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TALKING PICTURES: S.W.A.T. SHOTS

By | August 2003

Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week, crime writer David Corbett takes on the Cowboy Cop, the Slimy Supervisor, and other annoying police movie clichés…

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TALKING PICTURES: S.W.A.T. SHOTS

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Cut to the meeting with my manager and him saying that every studio in town likes the writing, but has passed. So I call my good buddy Pat Peach. If you...

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