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thedrifter
04-13-07, 07:35 AM
Director Scott, Hollywood renegade fight Iraq war

By Borys Kit and Tatiana Siegel
Fri Apr 13, 4:32 AM ET

Filmmaker Tony Scott plans to bring the story of Hollywood agent-turned-pro-war documentarian Pat Dollard to the big screen.

Scott has optioned the recent Vanity Fair article "Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood" as well as Dollard's life rights. Dollard and the article's author, Evan Wright, will write the screenplay.

The project could become a directing vehicle for Scott, though sources cautioned that negotiations are not yet complete. Scott most recently directed the Denzel Washington time-travel thriller "Deja Vu."

The article portrayed Dollard, who nurtured the career of a then-unknown Steven Soderbergh, as the stereotypical Hollywood agent with a drug-fueled lifestyle and a collection of ex-wives. Dollard chucked the "Entourage"-esque world, embedding himself with Marines in Iraq, where he joined patrols and survived several bombings. Dollard went from wearing Armani suits to combat gear, hair styled in a Mohawk and the word "die" shaved into his chest hair.

The article described his attempt to sell the documentary, titled "Young Americans," as well as his making a concurrent documentary, an incoherent porn filmed by a rehab sidekick, which echoed "Auto Focus," the 2002 Bob Crane biopic that Dollard produced.

The material fits into Scott's oeuvre, as he often focuses on off-kilter characters like Hollywood model-turned-bounty hunter Domino Harvey, whose life was depicted in his 2005 film "Domino." He is developing the film through Scott Free Prods., the company he runs with his brother, Ridley. Scott Free has a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox, where the project might land.

Wright wrote the book "Generation Kill," also about the Iraq War, which is being adapted into a miniseries for HBO.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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