She was a collaborator on THE BIG SLEEP, with Jules Furthman
and
(apocryphally?) the apparently useless William Faulkner.
She's listed as sole adapter of THE LONG GOODBYE. TM
-----Original Message----- From:
SRHarbin@aol.com [mailto:
SRHarbin@aol.com] In a message dated 7/2/2003 11:27:05 AM
Eastern Standard Time,
matrxtech@yahoo.com writes:
> If you watch, say, Hawk's _The Big Sleep_ after
Altman's
> film, the older film will seem literal and naive.
Proof
> that Altman nailed the essence of the
archetype.
Interesting tidbit - didn't Leigh Brackett write the
screenplay for both of these movies?
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