{
  "id": 15829250,
  "title": "David Fincher Scrapped 60 Pages Of Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script: “It Was Essentially Two Movies”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/david-fincher-scrapped-60-pages-of-tarantinos-cliff-booth-script-it",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:19:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/david-fincher-cut-tarantino-cliff-booth-script-1237169234/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "David Fincher directed The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up written by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt. With Tarantino penning the script, Fincher had to make some sacrifices and cut 60 pages. “The first draft I read was 230 pages. It was essentially two movies,” Fincher told Empire in a […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "David Fincher Cut 60 Pages of Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script: ‘The First Draft Was 230 Pages. It Was Essentially Two Movies’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/david-fincher-cut-60-pages-of-tarantinos-cliff-booth-script-the-first",
        "published": "2026-10-20T18:04:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "David Fincher Says Tarantino’s First Draft of ‘Cliff Booth’ Was So Long It Was ‘Essentially 2 Movies’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/david-fincher-says-tarantinos-first-draft-of-cliff-booth-was-so-long",
        "published": "2026-10-20T18:24:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "David Fincher Says He Cut 60 Pages from Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/david-fincher-says-he-cut-60-pages-from-quentin-tarantinos-cliff",
        "published": "2026-10-20T19:26:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}