The Screenplay Sell: What Every Writer Should Know: What Every Writer Should Know and I Didn't

Alan Trustman

ISBN 10: 0595280846 / ISBN 13: 9780595280841

Published by iUniverse 2003-06-23, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Screenplay Sell: What Every Writer Should Know: What Every Writer Should Know and I Didn't
• Publisher: iUniverse 2003-06-23
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595280846
• ISBN 13: 9780595280841
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The truth about the movie business and why it's so tough to crack it, by the writer of THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, United Artists; BULLITT, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Warner Bros.; THEY CALL ME MR. TIBBS, Sidney Poitier, United Artists; LADY ICE, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neill, Allied Artists; HIT!, Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, Paramount; CRIME AND PASSION, Omar Sharif, Karen Black, American International Pictures; THE NEXT MAN, Sean Connery, Allied Artists; THE TRACKER (executive producer), Chris Kristofferson, Home Box Office; THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR remake, Pierce Brosnan, Renee Russo, United Artists. Eight other movies and two other television dramas, uncredited. His articles include WHO KILLED HOLLYWOOD?, 1978, Atlantic Monthly; THE SILVER SCAM - , 1980, Atlantic Monthly. THE FINER POINTS OF FINIS, 3/21/2002, Washington POST.His industry Honors: Member, American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Mystery Writers of America; International Association of Crime Writers; Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe award for best screenplay; MWA Chairman of 1994 Best Picture Edgar Committee.Other Industry Activities:Member, Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. Negotiating Committee, 1988. Toronto Film Festival panelist, 1995. Austin, Texas Film Festival panelist, 1999.

About the Author

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR; BULLITT; THEY CALL ME MR. TIBBS; LADY ICE; HIT!; CRIME AND PASSION; THE NEXT MAN; THE TRACKER; RED WIND, Showtime; THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR remake. Eight other movies and two other television dramas, uncredited. Articles:WHO KILLED HOLLYWOOD?, 1978, Atlantic Monthly; THE FINER POINTS OF FINIS, 3/21/2002, Washington POST.Member, American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Mystery Writers of America; Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe award for best screenplay; MWA Chairman of 1994 Best Picture Edgar Committee.Other Industry Activities:Member, Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. Negotiating Committee, 1988.