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Creative Screenwriting #53 - Best Screenwriting of 2003 - Jan/Feb 2004
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People & News
The Buzz
Lovecraft, a new way to fund films, and the return of the Red Scare!
Anatomy of a Spec Sale
The Butterfly Effect
Lost Scenes
Stripes
Conference Report: Screenwriting Expo 2
Production Co. Spotlight
Nine companies and what theyre looking for.
Breaking In
Andrea Herman
Bragi Schut
Peter Buchman
The Code
Resolving to be a better scribe.
People
Michael Burks
W.D. Richter
Jeff Kahn
George Plimpton
DVD Spotlight
Pirates of the Caribbean, X2, World Series of Poker, and more.
Why I Write
Callie Khouri, Thelma and Louise
Coming Soon...
Monster
Aileen Wuornos was a prostitute and a serial killer who murdered six people. Does she deserve your sympathy? Patty Jenkins thinks so. By David Goldsmith
Columns
The Busine$$ of Screenwriting
Preparing For a Writers Life
Hard questions every writer should answer. by Ron Suppa
Writer Beware!
So Sue Me& If You Can
Think someone stole your script? Trying to find an attorney? Good luck youll need it. by Steve Ryfle
Agents Hot Sheet
Putting the Hammer Down
The Norse fantasy/adventure comic book Hammer of the Gods is set up a year after the pitches. by Jim Cirile
Belly of the Beast
Selling a Script Sans Agent
You can move your career forward even without an agent. Heres how.
by Michael Lent
Our Craft
The Conflict Commandment
A conflict about conflict. Is it really needed in every scene? This column says no. by Jeff Newman
The Contest Beat
Now is the Time& To Enter!
Production companies are getting into the screenplay contest business which could help you. by Patricia B. Smith
The Final Scene
American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Features
The Best Screenwriting of 2003
Filmmaking is a sum of many parts: writing, directing, acting, editing, music, dare we even say producing. Great films are rare, occurring only when these parts fuse to elevate each other to a higher level. To the small extent
that this business is driven by excellence and not a desire to cater to the lowest common denominator, the writers of Creative Screenwriting feel it is important to shine our spotlight on a few films this year that elevated the writing art. In discussing the best screenwriting of 2003, the following films must be considered:
21 Grams By David Konow
28 Days Later By David Wharton
American Splendor By David F. Goldsmith
The Barbarian Invasions By Jeff Goldsmith
Big Fish By Steve Ryfle
City of God By David F. Goldsmith
Cold Mountain By Jeff Goldsmith
Dirty Pretty Things By Jeff Goldsmith
Finding Nemo By Peter N. Chumo II
House of Sand and Fog By Terri Spaugh
The Last Samurai By Jeff Goldsmith
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King By Jeff Goldsmith
Lost in La Mancha By Den Shewman
Lost in Translation By Peter N. Chumo II
Mystic River By Nancy Hendrickson
Shattered Glass By Steve Ryfle
The Station Agent By Jeff Goldsmith
Whale Rider By Jeff Goldsmith
Creative Screenwritings 2003 Page of Shame
Shining the light on the years worst screenwriting (Gigli, Hollywood Homicide, Legally Blonde 2) as well as the year s missed opportunities (The Hulk, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions).
The Craft of Comedy
Kings of comedy writing David Zucker (Airplane!) and Harold Ramis (Caddyshack) talk about the craft along with Hollywood's latest favorite newcomer Todd Phillips (Old School). By Jeff Goldsmith
Going the Distance: Sylvester Stallone on writing Rocky
Written over a weekend, shot for less than a million dollars, Sylvester Stallones Rocky ended up winning a Best Picture Oscar and a place in cinema history. Bill Baer talks with Stallone about how, like his fictional alter ego, the actor-writer put it all on the line to write and star in the film about a nobody who wouldnt give up. by Bill Baer
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