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Creative Screenwriting #57 - Sideways/Alexander Payne - Sep/Oct 2004
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People & News
The Buzz
Angry Aliens not-so-fluffy bunnies, and the latest on Superman IV
Lost Scenes
What if Daniel-sans girlfriend was raped in a back alley in The Karate Kid?
DVD Spotlight
John Lee Hancock discusses the ins and outs of making The Alamo.
Production Co. Spotlight
Why I Write
Carrie Fisher
Anatomy of a Spec Sale
Seven Years of Déjà Vu with Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio
Breaking In
Dan Weiss
Kieran & Michele Mulroney
People
Bob DeRosa
Miranda Kwok
Mathew Sand
The 2004 WGAw Election
The Politics of the Pitch
Can bad small talk kill a good pitch?
The Code
The Russians Are Coming
Coming Soon...
The Grudge
Stephen Susco had nightmares after first seeing footage from a Japanese horror film and knew he had to adapt it. By Jeff Goldsmith
Nicotina
The US has Tarantino. But in Mexico, Martin Salinas is king of the black comedy caper film. By Nancy Hendrickson
Feast
Project Greenlight takes a stab at horror this year; results pending. By Ryan Turek
Primer
Shane Carruths $7,000 film is one of the most intelligent adult science fiction movies in years. By Jeff Goldsmith
Undertow
Young cinematic poet David Gordon Green reveals how he keeps his new balls-to-the-wall Southern thriller afloat. By Yon Motskin
The Last Shot
An elaborate FBI sting operation is the basis for Jeff Nathansons hilarious and touching screenplay. By Peter N. Chumo II
Finding Neverland
David Magees script works his audiences emotional strings like a professional puppeteer. By Jeff Goldsmith
Cellular
Larry Cohen is back with a new phone threat: Cellular. By David Konow
Saw
Leigh Whannells hellish thriller is a cut above the competition. By Ryan Turek
Criminal
Gregory Jacobs remakes an Argentinian con-artist movie. By Jose Martinez
Columns
The Busine$$ of Screenwriting
Got A Great Movie Idea?
The master keys to script marketability. by Ron Suppa
Writer Beware!
Protecting Their Good Names
Its not just unknown screenwriters being targeted by Internet spam-scammers, as Repo Man director Alex Cox recently learned. by Steve Ryfle
Agents Hot Sheet
How Do I Get A Damn Agent?
Our panels comprehensive guide to finding yourself a rep. by Jim Cirile
Belly of the Beast
The Worst Meeting of My Life
Think youre ready for the Big Show? Heres a cautionary tale of industry politics and what can go wrong when youre pitching at the studio. by MIchael Lent
Our Craft
Teach Yourself Even More
Whats one of the most important story elements? You may be surprised.
by Jeff Newman
The Contest Beat
Who Loves Ya, Baby?
If you can figure out who loves ya, baby, you may just have found the magic key to unlock the door to Hollywood success. by Patricia B. Smith
The Final Scene
Sideways by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Features
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor on Sideways
Writer/director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylors fourth film is a different kind of buddy comedy. Two best pals (Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church) depart to the wine country for a week of R&R, and end up reevaluating their lives and friendship. Adapted from a little-known novel, Sideways is both a hilarious romp and a sensitive, poignant story. Its also Payne and Taylors most accomplished screenplay to date, surpassing their excellent work on Citizen Ruth, Election, and About Schmidt. By Steve Ryfle
David O. Russell on I Heart Huckabees
David O. Russell is back and hes bringing a suitcase full of absurdist-styled comedy with him! Russell talks about how I Heart Huckabees is existential and comedic, while at the same time personal. Theres so much existential philosophy in Huckabees that we had to get a passport to visit Russells 10th dimension just for this interview, and this Zen Daddy has plenty to say about how he got his start in Hollywood, writing dialogue, and of course how Huckabees completes a nearly thirteen-year journey for Russell. By Jeff Goldsmith
The Tools of Our Trade: How Successful Writers Write
When its time to start writing, there isnt one set of rules or tools you have to follow. When its time to choose your weapon, will it be a pen, pencil, typewriter, or computer? And do you need to spend a fortune on equipment to write a masterpiece or does it only require paper, a cheap writing utensil, and a great imagination? Quentin Tarantino, John August, Larry Karaszewski, and Scott Alexander are just a few of the writers who tell us how they get great ideas committed to paper. By David Konow
Alien: 25 Years Later
In space no one could hear you scream, but in the theater you couldnt help screaming. The success of Star Wars helped Alien get a greenlight, but Twentieth Century-Fox ended up getting more than they bargained for. By hammering the audience with an incredible scare close to an hour into the film, making a female character the lone survivor, not the victim, of the monster, and making the careers of Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, the film broke a lot of new ground as well. Twenty-five years later, Dan OBannon looks back on his scariest creation. by David Konow
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