Sentences with phrase «struggling screenwriter with»

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Whether I was talking to a podcaster about his issue with people who sing and dance at the gym, a screenwriter about his issue with people who wear pajamas on planes, an actor about his issue with skateboarders, or a photographer about his issue with entitled drivers, I noticed a common theme: Everyone was struggling with feeling invisible and like they didn't matter.

The storyline - which follows alcoholic superhero John Hancock (Smith) as he reluctantly allows a struggling public - relations expert (Jason Bateman's Ray) to mold him into a traditionally heroic figure - has essentially been crafted to act as an origin story for the central character, yet screenwriters Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan brilliantly ensure that Hancock rarely apes the conventions and tropes that one has come to expect with such a tale (ie one doesn't entirely realize that they're watching an origin story until everything's been said and done).

After taking some time off from directing and scriptwriting to appear in such films as Out of Sight (1998), Brooks resumed his director - screenwriter - actor hyphenate with The Muse (1999), starring opposite Andie MacDowell and Sharon Stone as a struggling Hollywood scriptwriter in search of divine inspiration; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World followed in 2005.

Restoration (Boker Tov Adon Fidelman) / Israel (Director: Yossi Madmoni; Screenwriter: Erez Kav - El)-- Aided by a young and mysterious apprentice, an antique furniture restorer struggles to keep his workshop alive, while his relationship with his own estranged son, who is trying to close down the shop, begins to disintegrate.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director and screenwriter: Sean Durkin)-- Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) wrote and directed Seven Psychopaths which reunites him with actor Colin Farrell who plays a screenwriter struggling for inspiration for his script, which just so happens to be called Seven Psychopaths, who gets drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his oddball friends (played by Sam Rockwell & Christopher Walken).

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.

«Other People» / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chris Kelly)-- A struggling comedy writer, fresh from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves to Sacramento to help his sick mother.

Bob and the Trees (Director: Diego Ongaro, Screenwriters: Diego Ongaro, Courtney Maum, Sasha Statman - Weil)-- Bob, a 50 - year - old logger in rural Massachusetts with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap, is struggling to make ends meet in a changed economy.

Spa Night (Director & Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn)-- A young Korean - American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

A tip for screenwriters: there's not one goddamn funny thing about a teenager struggling with his sexual identity.

Other People (Director & Screenwriter: Chris Kelly)-- A struggling comedy writer, fresh from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves to Sacramento to help his sick mother.

NOVITIATE / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Maggie Betts)-- In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.

The story of a struggling Hollywood screenwriter and his deadly encounter with a delusional silent film star.

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.

Keeping the film from venturing into cheesy drama is a finely tuned script from Ponsoldt and screenwriter Susan Burke, who actually struggled with alcoholism on her own.

Jason Reitman reteams with screenwriter Diablo Cody for a marvellous movie about a struggling mother saved by a millennial Mary Poppins

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director and screenwriter: Sean Durkin)- Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

«Other People» — DAY ONE FILM U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chris Kelly)-- A struggling comedy writer, fresh from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves to Sacramento to help his sick mother.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director & Screenwriter: Sean Durkin)-- Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

(Director: Jim Kohlberg; Screenwriters: Gwyn Lurie and Gary Marks, based on the story «The Last Hippie» by Oliver Sacks)-- A father struggles to bond with his estranged son who suffers a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories.

As they struggle to figure out some reason to bring back Bourne, the screenwriters overwhelm us with repetitive exposition in the form of dialogue and flashbacks.

Based on This American Life's segment entitled «Heretics» that focused on Pearson and the controversial decision to tell his flock that Hell doesn't exist, director Joshua Marston (who made an impressive first film in 2004 with Maria Full of Grace but has largely worked in television since) and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey struggle to give the compelling true story of Pearson some much - needed dramatic mojo.

Along with a screenwriter commentary and blooper reel (both of which appear on the first disc with the movie), the two - disc set also includes a 25 - minute pre-production featurette («Charting the Return») covering (among other things) the struggle of the writers to complete the script in time, a lengthy production featurette («According to Plan») on the actual filming, and a three - part featurette («Mastering the Blade») on weapons training for Bloom, Knightley and Davenport.

«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.

From his roots as a child in Florida, witnessing his brother drown before his eyes and suffering blindness as a result of Glaucoma, to his triumphant, genre - breaking career, the film juxtaposes Charles» personal struggles with his professional achievements, and screenwriter James L. White doesn't gloss over the less attractive aspects.