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Lawrence Kasdan has created some of the most influential films in Hollywood history. He is the screenwriter of beloved blockbusters such as The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Bodyguard (1992) and The Force Awakens (2015). Simultaneously, he has gained critical acclaim as the director of pictures that dissect contemporary American society: Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), The Accidental Tourist (1988) and Grand Canyon (1991). Frequently experimenting in different genres, Kasdan's filmography defies easy classification. Taking an inclusive, interdisciplinary approach to examine all aspects of his eclectic canon, ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan reveals a filmmaker who has helped shape modern American cinema, both through his screenplays for popular classics, and as the writer-director of films synonymous with the largest demographic in US history. Brett Davies is Associate Professor of English at Meiji University, Tokyo.

Formatangaben und inhaltliche Hinweise vom langjährigen Studienleiter der Drehbuchwerkstatt München an der Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film.

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Kill the Dog exposes the lies of all the other screenwriting books, and presents authentic, essential instruction and motivation on what it takes to become a successful Hollywood screenwriter.

"Mastering the Art of Screenwriting: Essential Advice and Techniques" is your ultimate guide to the world of screenwriting. Explore the three-act structure, develop captivating characters, craft compelling dialogue, and master the art of visual storytelling. With insights from successful screenplays and practical techniques, this book equips you with the tools to create engaging narratives that captivate audiences. Refine your skills, embrace the revision process, seek feedback, and study the techniques of established screenwriters. Elevate your screenwriting and unleash your creative potential with this transformative guide.

After the Rungan warriors decimate the Lord invaders, they must decide what to do next. Knowing the Spears sent them to die, their next move seems obvious: take back Burunga and liberate their fellow Rungans from King Robert's betrayal. As they march back to the palace, they find several weapons storehouses and abandoned towns, all left in haste during the boulder slide. The Rungans lay down their primitive weapons, trading them for the rocket launchers and guns the Spears denied them. Leaving behind reinforcements to train, Colm continues his march to the Royal Palace.Once there, they're greeted with a triumphant welcome from King Robert and his officers. But behind the scenes, they again plot to destroy the Rungans out of fear of retribution. Though many on the council stick up for the warriors and regard them as heroes, their voices are drowned out by King Robert. He plans a ceremony of honor where the Spears will take out the remaining Rungans.Colm is not fooled. He sees through their ceremony, asked to leave all weapons outside, and plots a counter-attack. He and the warriors, now confident and strong from their victory, are ready to fight to save their country and their people.In a final stand, they surround the Royal Palace and use the weapons they collected to destroy those inside. Leaving only a few alive, King Robert is bloody and broken, but questioned and held accountable for his betrayal. His ally in the Palace, Lynzo Mesfin, tells Colm a harrowing secret: his parents are alive.The president has been kept in a Dumpster since King Robert betrayed him. Colm and his family are taken to meet him, but the reunion is tainted by Robert's torture-- the president, Colm's father, believes the return of his children to be a trick to get him to comply. But through persistence, they finally convince him. Weakened by the imprisonment, the president calls Colm before the warriors he led so valiantly in battle. Over the sound of their cheers, Colm is sworn in before them, as the new president of Burunga.

A lost and lonely orphaned youth grows up street wise and tough in the poorest districts of a 19th century Scandinavian city before joining the early foreign Legion. But soon after, he deserts the Legion to become a mercenary for an Islamic Warlord in Mesopotamia, where he near-fatally contracts TB. When his small company are ambushed and butchered by a Bandit Army he flees into the mountain wilderness. Here, by absolute chance he discovers and consumes the world's rarest plant first stumbled on by an ancient warrior king of Uruk - the flower of born again- so sought after by vast people through history. The plant's miraculous properties heal his illness and his life enters a seemingly alternate dimension as he embarks on a fantastical journey: this takes him through several coming centuries in his search for love, purpose and meaning in a fast changing world: he finds this world to be one of myriad amazing opportunities as well as one filled with lethal and terrible unknowns and risks beyond count.

My first response to the gob-smackingly arrogant and senseless sinking of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior-by Gallic Spooks in Auckland Harbour in 1985 which also killed a Portuguese environmentalist-was total disbelief; my second response, however, was my 135-page novella The Journeyman, written in anger about a fictional group of female and male ecological warriors as they made their way to Muroroa atoll to protest the then subterranean Nuclear Testing by France's Force du Frappe. Just prior to the advent of the World Wide Web, I turned this short novel into Pacific Meltdown, my first screenplay.I eventually rewrote my story as Pacific Apocalypse & The River Ocean a wide-ranging mini epic seen through the eyes of a brave Australian farming and soldiering family no great distance from Narrabri and Pillega.P. A. Fitzgerald

Discover the thrills of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park in a whole new way with this officially licensed, deluxe edition of the screenplay, complete with in-depth annotations and film stills.

