F A C U LT Y F E AT U R E
w by Myles Kuss ’16
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n the fall of 1969, The Temptations and Elvis Presley were singing hits on the radio, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was drawing crowds on the big screen. Entertainment consumed the American landscape, and a ten-yearold boy walked into an old-fashioned bookstore and wanted a piece of it. One script caught his attention, and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. 18 | J A Y N O T E S | S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 2 1
“I had such a strong love for movies as a kid,” Michael Begg said. “That was my thing. No one talked about screen writers, but then I saw the script for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I instantly took to it.” Begg has always had a taste for movies, and the fascination began at a younger age than one might expect. William Goldman won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
for Begg’s first favorite script, paving the way for script writers to get the recognition that they deserved. Ever since then, he has wanted to see his work hit the big screen. In addition to that goal, he now has his sights set on educating the younger generation through a new elective: script writing. The course will be offered during the upcoming school year. Begg has written scripts for more than 20 years
