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18 June 2009 8:09 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Several years back, an article in the Los Angeles Times dealt with Hollywood closing its doors to writers over the age of 40. In it, a producer was quoted as saying that he could hire two 25-year old writers for what it would cost him to hire one Alvin Sargent. (Alvin Sargent had recently written the Oscar-winning "Ordinary People," as well as "Paper Moon," "Julia," the "A Star is Born" remake, and many others.) I wrote a letter to the newspaper, which it published. All I asked was one question - "Why in the world would you want to??" It's worth noting that in the following years, Mr. Sargent (despite thoughtlessly becoming over 50) continued to write or co-write such films as "What About Bob?," "Other People's Money" and "Hero." Oh, and also all three "Spiderman" movies.... »

- Robert J. Elisberg

1 article from 2009