AS GOOD AS IT GETS1997
As Good As It Gets
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Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
Screenwriter Mark Andrus wrote a screenplay titled Old Friends in the early 1990s, but it languished until it was re-written together with award-winning writer/producer/director James L. Brooks.
Director Detail
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DETAIL
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- James L. Brooks
- CBS / CBS News
- (1960-1964)
- Allan Burns
- (1965-1968)
- 20th Century Fox Television
- (1969-1970)
- MTM Enterprises
- (1970-1977)
- John Charles Walters Company
- (1978-1982)
- Gracie Films
- (1986-)
The character Jack Nicholson brought to the set was not the one James L. Brooks had in mind. Production was halted for a couple of days to get actor and director aligned.