Not exact matches
Johnson and Heyman have a script here that deserves Best Original
Screenplay consideration, almost simply for how well they've created a quartet of
characters (Burrell and Wilson's
supporting players don't behave
as these sorts of
characters would in other films), though the balance of both comedic and dramatic emotion is tremendously done
as well.
David and Stephan Koepp's
screenplay does a fantastic job of developing several
supporting characters, and anchors them perfectly to Keaton's central role
as Henry.
Making the most meaningful impression of the
supporting characters, however, is Hal Holbrook, who clocks in for only a portion of the
screenplay but demands at least a tear or two in his role
as a kindly grandfather type which earned him a rightful Oscar nomination.