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Thanks Russell for the heads up on two new TV scripts up on The BBC Writer’s Room. There are the first episodes of House of Saddam (which is about what you think it is about) and the supernatural series Being Human which Russell tells me has been renewed for a second season. The premise of Being Human, as Russell points out, sounds like the beginning of a joke: a vampire, a werewolf, and a female ghost share a house…
Thanks to Trevor for the heads up on the “Raiders Story Conference Transcript” (7MB in PDF format). This 125 page transcript documents the five day story conference in 1978 between Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan for a little film called Raiders of the Lost Ark.
If you don’t want to download the transcript (it is hosted on a “sendspace” site), I’d highly recommend Mystery Man’s blog post where he has a number of excerpts from the transcript and commentary on the discussion from which he gleens 10 Screenwriting Lessons. – Don
Update:(fixed the broken links) Here is The Wraps take on Fade In Magazine’s initial response and The Wrap’s response to the response.
Update #2: Here is Fade In Magazine’s response to The Wraps original article.
Also, Screenwriters Utopia will have an interview with Amy on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at 6 PM, PST time over on ScreenTalk Radio where they will talk about the Fade In contest and screenwriting contests in general.
Regardless, it always helps to check out the Movie Bytes contest directory before forking over your hard earned cash for a contest. – Don
ScriptGirl script sales report for week ending 3/13
Hardened captain leads young recruits again dangerous aliens, an Eddie Antar biopic, accused wife killer goes back in time an hour at a time, and the Seven Samurai in medieval times.
Will be shown at:
Downing Film Center
19 Front Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
800 974 8592 / 845 561 3686
Saturday March 14th
Showtimes:8:00 and 9:15
Tickets are $8.00 USD. Seating is limited. The premiere will benefit the Pugweiser Fund for Pug Dog Encephalitis research (no, I’m not making this up). Partial proceeds from ticket, DVD and t-shirt sales will be donated to this pug charity.
Q/A following each showing with Director, Rick Bak and Writer, Phil Clarke, Jr. (oft contributor to SimplyScripts)
Pugumentary is a documentary about Thomas Sloan, a life-long NYC resident who died on June 5, 2005 of a heart attack, leaving behind no family except for 22 pugs.
In this documentary, we try to learn who Mr. Sloan was through interviews with his neighbors and friends, and follow the fate of his ‘children,’ from their unfortunate situation to their new, and happy homes.
Over on the Movie Scripts page we have the famous unproduced work of Alfred Hitchcock – Mary Rose, written by Jay Presson Allen (pictured). This script has seen the light of day thanks to Steve DeRosa’s excellent site Writing with Hitchcock.
Mary Rose is a ghost who returns to the house in Sussex where she grew up where she is confronted by her own son, just 2 years old when she vanished, now a 41 year old man. But because he has grown up and she has not, there is no possibility of reunion, only of release back to the spirit world she has inhabited.
Thanks to “Lair” of Horror Lair for the heads up on Mirrors – January 5th, 2007 4th draft script by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur – hosted by: horrorlair – in pdf format
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Thanks to Fernando for the heads up on his fantastic screenplay site Roteiro de Cinema with a pretty big collection of scripts in Portuguese.
Among the scripts is the 2004 Oscar nominated screenplay Cidade de Deus (City of God) – December 2001 draft script by Bráulio Mantovani (based on the novel by Paulo Lins) – hosted by: Roteiro de Cinema – in pdf format
Brazil, 1960’s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well…too well. 1970’s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs…will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God.
A devoted husband and father, torn between duty and family, finds himself alone and adrift in space, grappling with the weight of his choices as he hurtles toward an inevitable collision with the sun. 12 pages Discuss it on the
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