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PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY

By | August 2003

I WON PROJECT GREENLIGHT AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY CAREER! I don’t know how many of you are watching the new “Project Greenlight,” but maybe some of you may have wondered what the jackass Howdy Doody who won the first one is doing now. My latest script, “Doubting Riley,” is what I would consider a masterpiece. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn’t exactly agree. So I had two choices. Give up trying or make the movie myself…

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