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The Writing of "The Joy Luck Club" Screenplay.

Novelist Amy Tan. Her debut novel, "The Joy Luck Club," was a huge critical and commercial success, and it earned Tan a nomination for the National Book Award. It's now been made into a movie. Tan and Ron Bass wrote the screenplay. Marty will talk with Tan and Bass about making "The Joy Luck Club" into a movie. Ron Bass also wrote the screenplay for "Rain Man" for which he won an Academy Award. (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)

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Other segments from the episode on September 9, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 9, 1993: Interview with Paul Mayewski; Interview with Amy Tan and Ron Bass; Review of the films "Kalifornia" and "True Romance."
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Scientist Dr. Paul Mayewski.

Dr. Paul Mayewski, chief scientist with the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2. The project archives tubes of ice extracted from Greenland which chronicle 250,000 years of the earth's atmosphere, and changes in the climate. From the ice, scientists can pinpoint the start of the industrial revolution, or the end of the ice age. Scientists hope, by looking at the ice, they can better understand rapid changes in the earth's climate. (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)

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Contrasting Films about Criminal Couples.

Kevin Whitehead reviews the latest entries in Hollywood's "lovers-on-the-run-through-blinding-deserts" genre: "Kalifornia" and "True Romance" (scripted by Quentin Tarantino, who blessed us with his "Reservoir Dogs" last year).

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