KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Sunday, August 18, 2019

From 2015--Screenwriter passed away--she was once married to Harrison Ford--RIP

E.T. Screenwriter Melissa Mathison Passed Away Last Week

November 10th, 2015

Sadly last week Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter who helped to give us E.T. and such classic lines as "ET phone home," passed away at the age of 65 due to complications from cancer. Mathison's writing credits include The Black Stallion (1979), The Escape Artist (1982), Indian in the Cupboard (1995), and Kundun (1997

From website below, Screenwriters' Utopia

KyiMayKaung

Sunday, August 18, 2019

From 2015--Screenwriter passed away--she was once married to Harrison Ford--RIP

E.T. Screenwriter Melissa Mathison Passed Away Last Week

November 10th, 2015

No--I did not confuse him with the other Ballard, who I had never even heard of--

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