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The Joy of Positivity: After Hours (1985)

The Joy of Positivity: After Hours (1985)

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Tim Burton was at one point attached to direct Joseph Minion’s screenplay for After Hours. But when Martin Scorsese read the script and became interested in directing it after an adaptation of The Last Temptation of Christ fell apart, Burton graciously stepped aside.

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