http://www.englishforums.com/English/MiscWritingScreenplaysModerated/Forum7082.htmThe craft or business of screenwriting.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/KansasCity/lkqkx/post.htmSun, 15 Nov 2009 23:56:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:972669Usenet1http://www.englishforums.com/English/KansasCity/lkqkx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-972669.xmlAltman's homage to gangster pics of yore works better as a statement on race relations, but Jennifer Jason Leigh is so unrelentingly hammy that you want to reach into the screen and slap her. Minor Altman, but it's way better than Coppola's similar-themed *Cotton Club*. W : )http://www.englishforums.com/English/INeverWonAtAustin/lkpwr/post.htmSun, 15 Nov 2009 16:22:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:972332Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/INeverWonAtAustin/lkpwr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-972332.xml...but my good friend did, best in the sci fi category. He's crediting me for giving him good advice early on (advice he didn't always believe until famous producers met w/him and told him the same things!). I'm very proud of him and his writing partner. 12 drafts, only two fewer than it took to create The Sixth Sense :) For about ten minutes I felt like Salieri, but now I'm just really proud of him. He has a much better sense of pop culture than I do, acres more ideas from his camera-wielding days, and he DID THE WORK. Me, I'm lost in work on a novel & working out 8 hours a week (to save my knee so far it's working!) & the day job. But if I ever figure out how to fix that gay cowboy story...it's...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MaybeMadeMoviesGreatOnes/lknvq/post.htmSat, 14 Nov 2009 23:39:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971702Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/MaybeMadeMoviesGreatOnes/lknvq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-971702.xmlJust watched "Gunga Din" on TV for who knows how many times. OK, the makeup was goofy, there weren't many real Indians onscreen, but wow what a cast and movie. From 1939, "Hollywood's Greatest Year" it had a story written by the amazing Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur combination, but other writers who worked on it included William Faulkner and Dudley Nichols. Don't know much about the screenwriters Joel Sayre & Fred Guiol but brother, what a great produt. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031398/http://www.englishforums.com/English/KoeppToDirectPremiumRush/lkgxn/post.htmThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:11:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969846Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/KoeppToDirectPremiumRush/lkgxn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-969846.xmlDavid Koepp is best known as one of Hollywood¹s highest paid screenwriters (and one of Spielberg¹s scribes). His screenwriting credits include everything from Toy Soldiers, Jurassic Park, and Carlito¹s Way, to Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. For the last decade he¹s been trying to make the transition into feature film directing. He made his debut with the promising Stir of Echoes, but has since followed up with some lackluster efforts, the 2004 Stephen King adaptation Secret Window and the 2008 Ricky Gervais supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town. Honestly, I think Koepp is a much better screenwriter than he is a filmmaker, and that¹s not saying much considering the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AtomicNoirRedux/ljwbx/post.htmSun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:965291Usenet2http://www.englishforums.com/English/AtomicNoirRedux/ljwbx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-965291.xmlThere was a thread awhile ago about "atomic noir" movies that mixed film noir with themes of atomic anxiety and there was some reference to a movie about some people being held hostage in an abandoned town about to be destroyed by an imminent atomic test but some question about the title. Well, I just came across it. It's "Split Second" 1953, directed by Powell. NMShttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Ghost/ljhlj/post.htmSun, 08 Nov 2009 14:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:965167Usenet8http://www.englishforums.com/English/Ghost/ljhlj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-965167.xmlI just watched Ghost again, for the first time since it was released, and it stands up remarkably well. I'd forgotten almost everything about it, including the adventure/thriller/suspense aspects of the plot - a plot that is only indirectly a love story. Sure, a lot of what Swayze does is out of love for Demi, but quite a bit is revenge against the bad guys. I was surprised at how little Demi is in it - it really is his story, and Whoopi Goldberg is far more in the spotlight - a nice performance, too. Not too much over the top stuff. Well worth a second look. "If you can, tell me something happy." - Maryboneshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AvatarNyt/ljmrj/post.htmMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:27:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:966425Usenet5http://www.englishforums.com/English/AvatarNyt/ljmrj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-966425.xmlThe New York Times November 9, 2009 A Movie¹s Budget Pops From the Screen By MICHAEL CIEPLY LOS ANGELES ‹ Can a movie studio make money on a film based on an original and unfamiliar story, with no Hollywood superstars, a vanishing DVD market and a price tag approaching $500 million? That question looms large for 20th Century Fox and its 3-D science-fiction film ³Avatar,² among the most expensive movies ever. Despite many skeptics, the studio thinks it can turn a profit, in part because the film¹s creator, James Cameron, was the driving force behind the studio¹s immense hit ³Titanic.