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But for such a heady draught of melodrama, From the Terrace also features a screenplay with all the immediate, acerbic bite of a hard - boiled film noir.

It's also much more a comedy than a drama or a romance, and to that end features a screenplay with some nicely - written gags.

Not exact matches

This is Tucci's fourth directorial feature, who also stars and co-wrote the screenplay with David Schechter.

And director Brett Haley, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch, is the rare young American filmmaker who's sincerely interested in older generations; his previous feature, I'll See You In My Dreams, starred Blythe Danner, who's even older than Elliott.

Both films feature clever screenplays with smart characters, and go about their business with good humor.

The screenplay for this 1985 feature is so riddled with character inconsistencies and unmotivated behavior that it plays like science fiction: the unsuspected presence of body - snatching aliens is the only conceivable explanation for the bizarre twists of psychology the film proposes.

The Blu - ray debut features all the supplements of that release: three commentary tracks (one by director Terry Gilliam, one by stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and one by producer Laila Nabulsi and author Hunter S. Thompson), deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam, the 1978 BBC «Omnibus» documentary «Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood» (with Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman), the ten - minute featurette «Hunter Goes to Hollywood,» an audio documentary on the controversy over the screenplay credit, a survey of the marketing campaign, selections from the correspondence between Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson (read on camera by Depp), an excerpt from the 1996 audio CD «Fear and Loathing» starring Maury Chaykin, Jim Jarmusch, Harry Dean Stanton, and Glenne Headly, background notes on Oscar Zeta Acosta (the real life activist and attorney who inspired the character of Dr. Gonzo), and galleries of storyboards, stills, and Ralph Steadman art.

Chandor's debut feature, which earned him a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the Academy Awards, was a claustrophobic ensemble drama that related the bankruptcy of a Lehman Brothers analogue with elaborate, yet somewhat clunky, dialogue.

From his inspired collaborations with the prolific writer Charlie kaufman in Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, to his adapted screenplay of Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze continues to prove himself as not only an important film - maker of his time but also a wonderful screenwriter, and his latest feature Her starring Joaquin Phoenix might just be his magnum opus.

Based on vague tweets featuring codenames for an upcoming project by screenwriter Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein), John Landis» son, the horror news site stated the remake was a forgone conclusion with Max Landis penning a new screenplay.

features live staged readings of unproduced screenplays, cast with well - known Hollywood actors from Deborah Aquila and Lisa Zagoria of Aquila Wood Casting.

Best Actor - George Clooney - The Descendants Best Actress - Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn Best Animated Film - The Adventures of Tintin Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Best Documentary - Page One: Inside the New York Times Best First Feature - Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin Best Foreign Language Film - The Skin I Live In The Not - So - Obviously Worst Film - Hangover Part II The Obviously Worst Film - Transformers: Dark of the Moon Best Screenplay (Original)- The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius Best Screenplay (Adaptation)- Moneyball - Aaron Sorkin Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks - Drive Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer - The Help

This is one of the key preceding awards before the Academy Awards are handed out early next month, and on the feature film side of things, another significant win adds even more momentum to the acclaimed thriller Get Out with Jordan Peele winning the award for original screenplay.

Director Atsuko Hirayanagi introduced a more broadly comic Setsuko in her 2014 short of the same title, and her feature screenplay (written with Boris Frumin) still finds humor in the character's flailing attempts to break free from habitual loneliness and obedience.

As with most other WGBH releases there are no on - disc special features, which is a shame since the closing credits indicate the existence, on the PBS web site, of an interview with Emmy - winning classic adaptation specialist Andrew Davies, who wrote the screenplay here.

The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), It Happened One Night is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the early sound era, packed with clever situations and gags that have entered the Hollywood comedy pantheon and featuring two actors at the top of their game, sparking with a chemistry that has never been bettered.

if you didn't know, there's already a screenplay by writer / director Jeff Wadlow, which features the «merc with a mouth» appearing alongside the mutant Cable and his team of mutants.

Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden broke onto the scene in 2006 with their first feature screenplay Half Nelson.

