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Stallone wrote and starred in the much-heralded boxing picture directed by John G. Avildsen. He allowed the script to be shopped to studios only on the condition that he play the lead character of Rocky Balboa, and the balking studio heads who finally conceded this demanded were made to eat their words when the film became a hit.
Thompson adapted for the screen and starred in this Ang Lee film based on Jane Austen's novel, her first time penning the script of a film, an effort which won her the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Branagh has long worked to turn Shakespeare's work into faithful adaptations, and Hamlet was no different: he wrote and directed the adaptation, and also played the Prince of Denmark.
Unable to find a role they liked, childhood friends Damon and Affleck penned the screenplay of what eventually became a Gus van Sant film with the intention of writing good roles for themselves. Their efforts won them an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Clooney directed, starred in, and co-wrote this black-and-white journalism drama about the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 1950s. His producing partner Grant Heslov joined him in penning the screenplay.
The actor turned filmmaker with this subdued period drama about a family gettogether in 70s Bihar. While Sensharma did not appear in the film, she wrote the screenplay herself, basing it off a story by her father Mukul Sharma, with additional writing by Disha Rindani.
Singh starred in the lead role of and co-wrote this Anurag Kashyap drama set against the world of boxing in Uttar Pradesh. Singh initially wrote the screenplay himself, and six other writers added to the writing efforts of the script, including Kashyap.
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