Juno (film)
Diablo Cody was first approached to write a screenplay by film producer Mason Novick, who had previously landed her a book deal for her memoir, "", after discovering her blog about stripping. He persuaded her to adapt the book for the screen, but suggested that she first write a screenwriting sample to show studios; that sample became "Juno". After deciding on an adoption storyline, Cody collected the stories of adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents, including that of her then-husband, an adoptee who reunited with his birth parents after she wrote the film. She also found inspiration in the story of a close friend who had become pregnant in high school and used some details from her friend's experience in the film, such as mistreatment from an ultrasound technician. Much of "Juno", however, was based on Cody's own high school experiences: She dated a tic-tac-loving boy similar to Paulie, she was best friends with a cheerleader like Leah, and she used a hamburger phone identical to the one that appears in the film. After writing the screenplay over seven weeks in the Starbucks section of a Target store in Crystal, Minnesota, Cody compared writing to breathing, seeing Juno as an extension of herself.
Frank Redman
"A Night of Adventure", a 1944 crime drama starring Tom Conway was Redman's first effort in 1944, which he followed up with his next entry into the "Falcon" series, "The Falcon in Mexico", again starring Conway, for which Redman's camerawork received praise. Redman shot half a dozen films the following year, the first of which was "Having Wonderful Crime", a mystery comedy starring Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, and Carole Landis. In 1945, Redman also filmed the last ever pairing of Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan, in the drama, "Patrick the Great". "Man Alive", a comedy starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, and Rudy Vallee, was also filmed by Redman during 1945, as was "Sing Your Way Home" (1945), starring Jack Haley and Marcy McGuire; 1945 also saw Redman shoot the first film in the RKO franchise, "Dick Tracy". The nine films he shot in 1946 included "The Falcon's Alibi", the ninth film in the franchise; "The Truth About Murder", a mystery film directed by Lew Landers; "Step by Step", starring Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys, and Lowell Gilmore; and "Criminal Court" (1946), directed by Academy Award-winning director, Robert Wise, and starring Tom Conway and Martha O'Driscoll. In 1947 Redman filmed "Beat the Band", starring Frances Langford, and two more installments in the Dick Tracy franchise: "Dick Tracy's Dilemma" and "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome". In 1948 Redman was the cinematographer on two films: the comedy "If You Knew Susie", starring Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis; and the film noir, "Shed No Tears", directed by Jean Yarbrough. In 1949, Redman was the cinematographer for "Ladies of the Chorus", directed by Phil Karlson, and featuring Marilyn Monroe in her first starring role