In honor of the movie's home video release (and before this weekend's Academy Awards, where it's nominated for Best Animated Feature), I spoke with Molina about the power of the film's music, how physically visiting a place like Monte Alban actually translates into a movie's screenplay, and much more.

Best Picture Will Win: The Artist Deserves to Win: The Artist Overlooked: Bridesmaids Best Director Will Win: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Deserves to Win: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Overlooked: David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Best Actor Will Win: George Clooney (The Descendants) Deserves to Win: Jean Dujardin (The Artist) Overlooked: Ryan Gosling (Drive) Best Actress Will Win: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) Deserves to Win: Viola Davis (The Help) Overlooked: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) Best Supporting Actor Will Win: Christopher Plummer (Beginners) Deserves to Win: Max von Sydow (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) Overlooked: Albert Brooks (Drive) Best Supporting Actress Will Win: Octavia Spencer (The Help) Deserves to Win: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) Overlooked: Carey Mulligan (Drive) Best Original Screenplay: Will Win: Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) Deserves to Win: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo (Bridesmaids) Overlooked: Lars von Trier (Melancholia) Best Adapted Screenplay: Will Win: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) Deserves to Win: Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin (Moneyball) Overlooked: Tate Tatlor and Kathryn Stockett (The Help) Predictions for Secondary Categories Animated Feature: Rango Art Direction: Hugo Foreign Language Film: A Separation Cinematography: The Tree of Life Costume Design: The Artist Documentary Feature: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Film Editing: The Artist Makeup: The Iron Lady Original Score: The Artist Original Song: «Man or Muppet» (The Muppets) Sound Editing: Hugo Sound Mixing: Hugo Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews, excerpts from Algeria's National Liberation Front leader Saadi Yacef's original account of his arrest, excerpts from the film's screenplay, a reprinted interview with cowriter Franco Solinas, and biographical sketches of key figures in the French - Algerian War

She was selected for the 2018 Asian American Fellowship and attended both the Screenwriters Intensive and the Screenwriters Lab with her feature screenplay «Josephine,» which will mark her feature directorial debut.

The debut feature by husband - and - wife team Erdstein and Foulcher — who met while students at Melbourne's esteemed Victorian College of the Arts — wrote the screenplay together, with Erdstein taking on directorial duties while Foulcher played not one but both of the starring roles.

Evidently, «The Grand Budapest Hotel» was conceived of with an old friend, but it will be the first feature - length screenplay that Anderson has penned that won't feature a co-authoring credit.

Based on an original screenplay and released through Focus Features, Henry is exactly the kind of small, back - to - basics drama that's supposed to reconnect a blockbuster filmmaker with his artistic side.

Stavier Films have announced that Anthony Renwick McGill, a writer living in Dublin and co-founder, along with Savio Sequeira, of Stavier Films and The Da Vinci Theatre Company, has won the 2016 FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY AWARD in the New York Short Film and Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970'SCREENPLAY AWARD in the New York Short Film and Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970'SCREENPLAY AWARD in the New York Short Film and Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970'Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970'Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970'screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970'screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970's Ireland.

Extras: Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block; new appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp; «The Flawed Couple,» a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon; «Billy Wilder ABC,» an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more; new interview with actress Hope Holiday; «Inside the Apartment,» a half - hour «making - of» featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others; «Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon,» an archive profile of the actor from 2007; original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD - ROM content); theatrical trailer; special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick; collector's 150 - page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind - the - scenes imagery.

The film — which also features the likes of Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Kathy Bates, Marion Cotillard and Adrien Brody — provided Allen with his biggest hit, banking over $ 145m at the global box office, and it will also contest the Golden Globe awards for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor — Musical or Comedy (Wilson).

Happy End didn't make it on the short list of this year's Best Foreign Language contenders, but it does reunite filmmaker Michael Haneke with Isabelle Huppert and Jean - Louis Trintignant who starred in his 2012 feature Amour, which took home the Cannes Palme d'Or and received several Oscar noms including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Soon his whole world turns upside down... Life After Beth is both written & directed by American filmmaker Jeff Baena, making his feature directing debut after co-writing the I Heart Huckabees screenplay in 2004 with David O. Russell.

