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Oct 3, 2012 · It's based on a novel by Pete Dexter ("Paris Trout"), who co-wrote the screenplay, and follows in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen and John D. MacDonald, who all seem to draw a peculiar inspiration from the murks of Florida.
Oct 4, 2012 · The movie, directed by Lee Daniels and adapted from a novel by Pete Dexter, is — for starters — a domestic melodrama, a Southern Gothic, a legal thriller, a coming-of-age-story, a high-toned...
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The Paperboy is a 2012 American crime drama film co-written and directed by Lee Daniels and based on Pete Dexter's 1995 novel of the same name. The novel was inspired by a true story. It follows Miami reporter Ward Jansen who returns to his hometown in Florida to investigate a murder case involving a death row inmate.
18 hours ago · Directed by Peter Farrelly. Efron first teamed up with director Peter Farrelly for the biopic The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which, unfortunately, was a tonal mishmash that didn’t do either of them ...
Oct 5, 2012 · In some beautiful alternate reality where I wish I could live forever, Pete Dexter’s novel The Paperboy got the movie treatment it deserved — directed by John Waters and starring the late...
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Sep 9, 2012 · Put “The Paperboy” in the wild streak column. Based on the 1995 novel by Pete Dexter, the movie features Ms. Kidman as a seemingly hot-to-trot woman named Charlotte, a resident of a small...
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Oct 2, 2012 · Many people will tell you that “ The Paperboy ” — based on Pete Dexter ‘s novel, brought to the screen by “ Precious ” director Lee Daniels — is a trash masterpiece, an instant camp...
