Robbinsdale writer of “Candy Girl� in the running for an Oscar
According to the Pioneer Press:
Brook Busey Hunt (“Diablo Cody�), is a 29-year-old Robbinsdale resident who wrote her memoir, “Juno,� that was eventually turned into a movie “Candy Girl,� a comedy stars Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner.
“Candy Girl� opens Wednesday in New York and Los Angeles. The film will open Dec/ 14 in Minneapolis.
“Juno� has won best film in the Rome Film Festival. Breakthrough actress (Ellen Page) and breakthrough screenwriter (Diablo Cody) in the Hollywood Film Festival. And it has been nominated for best picture, best actress (Ellen Page) and best first screenplay (Diablo Cody) from the Independent Spirit Awards.
The former City Pages columnist wrote her screenplay at a Starbucks outlet in a Target store in Crystal.
Lucinda Winter, executive director of the Minnesota Film and Television Board said, “Last year, there were something like 3,600 films made that were submitted to the Sundance alone. One hundred of them actually got into Sundance, and of those, 14 got distributed in theaters.