² But just in case box-office receipts for ³Avatar² fall short, Fox has worked hard to hedge its large bet on the movie. Despite the estimated half-billion...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LookingForARecommendation/ljmxb/post.htmMon, 09 Nov 2009 22:16:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:966655Usenet6http://www.englishforums.com/English/LookingForARecommendation/ljmxb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-966655.xml...or at least a suggestion. I'm in LA and I shot a bit of video for a friend. It turned out okay, now I want to burn it to a DVD and give it to her for her birthday, but so far, all of my attempts to get this done have fallen through. This morning, I schlepped out to a photo studio that advertised the service, just figuring I'd pay > retail, and have it done. The guy had crap gear - literally, a little $100 handicam-type thing that didn't even use full-sized DVDs, and the heads were so thrashed that it bunged up the tape! It's about 34 minutes of DV footage on a MiniDV tape, and I need to make pretty much ONE copy, onto DVD. Can anybody point me in the right direction, or at least A direction? The day is fast...http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouNameTheMovie/ljxgz/post.htmTue, 10 Nov 2009 09:21:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:967101Usenet1http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouNameTheMovie/ljxgz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-967101.xmlWell, I thought there might be trouble with trademarks, so now they're renaming that Ann Arbor bar trivia romcom I mentioned, and you know what? I've heard it's open for suggestions. Well, not open-open, but what's the point of making friends on Facebook if you don't find out some of this stuff? Anyway, unless the group advice is that I'm opening a can of worms, I wouldn't mind passing suggestions along the food chain. It's writing. If it IS gonna be a problem, I just won't send them the email. But it'd still be fun to talk about if anyone's interested. Either way, nobody's getting anything for the winning title. Maybe make some contacts. But the whole does bring up an interesting point...http://www.englishforums.com/English/FinalDraftAndScreenwriter/ljwhj/post.htmSun, 08 Nov 2009 18:54:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:965388Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/FinalDraftAndScreenwriter/ljwhj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-965388.xmlI'm a Mac guy, athough I spent three years writing a business computing column and know PCs, too. FWIW, Final Draft began as a Mac program, while the Screenwriter guys started with Scriptor (a Word add-on that got some kind of special Oscar, it was so helpful) and then bought ScriptThing, which I called the Learjet of script formatting programs (and they put my quote on the box). I don't have the problems with the title page and little glitches like that when using Screenwriter. In the past I found that FD imported text from other programs a bit better, but Screenwriter caught up. If I was just now buying a program I'd go with Screenwriter, but the fact that they're competitive causes them to improve. One word of caution...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DumbFdQuestion/ljcqx/post.htmFri, 06 Nov 2009 23:27:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:963812Usenet7http://www.englishforums.com/English/DumbFdQuestion/ljcqx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-963812.xmlI've prolly asked this before and am shamed to do so again, but there's something I'm not getting right. I want to save the title page for a Final Draft screenplay, but it never saves it. Can someone, baby steps- style, walk me through? Thanks. W : (http://www.englishforums.com/English/ACaseForColorization/ljwhr/post.htmSun, 08 Nov 2009 18:44:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:965379Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ACaseForColorization/ljwhr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-965379.xmlThe National Geographic channel (which seems to have abandoned any idea of showing anything remotely geographical) is airing a French-made series about WWII. It's interesting for a number of reasons. They have footage that I haven't seen before and they have colorized it. Ordinarily I don't like it when it's applied to B&W feature films, but in the newsreel footage of that era it seems to add an immediacy. The B&W footage always seems remote, and very much