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From left: Phil Grey, manager of the Screen On The Hill, Deborah Moggach and Suzsanna Ardo of the Hampstead Authors Society
Heaving bosoms and tragic chickens in Deborah's masterclass

SUNDAY was a red-letter day for author Deborah Moggach who gave a screenwriting masterclass in the afternoon and joined George Clooney at the Bafta awards in the evening.
Ms Moggach, who lives in South End Green, was nominated for best-adapted screenplay for the box office smash Pride and Prejudice – but was edged out by Larry McMurtry’s Brokeback Mountain.
Earlier in the day, Ms Moggach gave an “adapting classics” talk in the Screen on The Hill cinema in Belsize Park, organised by the Hampstead Author’s Society.
Ms Moggach said her task was to write a script for a new generation.She said: “I think every generation needs a Pride and Prejudice. Everyone still remembers the sodden sex god Colin Firth, who is still palpitating female bosoms across the country. But I think Matthew McFadden was throbbing with chemistry for Kiera Knightly.”
The adaptation was criticised by purists for being too American – and that the ending was far too jolly for Jane Austen.
But chicken fan Moggach, who keeps hens in her home and featured them in the script, joked the onset of bird flu would give the film a sense of tragedy.
She said: “The hens add profundity – everyone is happy at the end – but the chickens won’t survive. It’s jolly tragic.”
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