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- Jerry Hewitt, Five Corners, 1986. Actor-producer Tony Bill asked playwright John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck) to write a film for him to direct. He did so, fuelled by his New York memories and posing the question :Has anyone ever died of a bad literary device? In turn, Shanley asked Mel Gussow of The New York Times and New York magazine’s John Simon - plus “other prominent drama critics” - to risk the challenge and play Mr Glascow. Needless to say, they all demurred and actor-stuntman Hewitt took over the, er, stunt. Bill’s co-producers included George Harrison. Hence, In My Life is on the soundtrack.
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