Jake David Shapiro (born March 18, 1969) is an American

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and

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. Shapiro is best known as the original screenwriter of the film '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' and for writing the screenplay adaptation of

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's novel '' Battlefield Earth''. ''Battlefield'' won more

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s than any other film up to that point, and Shapiro accepted the dubious award in person. Shapiro was fired from the film due to creative disagreements during pre-production and wanted to be credited with a pseudonym, and also said little or nothing of his script remained in the final film after extensive re-writes.‘Battlefield Earth’ writer says ‘Cats’ is the new worst movie ever - The New York Post
/ref> Shapiro later apologized for involvement in the widely panned film.

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