Geoffrey Fletcher pulls 'Precious' from 'Push'

The screenwriter long toiled in temp jobs until director Lee Daniels brought him on after seeing a 23-minute film Fletcher made in the mid-'90s. You can witness a number of memorable debuts in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," including the introduction of leading lady Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe and an initial glimpse of singer Mariah Carey as an accomplished character actor.

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