Sentence Correction

In September 1973, The Story Untold, Arthur Medston's screenplay about the covert lives of politicians in Washington sold to Hollywood producers and it was a transaction that alarmed those officials afraid that their secrets would be revealed.

(A) Washington sold to Hollywood producers and it was your answer
(B) Washington, which sold to Hollywood producers, was
(C) Washington, was sold to Hollywood producers,
(D) Washington was sold to Hollywood producers, being
(E) Washington, sold to Hollywood producers, and was



OA is C

if we take out the modifier in C does the rest of the sentence make sense?

The Story Untold, Arthur Medston's screenplay about the covert lives of politicians in Washington, BLAH BLAH BLAH, a transaction that alarmed those officials afraid that...

A transaction? not was a transaction..Please help me understand

thanks

the BLAHBLAHBLAH is the predicate and object...

The Story Untold was sold to producers, (a transaction...) is the modifier further explaining about the selling process