Presents the scripts for two films from the 1970s, one the story of a private detective in Los Angeles, and the other dealing with two Navy Shore Patrols escorting a prisoner
THE RED CHICK Molly Kendrick, age 81, has found out that she is dying of cancer. She drives to the farm she shared with her late husband and relives her life through diaries and a series of flashbacks
In "Clerks," two convenience store employees discuss their philosophies while waiting on customers; and in "Chasing Amy," a comic book creator pursues a romantic relationship with a lesbian
Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet ranks among the century's most influential writers for stage and screen. His dialogue--abrasive, rhythmic--illuminates a modern aesthetic evocative of Samuel Beckett.
These two film scripts show Cocteau at his most surrealistic, employing dreams, subconsciousness fantasy and poetic imagry in a disturbing way to break down the barriers between reality and illusion.
This collection of Christopher Hampton's screenplays includes his two best-known films - "Carrington" and the Oscar-winning "Dangerous Liaisons" - as well as three never-before-published works: "The C
Hanif Kureishi already has introduced Americans to new fictional territory in his two films, My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and in his novel, The Buddha of Suburbia. His latest
The fourth volume of the collected works of Agee concerns Agee's two most famous screenplays. The book includes both the first drafts of The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter, and also the
Horton Foote’s uniquely personal style of screenwriting is at its peak in this collection of two Academy Award winners, To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies, and The Trip to Bountiful, a film wide
Richard Curtis's romantic comedies have been watched in cinemas, on televisions, even on airplanes the world over. Now, for the first time, the screenplays of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting H
These screenplays showcase the range of one of Australia’s greatest writers. The Last Days of Chez Nous was directed by Gillian Armstrong in 1991, and Two Friends by Jane Campion in 1986. These funny,
(Applause Books). The Film Scripts series bring back into print some of the greatest screenplays ever written. The series is a reissue of four volumes originally edited by George P. Garrett. Each volu
