Then in 1983 his young brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing.Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen.Half-Deserted Streets,based on his brother's killing,opened at a small Off-Broadway theatre in 1988.A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew,and he got enough assignment to move back to Hollywood.By 2003,he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis,a director who had befriended him,Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11.The two worked on the writing,but every studio in town turned it down.They kept pitching it.Studio executives,however,thought no one wanted to see a severe,honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.
Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money,sold his house.He and Haggis kept pushing.At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance,but the upfront money was too little,Moresco delayed his salary.
Crash slipped into the theatres in May 2005,and quietly became both a hit and a critical success.It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three—Best Picture,Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.
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