belonging to another - rather unreal - era. This way it seems (to me at least) to be a lot easier to identify with. "If you can, tell me something happy." - Maryboneshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestionsForCasting/ljdcn/post.htmSat, 07 Nov 2009 01:28:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:963862Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestionsForCasting/ljdcn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-963862.xmlHello folks, I’ve only posted here once before and it, too was a request for assistance (thanks, MC!). If you don’t take kindly to non- contributors coming into the group and asking for a cup of brains, please don’t give this post another thought. However, if anyone feels like it, I’d be grateful for any thoughts you may have. Here’s the situation. A few co-writers and I are getting fairly far along with developing a reality show, and are expecting to meet with a few networks in the next month or two. We’d like to be able to give them ideas for who could be the host. (I can’t provide any details about the show I realize this may hamper your ability to help.) This is one of those shows where the host is really crucial; like, say, Mike...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PlanesTrains/ljrrb/post.htmFri, 06 Nov 2009 00:28:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:962949Usenet1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PlanesTrains/ljrrb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-962949.xmlI just watched Planes Trains and Automobiles again. I think it's John Hughes' best film. The writing, the acting, everything works... "If you can, tell me something happy." - Maryboneshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyNoGiantSpidersOnFringe/ljrhx/post.htmFri, 06 Nov 2009 05:10:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:963081Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyNoGiantSpidersOnFringe/ljrhx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-963081.xmlAkiva Goldsman - he has a Ph.D., you know - is the consulting producer. I watch this show a lot and no giant spiders yet? What's wrong?http://www.englishforums.com/English/NorthKoreanFilm/lwqzg/post.htmThu, 05 Nov 2009 20:36:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:962750Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/NorthKoreanFilm/lwqzg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-962750.xmlPreview of "A Day of Training" Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) A feature film "A Day of Training" was produced by the April 25 Film Studio of the DPRK. The film gives vivid artistic depiction of how soldiers display the spirit of devotedly defending the leader and the spirit of protecting the homeland holding arms during the days of preparing themselves for battle through the scenes of servicepersons of the Korean People's Army decorating an ordinary day of training with profound loyalty and feat. The preview of the film took place at the Taedongmun Cinema House on Wednesday. Appreciating the film were senior state officials, the chairpersons of the friendly parties, officials of party and power organs, ministries...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsTheNextOne/lwxlq/post.htmThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:18:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:962284Usenet2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsTheNextOne/lwxlq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-962284.xmlThe Fourth Kind is the most recent film coming out that takes part in a kind of trend - films that are, for the most part, stories told by setting up a video camera and letting it run. Okay, okay, there's more to it than that, but that's at the heart of it. Just like Paranormal Experience. Blair Witch Project is > the same idea, but with a bit more effort put into post. So, what's the next entry into this genre? The next 'turn on the video camera and let it run' verite'-style masterwork? Seems like you could do something in an interrogation room; - a cop (or two) talking to a serial killer, breaking him or her down over a course of hours or days. In Therapy does the same sort of thing, but (so far as I know)...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsNextJackJillMovie/lwndv/post.htmWed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:961847Usenet9http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsNextJackJillMovie/lwndv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-961847.xmlI went and saw the "Vampire Assistant" this weekend with my nephew. Not a bad movie but not a great one either. But it got me to wondering why is Hollywood so brain dead that it is now making every children or teenage book or even TOY that it can get its hands onto into a movie? None of these movies are any good. "Transformers" was pure cotton candy ... at best. And then so many others never live up to what their fans consider to be their potential. Narnia franchise sucked so bad that even Disney (the home of cotton candy movies) dropped out of it. And how low into the barrel will Hollywood go? Are we to expect a live-action "He-Man the Movie" soon? Where's the creativity these days? I mean we're...