'Singing Janitor' Richard Goodall, America's Got Talent Winner, Lands Movie Deal
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Mike Fleming Jr
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Richard Goodall, the "singing janitor" who won America's Got Talent and its $1 million prize after 23 years working as a janitor at a middle school in Terre Haute, Indiana, has secured a deal with Everard Entertainment and Mad Chance to turn his life story into a feature film. The 55-year-old, who had never flown before, took the AGT stage and won the competition with his performance of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." The film will be produced by Ben Everard and Andrew Lazar.
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· 3 pulledGoodall had toiled 23 years as a janitor in a Terre Haute, Indiana, middle school when the 55-year old hopped a flight for the first time in his life, and took the AGT stage in Los Angeles.
After winning America's Got Talent and its $1 million prize, 'singing janitor' Richard Goodall has won again.
He's at the center of a deal with Everard Entertainment and Mad Chance to turn his impossible story into a feature film.
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