American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts)
 

American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts)

by Alan Ball

"I read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet him quick before someone else read it."--Kevin Spacey
Actors and critics alike have praised Alan Ball's first feature film screenplay, which tells the off-kilter story of a midlife crisis suffered by Lester Burnham (played by Spacey). For fans of the film's dialogue--and there will be many--the screenplay allows... (read more)

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JAY T. L.
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For those who want to get into screenwriting, I suggest "American Beauty." Alan Ball's script is written very well, and as you read it through, the movie (which was also great) flashes in your mind.

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