Скачать или смотреть HE WAS HOMELESS, WASHING DISHES IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT, WHILE HIS BEST FRIEND BECAME A MOVIE STAR

Michael Blake arrived in Hollywood with nothing but a typewriter, while his friend Kevin Costner struggled too; when Costner’s career soared, he didn’t leave Blake behind—he grabbed him one day and shouted, “Stop it! If you hate scripts so much, quit writing them!” Later, when Blake had nowhere to live, Costner welcomed him into his home. Homeless, washing dishes in Arizona, Blake wrote every night, pouring frustration into a novel about a Civil War soldier and a Native American tribe. Costner read it all night and called, “Michael, I’m gonna make this into a movie,” investing $75,000 of his own money. Brutal shooting, freezing temperatures, thousands of buffalo, critics mocking them as fools—yet Dances With Wolves became the highest-grossing Western ever, winning 7 Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay for Blake, proving that persistence, loyalty, and refusing to quit can turn hopeless dreams into history.