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Storm of the Century (Screenplay)

by Stephen King

For the first time in Stephen King's remarkable publishing history, the master storyteller presents an all-new, original tale written expressly for the television screen. They're calling it the Storm of the Century, and it's coming hard. The residents of Little Tall Island have seen their share of nasty Maine Nor'easters, but this one is different. Not only is it packing hurricane-force winds and up to five... (more)

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks (Paperback))

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks (Paperback))

by Jane Austen, Emma Thompson, Clive Coote, Lindsay Doran

Back in print for Jane Austen and film book fans, featuring Emma Thompson's Oscar®-winning shooting script and her "fascinating journal of making the film." —Jack Kroll, Newsweek . The landmark film, nominated for seven Academy Awards®, appearing on more than 100 top-ten lists across America, and grossing more than $125 million worldwide—remains as vibrant and true to Jane Austen as anyone could have imagined.... (more)

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

The Unfilmed Original Screenplay of an American classic. This is a landmark volume of the epic, original film script written by Lorraine Hansberry, adapted from her stage play. But movie audiences did not know that nearly a third of her powerful screenplay had been cut. This edition restores all of these deletions and delivers the screenplay that is true to Hansberry's vision.

Pulp Fiction : A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay

Pulp Fiction : A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay

by Quentin Tarantino

Almost Famous

by Cameron Crowe

The screenplay of the brilliant new film about rock 'n' roll journalism, from the writer/director of Jerry Maguire . Inspired by his own start in journalism as a teenage reporter for Rolling Stone , Cameron Crowe has created a coming-of-age story that is both funny and moving-and laced with sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Set in 1973 and starring Frances McDormand, Billy Crudup, and Noah Taylor, Crowe's new film... (more)

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

by William Goldman

As befits more than twenty years in Hollywood, Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman's sparkling memoir is as entertaining as many of the films he has helped to create. From the writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men and Marathon Man, Adventures in the Screen Trade is an intimate view of movie-making, of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman and Hoffman, and of the... (more)

How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make

How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make

by Denny Martin Flinn

Finally, what may be the last screenwriting book a writer will ever need to buy! Written by a Hollywood screenwriter, How NOT to Write A Screenplay carefully identifies and examines the common mistakes screenwriters invariably make when writing a screenplay.

Harlan Ellison's the City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode

Harlan Ellison's the City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode

by Harlan Ellison

The controversy has raged for almost 30 years--now readers can judge for themselves. Harlan Ellison wrote the original award-winning teleplay for "The City on the Edge of Forever, " which was rewritten and became the most-loved Star Trek episode of all time. Ellison sued Paramount in protest and won. This book contains the teleplay and afterwords by Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei and others.

Clerks and Chasing Amy: Two Screenplays

by Kevin Smith

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

by Syd Field

A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field’s bestselling books to ignite successful careers in film. Now the celebrated producer, lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author has updated his classic guide for a new generation of filmmakers, offering a fresh insider’s perspective on the film industry today. From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script, here are easily understood guidelines to... (more)

Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays (Vintage)

Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays (Vintage)

by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers. On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted. Despite knowing this may... (more)

Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay

Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay

by James Cameron

Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay contains the shooting script of the most popular film of all time. An invaluable reference for film students and fans, this book details the evolution of the epic romance from script to screen, including scenes and dialogue cut from the final film, as well as annotations explaining footage seen in the final cut, yet not contained in the screenplay. Never-before-seen... (more)

Good Will Hunting: A Screenplay

by Matt Damon, Gus Van Sant

As director Gus Van Sant observes in the introduction to Matt Damon's and Ben Affleck's screenplay Good Will Hunting, the two young actors somewhat resemble the characters they play in the film: they're best friends, and Affleck (who plays Chuckie) habitually chauffeurs Damon (Will), who doesn't drive. Van Sant says we can see how badly Damon drives by watching the film's last scene, in which he is actually... (more)

Juno: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts)

Juno: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts)

by Diablo Cody

The official screenplay book tie-in to the highly acclaimed movie from Fox Searchlight Pictures, written by Diablo Cody (author of Candy Girl ) and directed by Jason Reitman ( Thank You for Smoking ), tells the story of a confidently frank teenage girl who calls the shots with a nonchalant cool and an effortless attitude as she journeys through an emotional nine-month adventure into adulthood. While most girls... (more)

American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts)

American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts)

by Alan Ball

The shooting script of the acclaimed DreamWorks film starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, directed by Sam Mendes, winner of the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. In the widely praised Newmarket Shooting Script(tm) series format, here is the complete shooting script of one of the best films of 1999. Also included in this volume are a fascinating essay about the screenplay and the making of the film by... (more)

Magnolia: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series Book)

Magnolia: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series Book)

by Paul Thomas Anderson

The only companion book to the much-anticipated follow-up to Paul Thomas Anderson's critically hailed Boogie Nights that "leaves you no doubt you are in the presence of a natural-born filmmaker."--David Ansen, Newsweek . The much-heralded writer-director deliberately withheld information about his new film during production because "I feel lately as if I know everything about a movie before I see it, and I... (more)

The Royal Tenenbaums

by Wes Anderson

This is the screenplay for the acclaimed film, directed by Wes Anderson. There were three extraordinary children in the Tenenbaum family; Chas Tenenbaum (Ben Stiller) was a financial expert and started buying real estate in his early teens; Margot Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) was an acclaimed playwright and won a Pulitzer Prize in the 9th grade; Richie Tenenbaum (Luke Wilson) was a champion tennis player ranked 2nd... (more)

Four Films: Annie Hall, Interiors, Manhattan, Stardust Memories

Four Films: Annie Hall, Interiors, Manhattan, Stardust Memories

by Allen Stewart Konigsberg

Complete screenplays of four of Woody Allen's most famous films. Hilariously funny, with all actions included.

Do the Right Thing

by Spike Lee, Lisa Jones

The phenomenon of Spike Lee continues with this revealing and engaging look at his outstanding career, his creative process, and the screenplay for his dynamic movie Do The Right Thing. Spike Lee burst full formed into the screen world with his award-winning, commercially successful independent film She's Gotta Have It. In the few short years following this stellar debut he has established himself as a force to... (more)

Hiroshima Mon Amour

by Alain Resnais, Marguerite Duras

Jacket description/back: One of the most influential works in the history of cinema, Alain Renais's Hiroshima Mon Amour gathered international acclaim upon its release in 1959 and was awarded the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film festival and the New York Film Critics' Award. Ostensibly the story of a love affair between a Japanese architect and a French actress visiting Japan to make a film on... (more)

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