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1 day ago · The actor plays a Vatican cardinal tasked with overseeing the selection of a new pope after the current one dies — and Straughan and Oscar-winning director Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”) turn what looks like a conventional, Oscar-baiting awards play into a gossipy, bitchy crowdpleaser where the cardinals hit the vapes and spread secrets about one another.
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Dec 8, 2021 · Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was released 10 years ago to critical acclaim and surprise commercial success, winning two BAFTAs while earning three Oscar nominations (including Best Screenplay for...
Oct 22, 2024 · Straughan is currently sailing into awards season with his take on Robert Harris’ 2016 bestseller Conclave, a darkly witty conspiracy drama starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow...
Dec 6, 2021 · Released in September 2011, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy quickly gathered awards momentum. It was nominated for three Oscars and won two BAFTAS, for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best British Film.
Oct 24, 2012 · Screenwriters' Lecture: Peter Straughan transcript. The writer behind Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Men Who Stare at Goats discusses the complexities of adaptation, and how he strives to weave together "a net of words and silence, images and music" in every script.
Oct 23, 2024 · BAFTA- winning and Academy Award nominated British screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Wolf Hall) believes the beats of writing can be like music. “I think to some extent with comedy and with thriller elements, it very much starts to become about rhythm and having some sensitivity to the musicality of rhythm.”.
