By 2003, he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him.

2003年的时候，他接到了导演保罗·哈吉斯打来的电话，他们是朋友。

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Suddenly, the secrets that had stunned Paul Haggis in a locked room were public knowledge.

那个藏于密室的、曾经震惊了保罗·哈吉斯的秘密，忽然之间被公诸于众了。

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He visited Hollywood, and began getting work as a screenwriter, very much as Paul Haggis did some forty years later.

他拜访了好莱坞，刚开始找了一份编剧的工作，和四十年后的保罗·哈吉斯很像。

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Writer-director Paul Haggis says the research John does in the movie is similar to the studying he did for the film.

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Like Paul Haggis, Davis was first drawn to the church because of romantic problems.

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Suddenly, the secrets that had stunned Paul Haggis in a locked room were public knowledge.

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Around that time, Paul Haggis received a message from the church about a film project.

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