The best foreign-language film Oscar win for Tsotsi represents a triumph not only for screenwriter-director Gavin Hood and producer Peter Fudakowski but also Daniel Battsek's new team at Miramax Films. The South African crime drama, which centers on a young thug (or "tsotsi" in local slang) who faces a moral dilemma after he's forced to care for a young child after a carjacking, came to life as a 1980 novel by acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard (Master Harold ... and the Boys). "He considered it an impossible book to adapt," said Hood, noting that the novel is told from the interior points of view of several characters. The director wanted to turn it into a film since the early 1980s, but had to come to the U.S. before he could realize his dream.
The best foreign-language film Oscar win for Tsotsi represents a triumph not only for screenwriter-director Gavin Hood and producer Peter Fudakowski but also Daniel Battsek's new team at Miramax Films. The South African crime drama, which centers on a young thug (or "tsotsi" in local slang) who faces a moral dilemma after he's forced to care for a young child after a carjacking, came to life as a 1980 novel by acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard (Master Harold ... and the Boys). "He considered it an impossible book to adapt," said Hood, noting that the novel is told from the interior points of view of several characters. The director wanted to turn it into a film since the early 1980s, but had to come to the U.S. before he could realize his dream.
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