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Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, [1] and his original screenplay for the film Tender Mercies (1983).
Mar 4, 2009 · Horton Foote was an American playwright and screenwriter who evoked American life in beautifully observed minimal stories and was perhaps best known for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Foote studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California and in New York City.
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Mar 5, 2009 · Horton Foote, who chronicled a wistful American odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas and who left a literary legacy as one of the country’s...
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- Horton Foote has written 15 shows including Only the Heart (Playwright), The Chase (Playwright), Two's Company (Sketches), The Trip to Bountiful (P...
- Horton Foote has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for Best Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Award...
- Horton Foote has won several awards throughout his career. He received the Best Play award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards twice for...
Nov 4, 2009 · Horton Foote: The playwright's 'Odyssey' for modern times. Epic nine-hour 'The Orphan's Home Cycle,' opening in New York, explores how people face adversity and the elusive search for home. |....
Mar 5, 2009 · Mr. Foote, in whose honor the lights were dimmed on Broadway on Thursday night, was as good as any of his American contemporaries at evoking a specific and fine-grained sense of time and place.
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Nov 23, 2014 · Horton Foote’s dialogue often dances on the edge of sentimentality, but, in the hands of this truly extraordinary trio of performers, moments that might be sappy are instead deeply moving. The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote. Directed by Michael Wilson.
