Episode 152: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Screenwriter Robert Schenkkan

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Episode 152: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Screenwriter Robert Schenkkan

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Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning screenwriter Robert Schenkkan—whose credits include “All the Way,” “The Pacific,” “The Quiet American,” and the upcoming “Hacksaw Ridge”—talks to Sean Tuohy about his career and how he helped bring U.S. Army medic Desmond T. Doss’s story to the screen.

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