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3 unusual facts about Dan Wakefield


Broad Ripple Village, Indianapolis

Some notable Hoosiers raised in or near the Broad Ripple neighborhood include late night talk show host David Letterman, professional football player Rosevelt Colvin, Indiana Pacers guard George Hill, New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson, astronaut David Wolf, actor Abraham Benrubi, and author Dan Wakefield .

Dan Wakefield

Dan became an atheist in college, and did not return to church until 1980 when he went to a Christmas Eve service at King's Chapel, Boston.

Going All the Way

In Going All the Way, a flashy movie adaptation of Dan Wakefield's popular 1970 novel about growing up in the heartland in the repressed 1950s, Mark Pellington, a director from the world of music video, has inflated a realistic memoir into a garish, hyperkinetic social satire.



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