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorldsSlowestCounter/lwmmj/post.htmWed, 04 Nov 2009 16:21:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:961716Usenet7http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorldsSlowestCounter/lwmmj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-961716.xmlThere is an infinite number of opportunities to waste time on the Internet. I went to a Bangor, Maine newspaper website and they have all kinds of ways to waste time. Voting numbers are crunched and displayed in all sorts of imaginative ways. So of course a time-wasting dumbass like me has to explore each and every one of those lists. They have one list: "Show Precincts Not Reported" that drew me in like a magnet. They name the precincts and how many registered voters are in each unreported precinct. Under "Washington County" they have this listing: "Twp 19: 2 registered voters". The polls closed yesterday evening. It's 11:20 am, of the next day, in Maine. There's a maximum number of two voters. Did...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PaulSchradersMishima/lwkkm/post.htmWed, 04 Nov 2009 01:50:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:961107Usenet39http://www.englishforums.com/English/PaulSchradersMishima/lwkkm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-961107.xmlAnyone know where I can find a copy?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReallyPathetic/lvnnv/post.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 10:26:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:942365Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReallyPathetic/lvnnv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-942365.xml...saw an ABC promo for the new series FlashForward, which seemed like an interesting idea but so far (the buzz goes) isn't really living up to the hype. The promo included the quote/review, "10 out of 10!" which sound pretty good, until you read the attribution. The Lansing State Journal. That's Lansing, as in Lansing, MI, as in my home town. The means the quote comes from one Mike Hughes, the longtime entertainment reporter (sic) for the 12-page rag. A man who's written about yours truely, in years past. A man who couldn't find his own ass with both hands, with the aid of a flashlight and a compass and a carefully-drawn map. A man who couldn't get laid in a whorehouse with a fistfull of fifties, and whose...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NickHornby/lwhmj/post.htmTue, 03 Nov 2009 01:29:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:960271Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/NickHornby/lwhmj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-960271.xmlNick Hornby is the acclaimed author of novels such as High Fidelity, Fever Pitch and About A Boy, to name a few, all of which have been made into films. For his latest project he has turned his hand to screenwriting, adapting Lynn Barber's memoir An Education for the big screen. An Education is a coming-of-age drama based on Barber's growing up in 1960s suburban London. It tells the story of Jenny, a top A-level student with dreams of going to Oxford University until she meets a charismatic older man who offers her an exciting alternative, or so she thinks. Hornby's name has attracted attention to the film but critics have then also been impressed by the film's star, newcomer Carey Mulligan. The film also features Emma...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SherlockHolmes/lwzpp/post.htmMon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959750Usenet2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SherlockHolmes/lwzpp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-959750.xmlSeveral fan sites are carrying reviews of the script for the forthcoming Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movie. Does anyone know if the final version has escaped onto the internet anywhere? There's a very early draft floating around, but I'm wondering about the finished article. Berthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ForYourReview/lwgqm/post.htmMon, 02 Nov 2009 19:32:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:960053Usenet2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ForYourReview/lwgqm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-960053.xmlA Review of Mental Health Services for Soldiers With a Focus on Cultural Competency http://filebox.vt.edu/users/renchu/independent%20study%20outline.doc Read along with me. Don't worry. No test.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AndNowTheAnonymousApples/lwdwq/post.htmSun, 01 Nov 2009 11:09:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959054Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/AndNowTheAnonymousApples/lwdwq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7082-959054.xmlHere's a weird one from TV... Apple laptops are showing up in all kinds of dramatic shows. Sometimes they have the Apple logo on the lid. Sometimes they have a generic disc. I'm assuming the ones with the logo are a case of product placement, but who's fooling whom when they take such a distinctive product and erase the identificatioon? Another distraction like 555 phone numbers and anonymous Nikons. "If you can, tell me something happy." - Marybones