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Thankfully Tender Mercies received the recognition it deserved. The writer, Horton Foote, won the Academy Award that year for best original screenplay (and Duvall won for best actor). 

The Anti-Communist Manifestos by John V. Fleming

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

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Beriberi Bad People

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The Plays and Screenplays of Horton Foote

Thankfully Tender Mercies received the recognition it deserved. The writer, Horton Foote, won the Academy Award that year for best original screenplay (and Duvall won for best actor).