Word: scripting
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...comedy. It wasn't. It was about a Chicago weather reader dealing with an almost classic midlife crisis-a divorce, a disaffected child, an accomplished, disapproving (and dying) father (Michael Caine) the tempting possibility of taking his act from local to national TV. Steve Conrad's excellent script is directed as a sort of sad frenzy by Gore Verbinski and the result is a very affecting movie, offering a convincing portrait of middle class desperation that ends in unsentimental affirmation. If it could have been made as an independent production it might have had the cachet of something like...
...film’s screenplay is its greatest strength, despite its relative simplicity. Based on a short story by Annie Proulx and adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, the film has a literary punch rarely seen in Hollywood films. The dialogue is limited but pointed, and the script is more interested in calling up powerful symbols (the men’s shirts, Ennis’s mailbox) rather than unwieldy monologues to dramatize the characters’ grief. McMurtry and Ossana made the smart decision to give incredible freedom to Lee and his actors. More is said on Anne...
...Wesen des Grundes,” Malick earned an MFA at the American Film Institute Conservatory and directed his first film, a comedy short about two bank-robbing cowboys called “Lanton Mills.” He simultaneously worked as a writer and script doctor on several large-scale productions before setting out on his own as a director, disillusioned with Hollywood studio employment...
...Proulx saw a man sitting at the bar, watching other guys play pool. “She saw something in his eyes that most people didn’t see, and that’s how the story began,” Schamus said. As soon as the script was finished and released into the Hollywood scene, the calls came flooding in from people who wanted to audition. “This was the easiest film we’ve ever had to cast,” Shamus said. “We” is the key phrase here...
...instrument. Four shots if it sounds like a full jazz quartet. 5. Every time someone makes fun of Pigpen’s appearance; ponder why they keep picking on the kid that can’t afford soap. 6. Whenever you feel Charles Schultz gets too preachy in the script. 7. Every time a non-white character comes on screen. Prepare to end the night sober. 8. Reinforce your own crippling insecurity by taking a shot every time Linus retreats to his blanket. 9. Every time you’re confused as to why one of the most-merchandised holiday...