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.
Luigi Cozzi
Cozzi continued working with Argento, working on the special effects scenes in his film "Phenomena". He created the scene involving the insects attacking a school by filming smashed coffee grounds in a water tank. He followed this work with television series "Giallo" working again with Argento and Lamberto Bava. Other later work included directing and writing "Paganini Horror". The film stars Donald Pleasence and is based on the legend of a famous violinist being in league with the devil. Cozzi also wrote the script for "Sinbad" which was directed by Enzo G Castellari, but completed by Cozzi. Among his later work is "The Black Cat" starring Caroline Munro who is visited by a witch. Cozzi played himself in the film "Sick-o-pathics" and also developed documentaries on Dario Argento. Cozzi later made two documentaries on the films of Dario Argento, and for years co-owned and managed Argento's retail movie memorabilia store in Italy, "Profondo Rosso".