)

    A desperate screenwriter (Albert Brooks) with writer's block meets a Greek muse (Sharon Stone)...

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    Roman De Gare (2008)

    A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.

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    Another Man's Poison (1952)

    In an isolated house, mystery writer Janet Frobisher is involved in potentially murderous...

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    Bedtime Story (1941)

    A Broadway playwright (Fredric March) and his wife (Loretta Young) divorce when she chooses...

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    Old Acquaintance (1943)

    Two best friends from girlhood clash over the years as serious writer (Bette Davis) and racy...

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    Trumbo (2008)

    Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to...

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    Love Happens (2009)

    About a widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a...

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    James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1998)

    A tour through contemporary American crime fiction novelist James Ellroy's Los Angeles--guided by...

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    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    This documentary on Sam Fuller mixes interviews with Fuller and with other directors who have been...

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    And Then Came Love (2007)

    A magazine writer (Vanessa Williams) meets the anonymous sperm donor (Kevin Daniels) who fathered...

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    Safe Conduct (2002)

    Story about filmmaking under the wartime Vichy regime.