Most recently, on June 1 in New York, we presented a screenplay reading of Sleepwalk With Me, written and directed by Mike Birbiglia, a 2011 Feature Film Program Fellow.

Bryan Buckley is a long - time commercials director but first - time feature director who works here from a screenplay Rauch wrote with her husband, Winston.

This year's nominees are lead by Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» which pulled in four nominations (including Best Feature, Breakthrough Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor), but the breakout debut is trailed by four other hot contenders, each with three nominations to their name.

Directed by Michael Gracey with a screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, and featuring original songs by Academy Award - winning lyricists of La La Land, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman will be in theaters December 25.

His feature work includes the screenplay for DreamWorks» 2004 comedy «Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!»

«Her» picks up another win with Spike Jonze's taking Best Screenplay, and Disney continues its strong showing in Best Animated Feature with «Frozen».

Jumping the Broom, whose title comes from a wedding tradition Pam alone wishes to see honored here, marks the feature film debut of director Salim Akil (a veteran of TV's «Soul Food», «Girlfriends», and «The Game») and Arlene Gibbs, who shares screenplay credit with story - credited Elizabeth Hunter (an alum of «ER», «The L Word», and «Charmed»).

Alexander Payne is on some kind of hot streak, with all four of his major features receiving Oscar nominations and his last two (Sideways and The Descendants) both earning Best Picture nominations and taking home statues for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Nightcrawler, is being predicted to snag a large haul of nominations in the form of Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenplay and First Feature, with most Gold Rush Gang members locking in votes for all or most of these.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: ANIMATION «Kubo and the Two Strings» — Laika's most daring, innovative film yet «My Life as a Zucchini» — About little kids but not for little kids; a bold, 70 - minute feature from Switzerland «Sing» — Delightful and triumphant, with terrific voice performances and song renditions «Trolls» — I can't stop the positive feelings I've had about this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's best screenplays

They both have full GRG votes in Feature, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor and Screenplay with Boyhood adding Supporting Actress.

A Brooklyn crime drama with this cast, directed by Roskam and written by Lehane in his first feature screenplay (he's written some for HBO shows The Wire and Boardwalk Empire) should have been an event film for me, but The Drop ultimately remains a little too undercooked and over-familiar to amount to more than the sum of its parts.

Two out - of - work actors searching for a new project, Michael Godere and Ivan Martin, took matters into their own hands when they wrote the feature - length screenplay for Loitering with Intent, with parts for themselves and their two famous friends, Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell.

The program supports 10 to 12 writers or writer / directors developing a fiction feature screenplay and includes a hands - on writing workshop, a screening of a recent Sundance film followed by an in - depth conversation with the filmmaker, and two one - on - one script feedback sessions with creative advisors.

Additionally, one fellowship is awarded annually to an emerging screenwriter to support the ongoing development of a feature - length fiction screenplay with science or technology themes through participation at a Screenwriters Lab.

This comedy is the brainchild of writer J. Wilder Konschak making his feature - length screenplay and co-directing debut with Stirling MacLaughlin.

The 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards took place in Santa Monica, Los Angeles yesterday, and it was a very good night for Moonlight, with the film sweeping all five awards it was nominated for — Best Feature, Best Director (Barry Jenkins), Best Screenplay (Jenkins), Best Cinematography and Best Editing — as well as receiving the -LSB-...]

Directed by MacFarlane from a screenplay co-written with Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, the film also features Giovanni Ribisi and Sarah Silverman.

While it's entirely possibly the film could be a creative misfire, it's got one hell of a trailer, and along with DuVernay's proven creative chops, features an adapted screenplay from Frozen writer - director Jennifer Lee.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong and features an acclaimed cast including Academy Award ® - winner Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Academy Award ® - winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Willow Shields, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone with Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland reprising their original roles from The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.