Screenwriting From Iowa

“Locations can be another character in a movie, and St. Petersburg was a character in ours.” Cocoon producer Lili Zanuck When Ron Howard was directing the movie Cocoon back in 1984-85 he called St. Petersburg, Florida “Burbank by the sea.” It wasn’t a slam. Howard, who grew up in Burbank, was just noticing the similarities […]

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