Sentences with phrase «great screenwriter»

All - time great screenwriter Robert Towne made his first foray into direction with «Personal Best» which is still a pretty decent drama set among the women competing for a place on the US athletics Olympics team, even if it's now become something of a pop - culture byword among men who felt early stirrings at its scenes of hardbodied lesbianism.

The results range from the sublime to the ridiculous, of course (there's no guarantee that even a great screenwriter will coincidentally come equipped with the talents to be a great director, after all), and with two others coming down the pike (Alex Garland «s «Ex-Machina «and Matthew Michael Carnahan's «Violent Talent» with Garrett Hedlund) this week sees another attempt as Geoffrey Fletcher, Oscar - winning screenwriter of «Precious» releases his directorial debut, «Violet and Daisy.»

Learn how to become a great screenwriter in this amazing video essay on the Social Network.

I love the film industry looking to become a great screenwriter.

asks Ernest Lehman, one of Hollywood's greatest screenwriters.

So much for great actors being the product of great screenwriters.

Not exact matches

Perhaps the greatest collaboration from the minds of director Michel Gondry and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (so far), this unique love story is powerfully told through amazing performances and incredible sleight - of - hand visuals.

Mathew Chapman is the great, great grandson of Charles Darwin, from whom he inherited his glorious English accent, but much more than that, he is an acclaimed author, Hollywood screenwriter, director and film producer.

It's a very moving indie drama that, as the directorial debut of screenwriter Oren Moverman, could be the start of a very great career for him as something other than a writer.You should definitely give this film a watch.

It's a lot for one movie to tackle, and directors Joe and Anthon Russo and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely largely succeed at the thankless task of bringing a great many moving parts together into a largely working whole.

To screenwriter / director's Sean Penn's great credit as a storyteller, it's easy to come away from Into the Wild predominately feeling a wistful sympathy for Chris» Icarian search for truth.

It's that conventionality that others find fault with, as Variety claims «the vitality seems to have been largely drained from this rote retelling,» while The Guardian blames Newell as well as screenwriter David Nicholls, noting, «It takes a special type of talent to turn Great Expectations into a film quite this flat.»

The Departed comes by its puzzle pieces honestly — the movie, with an outstanding script by Kingdom of Heaven screenwriter William Monahan, is a relatively direct adaptation of Infernal Affairs, a great 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller steeped in Chinese conundrum and Hong Kong aesthetics.

Although The Hangover is definitely «R» rated, screenwriters Jon Lucas and John Moore, both who penned Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Four Christmases, have upped the level of bad - behavior comedies with their great script.

Screenwriter Ray Bradbury masterfully captures the allegorical elements in the Herman Melville original without sacrificing any of the film's entertainment value (Bradbury suffered his own «great white whale» in the form of director Huston, who sadistically ran roughshod over the sensitive author throughout the film).

Now, the screenwriter behind The Martian is getting ready for his sophomore effort behind the camera: Bad Times at the El Royale, which is a great, distinctive title.

The great director, actor, writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker MARK DUPLASS joins the DTFH and we talk about authenticity, filmmaking, collaboration and getting out there and making stuff happen.

Also, I think screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has a great story that most people, especially college students, don't know much about.

The Last Mountain (Director: Bill Haney; Screenwriters: Bill Haney and Peter Rhodes)-- A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.

It's understandable that for so long so many great movies would contain sharp dialogue — it's the most fun for screenwriters, not to mention actors.

Director Leo Gabriadze and screenwriter Nelson Greaves really only have one great idea to work with here — two, if you count twisting «Never Have I Ever» into a Saw-esque game of lethal revelations — but they play it to the hilt, achieving something immensely satisfying out of a bunch of dumb component parts.

Many directors say that while it seems tougher to write a great piece of dialogue than craft some sharp mise - en - scêne, in fact, that's a screenwriter - centric view, and doesn't consider the full trickiness of cinematography and direction.

Updated from the original novel by Brian Garfield, director Eli Roth and screenwriter Joe Carnahan's (The Grey, Narc) Death Wish also stars Vincent D'Onofrio (The Magnificent Seven, TV's Daredevil and Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), Camila Morrone, Dean Norris (Breaking Bad) and Kimberly Elise (The Great Debaters).

Reynolds has not only succeeded, he (along with a big - budgeted production, a great director and the returning screenwriters (Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and himself) have made a terrific, exhilarating movie.

It was so great to read about one of the most influential males in Hollywood praising a female screenwriter, because I feel like I read way too many articles this year about male Hollywood power players neglecting / dismissing the female species.

