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WindowSill

10-09-2004, 06:44 AM

Ive been taking film classes and Im supposed to study the work of a particular screenwriter. I wanted to get some of your opinions on who would be a good person to study...

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keithy_19

10-09-2004, 06:46 AM

Mario Puzo/Francis Ford Coppola.

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Yerdaddy

10-09-2004, 08:43 AM

Joel and Ethan Coen, Charlie and Donald Kaufman, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, John Huston, Charles Brackett, Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Schrader, Mel Brooks, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary , Paul Thomas Anderson, Federico Fellini, and Ed Wood.

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TheMojoPin

10-09-2004, 10:15 AM

He's had a few stumbling blocks in recent years, but toss in Kevin Smith.

As for the rest...Yerdaddy really stole my thunder, and possibly killed the thread.

Dick.

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DarkHippie

10-09-2004, 12:41 PM

The guy who translates Hamtaro into english.

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10-09-2004, 12:46 PM

Preston Sturges

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BoondockSaint

10-09-2004, 12:47 PM

Do something offbeat like Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong or Sylvester Stallone.

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SpicyMcHaggis

10-09-2004, 01:11 PM

Definitely Kevin Smith.

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JustJon

10-09-2004, 01:41 PM

Barton Fink

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stavers

10-11-2004, 06:28 AM

Sandy Frank

Yerdaddy

10-11-2004, 10:27 AM

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Actually not a bad screenplay. "You smell like cabbage!" Good call Mojo.

Buck Henry might be interesting. He wrote the screenplays for "The Graduate" and "Catch-22," and then some really shitty movies. He created "Get Smart." And of course he's hosted Saturday Night Live about 10 or 15 times.

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TheMojoPin

10-11-2004, 10:35 AM

I fucking love that movie, namely because it yet again proves my "Nixon=instant comedy" theory.

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FUNKMAN

10-11-2004, 10:37 AM

Benny Hill

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Reephdweller

10-11-2004, 10:43 AM

Lil' Charlie Kaufman's a pretty nifty lil screenwriter now and again too.

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JustJon

10-11-2004, 12:09 PM

How about Frank Darabont?

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Recyclerz

10-11-2004, 12:25 PM

A lot of good picks above but how could you have missed David "Fucking" Mamet?

He may be fucking mannered at times but anybody who can fucking make fucking Alec Baldwin (Glengary Glen Ross) and fucking Jim Belushi(!)(About Last Night) not only tolerable but Great! is a fucking screenwriting genius.

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TheMojoPin

10-11-2004, 01:14 PM

How about Frank Darabont?

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He was better when he was Frank Capra.

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Reephdweller

10-11-2004, 07:48 PM

Wes Anderson

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TheMojoPin

10-11-2004, 07:57 PM

Wes Anderson

Though he co-wrote his first three films with Owen Wilson.

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Reephdweller

10-11-2004, 08:01 PM

Though he co-wrote his first three films with Owen Wilson.

True, I really like his movies and the style of story telling that he and Owen Wilson use.

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TheMojoPin

10-11-2004, 08:02 PM

Me too. I can't wait to see "A Life Aquatic," though it's a bit worrisome that that's the first film Anderson has written on his own without Wilson.

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Reephdweller

10-11-2004, 08:05 PM

I can't wait to see "A Life Aquatic," though it's a bit worrisome that that's the first film Anderson has written on his own without Wilson.

I saw the trailer for it at the Team America sneak preview. It looks really good.

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cozmokramer

10-11-2004, 08:07 PM

Todd Solondz, not so much based on his previous stuff but Palindromes really looks like it's going to show off his true capabilities.

Also I just bought The Decalogue box set, so I'm going to have to say Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz

As for "The Life Aquatic", as soon as I saw William Dafoe....wow.

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cherrynoid

10-11-2004, 09:39 PM

Alan Smithee.

Oh, I know he usually directs, but he's done his fair share of writing, too.

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10-14-2004, 07:51 AM

Billy Wilder.

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jeffdwright2001

10-14-2004, 08:43 AM

William Goldman:

Dreamcatcher (2003) (screenplay)
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) (screenplay)
General's Daughter, The (1999) (screenplay)
Absolute Power (1997) (screenplay)
Fierce Creatures (1997) (uncredited)
Chamber, The (1996) (screenplay)
Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996) (written by)
Maverick (1994) (written by)
Chaplin (1992) (screenplay)
Year of the Comet (1992) (written by)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) (screenplay)
Misery (1990) (screenplay)
Princess Bride, The (1987) (book) (screenplay)
Heat (1986) (also novel)
Mr. Horn (1979) (TV)
Magic (1978) (also novel)
Bridge Too Far, A (1977) (screenplay)
Marathon Man (1976) (novel)
All the President's Men (1976) (screenplay)
Great Waldo Pepper, The (1975)
Stepford Wives, The (1975) (screenplay)
Hot Rock, The (1972)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (written by)
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) (novel)
Harper (1966) (screenplay)
Masquerade (1965)
Soldier in the Rain (1963) (novel)

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10-14-2004, 08:55 AM

He's had a few stumbling blocks in recent years, but toss in Kevin Smith.

Those stumbing blocks are sue to his directing and casting Ben Affleck/Jason Lee too much. As a writer he's excellent, as long as you like dick jokes and the word "fuck" which I do.

"An Evening with Kevin Smith" is great example of his talent. I really want to see that documentary he made for prince!

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TheMojoPin

10-14-2004, 01:14 PM

Jeff, have you read Goldman's book, "Which Lie Did I Tell?"

He's got a few, but that one really goes into his screenwriting career. Fascinating stuff.

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jeffdwright2001

10-14-2004, 01:58 PM

Jeff, have you read Goldman's book, "Which Lie Did I Tell?"

He's got a few, but that one really goes into his screenwriting career. Fascinating stuff.

No, I haven't read it, but I will now.

Know any good bookstores where I can get it?

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TheMojoPin

10-14-2004, 05:32 PM

Books are for the worthless and weak! IT WAS A TRAP!

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Hack89

10-15-2004, 06:53 PM

Angelo Pizzo
David Levien
Brian Koppelman
Gregory Allen Howard
Nicholas Pileggi
Oliver Stone

BooBooKittyFuck

10-18-2004, 03:52 AM

Since Kevin Smith has been mentioned already i would say Quentin Tarantino, he has an interesting bio. Or do Sam Raimi, he has done everything from cult classics to TV. Even Ed Wood would be original and fun to research.

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