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WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 52. "The Lady Eve")
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Zaz
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Oct '98
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4/15 7:30pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 62. "Moonstruck" by John Patrick Shanley)
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Me, either; just clips.
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Drac39
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 62. "Moonstruck" by John Patrick Shanley)
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Next up: The Silence of the Lambs by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.
This is a toughie. I don't know if the lines are really intelligent or if I just think they are because of the delivery by the cast. At any rate it's a very good adaptation of a novel which could have just been a crime fluff story
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Zaz
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5/3 12:43pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 61. "The Silence of the Lambs" by Ted Tally)
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I haven't read the original material either, so I'm not sure about this one.
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StarDude
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5/3 1:07pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 61. "The Silence of the Lambs" by Ted Tally)
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Silence of the Lambs is such an incredibly intelligent horror/thriller. I haven't read the screenplay, but I hear the movie follows it 100%, which is actually saying something.
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quiller
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5/4 1:46am
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 61. "The Silence of the Lambs" by Ted Tally)
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I love Thomas Harris and the book in question and mostly prefer books to the movie. In this case though most of what I revisit in my mind from Silence of the Lambs comes from the movie rather then then the book. While in most cases I will remember fondly scenes in the book over the movie if I liked the book.
PS. If you haven't read the book you really need to read Red Dragon first.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
6/19 9:19pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 61. "The Silence of the Lambs" by Ted Tally)
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60. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
L. A. Confidential
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KissMeImARebel
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 60. "L. A. Confidential")
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One of my favorite movies.
Bit of useless trivia: I used to subscribe to Entertainment Weekly and they've always given their 'odds' on the Oscar nominees. In 1997 they put the odds at LA Confidential winning Best Adapted Screenplay at 'Even.' Given the material I agree it was a good bet to make (it was correct too).
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Zaz
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6/20 3:39pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 60. "L. A. Confidential")
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It's a very good movie, with a particularly good cast---with the exception of the one who won a best supporting Oscar. Sigh.
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Zaz
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7/11 8:18am
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 60. "L. A. Confidential")
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59. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1935)
Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Frank Capra's first big hit. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert were being punished by their respective studios by being sent to Columbia--then a poverty-row outfit. Both sulked a good deal, but eventually decided to go along with Capra. The result was the first screwball comedy, so called because the people in them behaved in a silly but charming manner (the latter is important--if no charm, just silliness, the movie didn't work). A giant hit, and still very funny and watchable. They both won Oscars. The effect on Capra, though, was catastrophic. He stopped making funny, sexy movies, and started making populist fantasies, IWO, Capracorn.
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Zaz
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7/31 10:17pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 59. "It Happened One Night")
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58. ORDINARY PEOPLE
Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest
Ordinary People
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KnightWriter
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7/31 10:32pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 58. "Ordinary People")
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Superb film. Trailer for it.
Sutherland was robbed of a nomination, and Mary Tyler Moore should have won the Oscar (after losing her own son to suicide, in a bizarre and sad entry into real life from the film).
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7/31 11:49pm
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To me, the scene at the end where Mary Tyler Moore encounters Donald Sutherland crying, and Sutherland gives her the explanation, and tells her he doesn't love her anymore, is one of the great moments in all American films. He should have won an Oscar for his performance in that scene alone. I love the line at the end, "And so I was crying."
I was surprised to learn that it was filmed twice, once on location with both Moore and Sutherland present, and then later, a portion of the room was created on a set so Sutherland could do the scene again, because he felt he had overacted the first time around, crying too much. (Moore wasn't available for the re-shoot, so Redford read her lines off camera.)
The end result always moves me. A great film which shows a lot of restraint. Beautifully written.
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Zaz
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8/14 12:45pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 58. "Ordinary People")
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57. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Written by Woody Allen
Wealthy middle-aged male wish fulfillment. 
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Zaz
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8/27 7:55pm
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 57. "Crimes and Misdemeanors")
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56. BACK TO THE FUTURE
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
A great, witty script--Oedipus as an American adolescent.
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon
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RE: WGA 101 Best Screenplays (Now Discussing: 56. "Back to the Future"
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Zaz posted:
56. BACK TO THE FUTURE
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
A great, witty script--Oedipus as an American adolescent.
[overreaction]
BTTF has nothing to do with Oedipus. The only similarity AT ALL is the mother/son sexual dynamic, and even that is handled in starkly different ways. BTTF has an Oedipal element, inasmuch as anything with a hint of mother/son sexuality is labeled "Oedipal" these days, but the story of Oedipus is an epic tragedy, while BTTF is a comedy that explores the question, "How would you get along with your parents if you met them as teenagers?" Oedipus as an American adolescent would involve Marty actually having sex with Lorraine and killing George.
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That aside, the script IS amazing. Practically every line in the first act of the film is exposition or setup for a gag, but the scenes flow so well that you don't notice it. And the humor is great, too.
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