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His strong screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High Water have given Denis...

His strong screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High Water have given Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie fantastic jumping off points to create films full of intensity, depth and humor.

His screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High Water are both thoughtful, intense spins on both the crime genre and the Western, and in the hands of gifted directors like Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie, respectively, they've become outstanding films.

Not exact matches

The screenplay (by Sicario's Taylor Sheridan) has earned well - deserved praise for its dialogue, but is just as impressive for the richly novelistic structure it gives to a fairly straightforward tale of crime and pursuit.

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Also well received is Denis Villeneuve's timely Sicario, which garnered 8 nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, and Sound Design.

Sheridan's writing credits include last year's «Sicario,» for which he received a WGA nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Having said that, it's foolish to start counting films out before the awards race has even kicked into first gear, so I'll just say that Sicario is certainly worthy of consideration for Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay for Taylor Sheridan, among others.

The other nominees for Best Original Screenplay were: Bridge of Spies, written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen; Sicario, written by Taylor Sheridan; Straight Outta Compton, written by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; and Trainwreck, written by Amy Schumer.

I had the chance to speak with Villeneuve about the impressions he had on his first read of the screenplay (Sons of Anarchy actor and first - time scribe Taylor Sheridan is also seeing his second screenplay Comancheria being directed by another noteworthy auteur in David MacKenzie with Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster on the scorecard) and I got a little insight on what he was looking for in Sicario's score (here he reteams with his Jóhann Jóhannsson who scored Prisoners).

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