Sentences with phrase «struggling screenwriter»

«I'm the one writing this story,» declares Jack (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a murderous drifter who wreaks havoc on the home of struggling screenwriter Paul (Antonio Banderas) in the new trailer for Black Butterfly, adapted from the 2008 French thriller Papillon Noir.

ends on a punchline that looks to be written by a marketing committee than a genuine, struggling screenwriter with an artistic vision.

The next owners on the dog's tour include a pathologically struggling screenwriter (Danny DeVito) and a resentful, ailing woman (Ellen Burstyn, brilliant) who wears giant sunglasses to hide the light of truth that she has wasted her time on Earth.

Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell's Marty) as he's inadvertently lured into a dognapping scheme by his best friend (Sam Rockwell's Billy)- with problems ensuing after Billy and his partner (Christopher Walken's Hans) kidnap a local gangster's (Woody Harrelson's Charlie) beloved pooch.

SUNSET BOULEVARD: William Holden plays Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, who haphazardly rediscovers Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a grotesque, aging silent movie star living under the delusion that she is still adored.

The comedy from the In Bruges writer and director reunites him with actor Colin Farrell as a struggling screenwriter who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his two oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.

Who: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken What: A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

Colin Farrell leads the cast as a struggling screenwriter who gets caught up in his best friend's (Sam Rockwell) dog - napping scheme: take the puppy, return it to its owner, and collect the reward.

«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.

«A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.A screenwriter is drawn into a dog kidnapping scheme by his oddball friends.»

Synopsis (Courtesy of IMDB): A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

12:15 am (14th)-- TCM — Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder's classic noir explores the dark side of the rich and formerly famous, as a struggling screenwriter (William Holden) gets involved with a silent screen star seeking to make a comeback in the sound era.

The Plot: A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved dog.

But while the former is a struggling screenwriter, the latter has hit it big as the editor of a trendy magazine.

This and other juicy tidbits find their way into the journal, but it proves more of a hindrance than help when the journal is stolen by a reporter and struggling screenwriter (Bai Ling, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) that has been P.O.'d that Jack has refused to answer calls or acknowledge the screenplays sent in.

Marty (Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter who thinks a bit of alcohol will take the edge off and let the ideas flow like wine.

6:00 pm — TCM — Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder's classic noir explores the dark side of the rich and formerly famous, as a struggling screenwriter (William Holden) gets involved with a silent screen star seeking to make a comeback in the sound era.

Donagh has previously written and directed such offbeat fare as «Seven Psychopaths» about a struggling screenwriter embroiled in the L.A. underworld when his friends kidnap a gangster's Shih Tzu.

«PARK CITY, Utah — About three years ago, Randy Moore, a struggling screenwriter living in Burbank, had an out - there idea: What if he took a tiny camera and, without asking permission, began shooting a narrative movie at Disney theme parks?Moore had been visiting Disney World in Orlando, Fla., with his now - estranged father since he was a child, and he'd also begun taking his two children, then 1 and 3, to Disneyland.

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

«A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.»