Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl would be a high-wire act for any filmmaker, but director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Nancy Oliver keep their footing. The story concerns Ryan Gosling as a painfully awkward man-child who is unable to communicate with living, breathing women. So Bianca is born—in the sense that she is manufactured, a life-size sex toy built to order. Remarkably poignant, the film deftly juggles laughs and pathos and won Oliver’s screenplay an Oscar nomination.
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About Richard Whitley
Richard Whitley’s first job in Hollywood was playing a mutant in a Roger Corman movie. His mutant skills were so impressive B-movie legend Corman hired him to co-write the cult classic ROCK ‘n ROLL HIGH SCHOOL. This led to writing screenplays for Universal, Warner Bros., Tri-Star, United Artists, MGM, ABC Films, 20th Century Fox and FOX 2000, including scripts for directors Amy Heckerling and Joel Schumacher. He has written extensively in television, including SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND, MILLENNIUM, ROSWELL, HOMEFRONT, ROSEANNE, THE DAILY SHOW and as a writer/producer on Michael Moore’s Emmy nominated TV NATION. Richard currently teaches screenwriting at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.