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The article features screenwriter Salman Rushdie, who wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his 1981 novel titled "Midnight's Children." The film is directed by Deepa Mehta. It claims that Rushdie played a cameo role in the film "Bridget Jones's Diary." The opinion of Roald Dahl on Rushdie is also cited.

The article relates how screenwriter Aaron Sorkin assembled the biographical film "Steve Jobs," about Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Topics covered include the way by which the film is structured like a close-quarters play, how Sorkin assembled the three discrete acts that comprised the movie and the crosscuts for the depiction of Jobs' ouster from Apple.