R.I.P. Curtis Hanson
The film community has suffered yet another loss this week. (The 2016 death train just won’t stop moving.) Curtis Hanson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter/director of ‘L.A. Confidential’, has passed away at age 71.
The film community has suffered yet another loss this week. (The 2016 death train just won’t stop moving.) Curtis Hanson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter/director of ‘L.A. Confidential’, has passed away at age 71.
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