Italian screenwriter Scarpelli dies aged 90

Often working in partnership with Agenore Incrocci, Scarpelli wrote more than 140 films starting from 1949, and was famed for his minimalist, sardonic dialogue.
One of his best-known screenplays was for the 1966 spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", directed by Sergio Leone.
He was nominated for three Oscars, notably for "Il Postino" in 1994.
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