What script?


by empire |
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Steven Spielberg in court fighting a plagiarism suit for Twister, has testified that he never saw the screenplay on which the plaintiff's case is based. He also said that even after Stephen Kessler filed the suit against himself and Michael Crichton, he avoided reading the script (entitled "Catch the Wind"), adding "I wanted to be able to look at the jury here today and say I've never read it." Spielberg even went so far as to dismiss notions that the script was unimportant anyway. He said 60 percent of the success of the film was because of its action and special effects, 20 percent was attributable to actress Helen Hunt and 10 percent to the sound effects. The script and advertising were worth 5 percent each. Which is more or less what the reviews said at the time.

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