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Like this scene where he can't get a tractor and doesn't even have a mule, so he straps the plow to his own back and pulls it himself.
You could do this whole scene with almost no dialogue. It would be gripping.
(excerpt from The Wizard and the Prophet by )
Or this scene, where Borlaug accompanies a truck from Mexico to LA with a crucial shipment of seed for India and Pakistan, and arrives in the middle of the Watts riots, with the town in flames.
Perfect for film!
(except also from Wizard & Prophet)
Or this scene, where he thinks he's out of seeds, and then finds just eight seeds left, tacked to a wall.
You could not write better drama if you tried. People will think this part was made up for the story.
(Wizard & Prophet again)
Borlaug is the perfect sympathetic hero: a humble, understated midwestern farm boy; not a businessman, never got rich. Saved a billion lives from famine in poor countries. Won the Nobel Peace Prize.
There's no way to hate him if you have a shred of humanity in you.
Very serious about this, it would make an excellent film and the world needs this kind of hero today.
I would do this with the right team on board.
Including an Easter egg where he and Malcom McLean run into each other in an elevator would be ideal.
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Don't forget when he yelled at the Indian deputy prime minister because their government was refusing to accept his superior wheat
It deserves to be an anti-biopic. A didactic story about him would seem like propaganda. also be prepared for pushback, “white savior” criticism
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Borlaug is the perfect sympathetic hero: a humble, understated midwestern farm boy; not a businessman, never got rich. Saved a billion lives from famine in poor countries. Won the Nobel Peace Prize.
There's no way to hate him if you have a shred of humanity in you.
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This would be my first!
Maybe I would do the research and team up with an experienced film writer to turn it into a screenplay. I know some folks…
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Get Danny Boyle on this one. Anyone able to turn the 127 hours concept into a compelling film, is a genius.
1000% yes 
And if you haven’t, read The Wizard and the Prophet
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[1] A footnote on Wizards, Prophets & Malthus | If you haven’t read it - read The Wizard and the Prophet, by Charles Mann. tl;dr: prophets predict doom based on accurate analysis of negative trends - Malthus as a classic example, but prophets mistakenly assume we will not solve
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Yeah this would be a good one. I think there could be a whole series of films (or episodic) on figures like this. Wright Bros, Sam Walton, Ed Land, etc. Made really well, not made-for-tv crap. Paging ?
I could imagine John Lee Hancock being interested in directing a Norman Borlaug biopic.
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Outline one scene you would include in the biopic that demonstrates his heroism. GO!
I will co-write the screenplay. No need to thank me, Crawford, our forthcoming millions will be thanks enough.
Absolutely. I first learned about him in the book “The Wizard and the Prophet” by Charles C Mann. It contrasts technology vs degrowth exemplified by Norman Borlaug and William Vogt.
This book would make a terrific screenplay.
Do the screenplay first.
My great-grandfather was a very senior agronomist in India just before Borlaug began work there. I know he would have been happy to see a film made about him.
But I fear these days, such a film would be highly politicized by all sorts of things that wouldn't reflect facts.
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Someone should make a tv series out of 's "The Wizard and The Prophet" I found the comparison between Vogt and Borlaug very fascinating
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