| 词条 | Charles Leavitt |
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| name = Charles Leavitt | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1970 | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Screenwriter | nationality = American | notableworks = Blood Diamond The Express The Mighty K-PAX | influences = }} Charles Leavitt (born 1970) is an American screenwriter best known for writing the 2006 film Blood Diamond. Life and careerHis screenwriting career began in 1996 when he wrote Sunchaser. He wrote the screen adaptation of the Rodman Philbrick novel Freak the Mighty for the screen in 1998.[1][2] The The Mighty starred Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin and Elden Henson.[2] The film received two Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Sharon Stone) and Best Original Song ("The Mighty"). After writing the script for the 2001 film K-PAX, Leavitt was hired by Warner Bros. in February 2004 to rewrite an early draft of the film Blood Diamond, then titled Okavango.[3] The story had been stuck in "development hell" at the studio for years before producers Paula Weinstein and Gillian Gorfil finally decided on the story of a Sierra Leonean farmer caught up in the conflict between an White Zimbabwean smuggler and the local diamond mining organization.[3][4][5] Leavitt researched the diamond industry to great lengths before he began writing the screenplay, explaining that he has "always been a stickler for immersing [himself] in research".[6] He wrote the film with the assumption that it would offend the diamond industry, particularly De Beers, and so made sure to portray the industry truthfully, aware that he could potentially be sued by De Beers and other powerful mining corporations.[6] Paula Weinstein was impressed by Leavitt's Blood Diamond draft, but hired writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to rewrite the script again; by the time he had completed the script, Zwick had become so interested in the story that he agreed to direct the film as well.[7] Leavitt was signed by Warner Bros. in October 2006 to adapt Vanity Fair editor Doug Stumpf's novel Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy, which the studio had acquired the rights to in mid-2005.[8] He has also since rewritten Scott Williams' original draft of The Express, a biographical film about American football player Ernie Davis.[9] He wrote the screenplay for In the Heart of the Sea, for Intermedia and Spring Creek, and has written Animal Kingdom on spec.[3] He re-wrote the 2014 film Seventh Son and the 2016 film Warcraft.[10] Filmography
References1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmjournal.com/mighty |title=MIGHTY, THE | Film Journal International |website=www.filmjournal.com |access-date=2019-03-20}} 2. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9810/09/review.mighty/index.html |title=CNN - Review: This 'Mighty' film will warm your heart - October 9, 1998 |website=edition.cnn.com |access-date=2019-03-20}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117900672.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1| title = WB leaving 'Okavango' to Leavitt| accessdate = 2008-05-31| author = Dunkley, Cathy| date = 24 February 2004| publisher = Variety}} 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/b/blood_diamond.html |title=Review: Blood Diamond |website=preview.reelviews.net |access-date=2019-03-20}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/ethics_onfilm/0002 |title=Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Blood Diamond" |website=www.carnegiecouncil.org |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-20}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3136 |title=Diamond Scribe |accessdate=2014-11-01 |author=Faye, Denis |year=2006 |publisher=Writers Guild of America, west |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102054428/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3136 |archivedate=2014-11-02 |df=}} 7. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117925274.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1| title = WB polishes 'Diamond'| accessdate = 2008-05-31| author = Brodesser, Claude| date = 28 June 2005| publisher = Variety}} 8. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952562.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1| title = Leavitt buffs up 'Shoeshine'| accessdate = 2008-05-31| author = McClintock, Pamela| date = 24 October 2006| publisher = Variety}} 9. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117955253.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1| title = Quaid takes an 'Express'| accessdate = 2008-05-31| author = Fleming, Michael| date = 6 December 2006| publisher = Variety}} 10. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warcraft-movie-lands-source-code-416956| title = 'Warcraft' Movie Lands 'Source Code' Director | accessdate = 2013-01-31| author = Kit, Borys | date = 30 January 2013| publisher = Hollywood Reporter}} External links
5 : 1970 births|Living people|American male screenwriters|Writers from Pittsburgh|Screenwriters from Pennsylvania |
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