Let's make this birthday one to remember.

85 years old (Born on September 28, 1939)

Happy Birthday, Kurt! May your day be filled with more adventure than Karen Blixen's safari and fewer complications than Denys Finch Hatton’s love life. Your brilliant storytelling in "Out of Africa" continues to inspire us all—proving once again that the pen truly is mightier (and funnier) than a lion roaming through camp.

Here's hoping this year brings you as many awards as you've given Meryl Streep accents—and may your celebrations last longer than Robert Redford's lingering gazes across the Kenyan savannah. Cheers to another timeless chapter ahead; after all, great screenwriters never age—they just rewrite their birthdays!