Page 8 - RICHERT VS. SORKIN THEFT OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND THE WEST WING

DURING THE FOLLOWING TEN YEAR PERIOD OUR ORIGINAL SCRIPT WAS RE- WRITTEN BY SOME OF THE BEST SCREENWRITERS IN HOLLYWOOD, INCLUDING ALICE ARLEN, RON BASS, CLIFFORD AND ELLEN GREEN, LOWELL GANZ AND BABALOO MANDELL, AND LASTLY BY AARON SORKIN, WHO WROTE 10 VERSIONS AND SUBMITTED 4 OF THEM TO THE GUILD, CLAIMING ALL TO BE WHOLLY ORIGINAL WITH HIM.
IN 1994 VARIETY ANNOUNCES THAT SORKIN IS DOING A RE-WRITE.