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| knockmesilly |
Posted - 06/26/2009 : 23:08:40
what's your favorite?
I haven't read enough to have a favorite.
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| randall |
Posted - 07/02/2009 : 20:52:14
I used to read screenplays to evaluate their potential as paperback novelizations, way way in advance b/c it takes months *after the contract* to line up, coach and support a writer, get the studio to sign off on the ensuing mss., print it, etc., and still be in the stores for flick opening day.
Most of the time, you honestly can't tell from a screenplay whether a movie's going to be any good or not: there's an animus that emerges on the set, or in the cutting room, or wherever, and many times it just fails to emerge. Actors know this while they're reading scripts, which is why the identities of the others involved become so important to them. [That's exactly why Brando got so much money for SUPERMAN!] Most people on most major sets have no idea whether they're working on a classic or a turkey. Just ask the GODFATHER or M*A*S*H crews: on both productions, powerful people wanted to *get the director fired* -- in the latter case, the two stars who now *owe their careers* to this flick.
But from that early perspective, I'll give you some that jumped off the page for me while photography had only just begun:
Fantastic -- MEN IN BLACK*
Disaster -- MONKEYBONE
WTF? But I'm There! -- THE MASK*
*I wound up buying the rights to these two. MIB looked fantastic, smart, ironic, on the page, and they were gonna get movie stars. Duh. But when I bought THE MASK, nobody much -- including me -- had ever heard of Jim Carrey or the Dark Horse comic. [Remember, the screenplay was sent around *long* before ACE VENTURA came out.] But I knew that ILM was handling the FX, so I thought: Tex Avery + ILM = randall's ticket, at least, sold! They decided to tone the flick down during production, to go for more kiddies in the audience [the source comic book, which they supplied for me and Steve Perry, the novelizer, is VERY violent!], so Steve had to perform lots of verbal jujitsu at the very last minute. But at least we all got Cameron Diaz out of it!
I repeat: for a fun read, try William Goldman's BUTCH CASSIDY. At the other end of the spectrum, to see how *lean* a screenplay can be, hunt up the Walter Hill/David Giler rewrite on ALIEN. Hill's terse style is so nonverbal, it's almost visual! EDIT: I hunted it up for you: here it is. |
| demonic |
Posted - 07/02/2009 : 17:55:11
A big fan of the screenplay of "Withnail and I" - not only for that genius dialogue but Bruce Robinson's scene and incident descriptions are priceless too. |
| knockmesilly |
Posted - 07/01/2009 : 04:05:52
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
quote:
Originally posted by knockmesilly
what's your favorite?
I haven't read enough to have a favorite.
Hi
PM me with your eMail address and I'll send you some pdf copies of some recent Hollywood scripts. OK?
Cheers
BB 
that's nice of you. thanks.
which one would u send first?
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| randall |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 13:23:16
Best screenplay for reading? Easy.
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 12:06:03
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Cool! Send me one, too!
Hi - eMailed you last night -- did you get it?
Glad you said something. Got into my spam box by accident. Got it now, Thanks! |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 09:23:48
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Cool! Send me one, too!
Hi - eMailed you last night -- did you get it?
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 13:33:45
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
quote:
Originally posted by knockmesilly
what's your favorite?
I haven't read enough to have a favorite.
Hi
PM me with your eMail address and I'll send you some pdf copies of some recent Hollywood scripts. OK?
Cheers
BB
Cool! Send me one, too! |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 11:03:19
quote:
Originally posted by knockmesilly
what's your favorite?
I haven't read enough to have a favorite.
Hi
PM me with your eMail address and I'll send you some pdf copies of some recent Hollywood scripts. OK?
Cheers
BB
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