Before the strike, Perrotta was working with The Little Miss Sunshine filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris on a screen adaptation of The Abstinence Teacher. “We were two drafts in,” he said. “Now, we’re in limbo. No writing.”
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Happy 50th anniversary to the San Francisco Film Festival.
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