“[Ronald] Harwood, 71, has reached an age when even the most successful screenwriters are usually relegated to living off royalties and rehashing their past triumphs over long lunches at the Grill… Producers and executives are well aware of his age yet have included him in a small but highly valued group of senior players — like the 79-year-old Spider-Man writer Alvin Sargent, or the prolific 81-year-old writer-director Robert Altman — who have defied the film industry’s frank preference for youth.”