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Anthony McCarten

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Biography

Anthony McCarten (born 28 April 1961) is a New Zealand writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing big-budget biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Two Popes (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). McCarten has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including twice for Best Adapted Screenplay, for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony McCarten, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Notable films

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Bohemian Rhapsody

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The Theory of Everything

Screenplay

Darkest Hour

Screenplay

Chains

KinoChain journeys

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The Show Must Go On

From Freddie Mercury's operatic excess to the raw defiance of punk, this chain traces how cinema captures the transformative power of self-expression.

8 films

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