Tony Gilroy Talks ‘Beirut’; Unearthing A Script From 1991 & More [Interview]

Sometimes a good thing will never die.

That’s rarely a screenplay, the graveyard of unproduced scripts is an overfilled garbage dump that’s currently not taking any more bodies, but somehow against the odds, the international political thriller “Beirut” has come to life nearly three decades after it was born.

Directed by veteran Brad Anderson, “Beirut” began as screenplay in 1991 penned by writer/director Tony Gilroy and is made in the vein of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “A Most Wanted Man,” and “The Year of Living Dangerously” and John le Carré political potboilers.

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