Word: scripting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...persuaded Lynch to return to TV and convinced screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The American President) to try the medium for the first time. The result: Sports Night. Krantz and Grazer, 47, so liked the work of screenwriter J.J. Abrams (Regarding Henry) that they bought Abrams' script for Felicity as a TV series after just one read-through. Steve Martin, who worked with Grazer on the 1989 film Parenthood, is developing a half-hour sitcom called Acting Class. And M*A*S*H creator Larry Gelbart is playing around with ideas for a new series for Imagine...
Imagine (which is in partnership with Disney's Touchstone Television) is also nurturing unknown talent. After seeing The Script Doctor, a short film made for just $150 by the Fields brothers, a Cleveland, Ohio, threesome who worked in their father's wedding-video business, the company hired them to develop Student Affairs. And New York independent filmmaker Noah Baumbach, 29, got a telephone call from Imagine inviting him to pitch TV ideas similar to his chatty, cerebral film comedies (one, Kicking and Screaming, was about a group of guys who graduate from college but won't leave). Baumbach came...
...course, the Freshman Musical is in many ways a learning experience for those involved, and it is not an entirely polished product. Bumpy spots in the script and score--and there are several--are smoothed over by the good intentions of the audience members, who want nothing more than to like the show that is being performed for them. Fortunately, the students involved in Hong Kong met the audience halfway, putting a lot of effort into making the evening fun for all concerned--and that's really the only thing that matters in the world of the Freshman Musical...
...Shakespeare in particular is about the script itself, according to cast members, and Packer has emphasized the importance of focusing on the words. To this end, she used a technique called "dropping in," that was new to most cast members...
...Mafia. Grant will probably bumble and stutter his way through yet another film, while Caan gets another turn at his Oscar-nominated Godfather role. Director Kelly Makin has only the flop Brain Candy: Kids in the Hall among her credits, and test screenings have been decidedly negative, citing a script devoid of laughs and a tired premise among its shortcomings...