"Hollywood could not write a better script of hope and triumph, " he said.

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And his dad tells him not to go thinking he's something special just because he can write a movie script.

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The true test of whether Groupon CEO Andrew Mason and his executives can write a different script will be whether they can cross this trough of disappointment and come out intact on the other side.

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Miss Cooney asked Mr Stone to write a pilot script for something called the Children's Television Workshop, which she had recently helped to set up and was designed to go out on the state-subsidised Public Broadcasting Service.

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While the audio editors in her group listened to the interviews to extract the best quotations, Helena helped write a presenter's script.

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Hamer, who also helped write the script, brings a dozen characters to boisterous life, including a sax player with wandering eyes (Sydney Tafler), his super-slick brother (John Slater), who owns an amusement arcade and fixes local fights, an unholy trio of small-time thieves, an infuriatingly self-important fence, an intrepid police inspector, and an irrepressible reporter.

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He has been heavily involved throughout the project, helping write the script, being cast in the starring roll and even having a financial stake in the film.

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However, rather than write for an established character, Moore and his script team Clare Spencer and Phil Johnston set about creating a fictional game in the 1980s' 8-bit universe, with an all-new cast.

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