At least part of the credit belongs to screenwriter Diablo Cody, who seems to have set out to write a greatest - hits Jonathan Demme movie — complete with full - length live musical numbers, kitsch décor, and a wedding — while taking another go at the basic premise of her script for Young Adult: the story of a nobody returning to nowhere.

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin knows a thing or two about the visionaries of the tech industry, those Great Men whose untamable zeal for changing the world competes with a personal flaw.

Screenwriters Giorgio Prosperi and Hugo Butler loosely based the script on the book by Richard Wormser, taking great liberties with biblical texts to flesh out Lot's story into a 2 1/2 hour movie.

Vintage»70 (Stars and Film Artists Born in 70) Oscar Winners: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious screenwriter), Martin McDonagh (Six Shooter), Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty), and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)

That it still manages to be entertaining despite looking, sounding and feeling exactly like the original film is to the great credit of director Danny Boyle, with slightly less credit to screenwriter John Hodge for reasons which will soon become apparent.

Screenwriter Max Landis (Chronicle) offers some great flourishes, like a recurring bit in which Mike stops mid-murder spree to dialogue with opponents, but ultimately they don't go anywhere.

«Argo» added another prize to it's list of wins, with screenwriter Chris Terrio sharing the 25th Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award with the two men responsible for the source material of his script: journalist Joshuah Bearman, who wrote the article «The Great Escape» for Wired Magazine, and Antonia J. Mendez, who penned the autobiography «The Master of Disguise.»

It's not a great film by any means, but humanist director Robert Benton (Nobody's Fool) and veteran screenwriter Nicholas Meyer (Time After Time, certain Star Trek films) manage to keep it alive and moving.

We're on - the - record fans here of screenwriter and comedian Demi Adejuyigbe, who's previously graced the pages of Great Job, Internet with a number of subversively excellent comedy songs, ranging from an Animaniacs - styled takedown of the Trump administration's constant staffing woes, to an unofficially awesome Lando rap

All of this ardent feminism is a great thing, but placed in the inept hands of screenwriter and director Gina Prince - Bythewood it turns into an excuse to attempt to further a story about love.

Giving a great deal of credit to first - time screenwriter Jamie Linden, he does manage to find that silver lining by not concentrating on the game of football except as a means to heal wounds.

From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriter Kurt Sutter («Sons of Anarchy «-RRB-, SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy «The Great» Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award ® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal).

That said, these are some great awards, with Michelle Williams and Shailene Woodley getting recognized, along with Pariah and of course screenwriter Will Reiser of 50/50 getting the award he truly deserves, too.

Bryan Cranston does a great job leading us through Trumbo's later years as a cocky but very talented screenwriter.

Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael prove they are great as a comedy duo and also as leading ladies, not to mention as fine screenwriters.

While that may sound boring, Spielberg, Cline, and screenwriter Zak Penn do a great job of making the scavenger hunt exciting and interesting, using the time to not just dive into only Halliday and the references but also revamp the story to feel more streamlined, bombastic, and entertaining.

Spielberg and screenwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer got this film in shape in record time — soup to nuts in just about a year — and their great urgency fills every frame.

A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.

Beyond directing four of the decade's greatest films — «The Godfather», «The Godfather, Part II», «The Conversation» and «Apocalypse Now» — his name was on «Patton» and «The Great Gatsby» as screenwriter and «American Graffiti» -LSB-...]

«In The Soup» (1992) From the same Sundance class as «Reservoir Dogs» and «El Mariachi» (and winning the Grand Jury Prize that year, no less), this Steve Buscemi - starring flick about a struggling screenwriter, from director Alexandre Rockwell, was expected to go on to great things even before the Tarantino and Rodriguez films blew up.

Screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have great writing credits to their name with Deadpool and Zombieland, which surprises me due to the basic nature of this film in comparison.

Lisa Klein's novel (adapted by screenwriter Semi Chellas) decides it will be great fun to make substantive changes to the story.

During the New York Film Festival press conference, in discussing a shared favorite film of author / screenwriter Brian Selznick and Todd Haynes - the uber - influential The Wizard Of Oz - Selznick said, «The moment, which I think is maybe the greatest moment in cinema history, is when Dorothy opens the door from her black and white world in Kansas into Oz... Maybe that's what this entire movie is...»

Shane Black (Robocop 3), who plays Hawkins, the bespectacled commando with a gift for raunchy jokes, would go on to greater success the same year as the screenwriter for Lethal Weapon, kicking off a long and lucrative career as a screenwriter and, later, an action director in his own right.

Screenwriter Philip Dunne («How Green Was My Valley») turns in a fairly conventional but well - done piece in the «Great Man» tradition of moviemaking.