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  "description": "Deric Washburn is an American screenwriter.\n\nWashburn graduated from Harvard College in 1959. He began his career as a playwright, penning the off-Broadway plays Ginger Anne and The Love Nest.\n\nHe is best known for having written the original screenplay of The Deer Hunter after having co-written the story with Michael Cimino, with whom he had previously worked on scripting the science fiction film, Silent Running in 1971. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1978.\n\nWashburn and Cimino spent three days writing the story, and then Washburn spent a month writing the script. Cimino then tried to deny him screenwriting credit. Washburn went to arbitration and was given full credit.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Deric Washburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.",
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