Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made it to a Theater Near You--for Better or Worse

Author:   Associate Professor Law David S Cohen
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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9780061431579


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   10 February 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Every green-lighted screenplay travels a long and harrowing road from idea to script to celluloid. In this fascinating survey of contemporary film craft, David Cohen of Script and Variety magazines interviews screenwriters from across the board--Oscar winners and novices alike--to explore what sets blockbuster successes apart from downright disasters. Tracing the fortunes of twenty-five films, including Troy, Erin Brockovich, Lost in Translation, and The Aviator, Cohen offers valuable insider access to the back lots and boardrooms, to the studio heads and directors, and to the overcaffeinated screenwriters themselves. Full of critical clues on how to sell a script--and avoid seeing it destroyed before the director calls ""Action!""--Screen Plays is a book that both the aspiring screenwriter and curious cinephile will find irresistible.

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Author:   Associate Professor Law David S Cohen
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780061431579


ISBN 10:   0061431575
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   10 February 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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A great read for screenwriters, for anyone with screenwriting ambitions, or for anyone who has sat in a theater wondering, How did this piece of crap get made? -- Jim Windolf, Vanityfair.com


A great read for screenwriters, for anyone with screenwriting ambitions, or for anyone who has sat in a theater wondering, How did this piece of crap get made? --Jim Windolf, Vanityfair.com


A great read for screenwriters, for anyone with screenwriting ambitions, or for anyone who has sat in a theater wondering, How did this piece of crap get made? --Jim Windolf, Vanityfair.com


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David S. Cohen is an entertainment and business reporter as well as a writer and producer for film and television. During his thirty years in show business, he has acted and directed off-off Broadway plays, scripted television documentaries, and written for the syndicated series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. As a reporter, he has covered screenwriting, visual effects, and film production for Variety and Script magazines for more than a decade. He lives with his wife in Los Angeles.

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