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Yavin4

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Tue Mar 26, 2013, 04:30 PM Mar 2013

Jon Stewart Taking Hiatus From 'Daily Show' To Direct Film, 'Rosewater,' This Summer

Stewart's directoral debut will be an adaptation of the memoir Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story Of Love, Captivity And Survival. The Comedy Central host has written the screenplay, now entitled "Rosewater," which tells the true story of Maziar Bahari, a journalist who spent 118 days in an Iranian prison in 2009.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-taking-hiatus-from-daily-show-to-direct-film-rosewater-this-summer_n_2812933.html
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