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Mamet to Write, Direct Anne Frank Film for Disney

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2009 6:09 AM CDT

(Newser) – Disney has bought the rights to film a new adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, Variety reports. The diary of a young girl who hid from the Nazis was first filmed 50 years ago. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet will be writing and directing... Read full story »

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