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USA, 2009, 105 Minute Running Time Genre/Subjects: Biopic, Documentary Program: Documentary FilmsLanguage: English
DIRECTOR: Peter Hanson Producer: Paul Robert HermanEditor: J.D. FunariScreenwriter: Peter HansonPrincipal Cast: Allison Anders, Antwone Fisher, Bruce Joel Rubin, John Carpenter, Frank Darabont
Ever wonder what kind of real-life drama screenwriters – the often unsung heroes of the moviemaking process – experience? Documentary director Peter Hanson and collaborator Paul Robert Herman have – and from that curiosity comes this tell-all slugfest featuring dozens of Hollywood heavy hitters like William Goldman (The Princess Bride), Paul Schrader Taxi Driver), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), and horrormeister John Carpenter – all of whom share the glory, defeat, and depravity they have endured while pounding their keyboards. Suffice to provide samples. From Academy Award winner Bruce Joel Rubin, the writer/director of My Life: “The writer isn’t even at the bottom of the totem pole. They’re at the part that they stick in the ground.” From Stephen Susco: “The Grudge was my first film. It was my 25th screenplay.” And from Dennis Palumbo (My Favorite Year): “A writer friend of mine once described screenwriters as ‘egomaniacs with low self-esteem.’” Still think you want to try your own hand at a screenplay? If Goldman's warning to the aspiring scenarist (“you’re gonna get pissed on and rejected”) isn’t enough, try this caveat from Billy Ray (Breach, State of Play): “Someone told me that Warner Bros. has 360 movies in development. Just let that number rattle around in your head. I mean, they're gonna make 10 a year, 12 a year? So where are all those scripts going? They're going nowhere” – unlike Tales from the Script, as enlightening as it is juicy. In cooperation with Lighthouse Writers Workshop