The revolutionary world leader’s extraordinary life, published for the centenary of Lenin’s death

England 2001. Teddy (30) is a cool, average looking, ordinary guy with an energetic social life. Challenged daily by his friends, his life's never boring. It's a comfortable existence but not everything is as it seems... always preoccupied, reflecting and sometimes anxious, his view of the world is about to change. He receives an intriguing phone call from an old friend, who urges him to meet John, an anonymous entity, who unbeknown to Teddy will change his life forever. Nonchalant at first, Teddy's curiosity soon begins to draw him in. Who is John? And what is... The Instaplex?

Das Buch untersucht, wie die Fernsehschaffenden in Deutschland sogenannten Qualitätsfernsehserien von 2015 bis heute entwickeln. Dabei ist die zentrale Hypothese, dass diese Praktiker das Qualitätsfernsehen, das am stärksten mit dem Serien-Drama aus den USA assoziiert wird, in einen nationalen Kontext übertragen und gleichzeitig dieses Konzept mit breiteren, jüngeren Transformationen des Fernsehens und der lokalen Fernsehindustrie verbinden.

The Tragedy at Cambria, a three-act play written in rhyming iambic pentameter, tells a story of love, deception, and power. In the medieval kingdom of Cambria, aging King John faces a grave decision. His forebearers created extremely strict laws regarding unwed pregnancy, and now a sixteen-year-old girl, Plain Jane, is guilty of being with child. Either Jane or the baby must die. At Queen Beatrice's urging, King John assigns their teenage son and only heir, their beloved Prince Scott, to determine Jane's fate as a test of his maturity, but what should be a simple task becomes complicated when the compassionate prince attempts various schemes to try to save both mother and child. As his plans go awry, the prince sinks into deep despair, and his odds for ascending the throne wane. But Jane isn't the only Cambrian who's been breaking morality laws. As infidelities are revealed that directly affect his family, King John must reconcile his knowledge with his position of power in order to save the future of his kingdom.Behold a land where ancient statutes rule,Where laws that once served well have since waxed cruel,Where lovers are confined to marriage bed,And babies got by those who are unwedAre oftentimes forsaken-or born dead. What good can come from such a place as this?Where citizens can see what is amissBut turn their heads pretending all is well?A child, a bastard child, I do foretell- But not before our king knows royal hell. ~ Soothsayer

Aristophanes is acknowledged as the greatest of the Greek comic writers and is the only one whose works has survived in complete form. He was born in Athens and had his first comedy produced when he was so young that his name was withheld on account of his youth. He is credited with over forty plays, eleven of which survive, along with the names and fragments of some twenty-six others. He died in 388 BC."The Frogs" was produced the year after the death of Euripides and laments the decay of Greek tragedy. It is an excellent example of his style, mingling wit and poetry with rowdy humour and a keen sense for satire. Through his hostility to Euripides and his attacks on Socrates, he makes it clear that he prefers tradition over innovation, whether that be in politics, religion, or art. This new adaptation is faithful to the story whilst using language understood by a modern audience.

A harrowing battle against the Lords leaves the Rungans without weapons or supplies. Colm splits the tired Rungan warriors into two groups. As both make the climb to the summit, the Lords begin their pursuit. The Lords discover that they are not well suited for the climb or the cold, and their calls for reinforcements are met with confusion and catastrophe. Still, they too create two groups and each pursues the Warrior groups up the mountain. Halfway up, they decide to camp out and wait for the Warriors to run out of supplies and return to the ground and right into their hands. Though they believe they can wipe them out, the Lords instead wish to use the Rungans, to turn them against the Spears with false promises. Before these promises can be heard, however, the Warriors plan their victory, using their knowledge of the forest to their advantage, making weapons out of nature in an overwhelming defeat of the Lords.

Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He's got it all; an expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family... and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular manslaughter when he strikes a jaywalking old woman crossing the street. But Halleck has some powerful local connections, and gets off with a slap on the wrist...much to the fury of the woman's mysterious and ancient father, who exacts revenge with a single uttered word... Thinner. Now a terrified Halleck finds the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlessly-and rapidly-day by day. Soon there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck...unless he can somehow locate the source of his living nightmare and reverse what's happened to him before he wastes away... ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Two terrifying versions of the original screenplay adapted by horror legend Tom Holland (Fright Night/Child's Play) and horror author legend Michael McDowell, based on the novel by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman).

In 1991, Boyz N the Hood made history as an important film text and the impetus for a critical national conversation about American urban life in African American communities, especially for young urban black males. Boyz N the Hood: Shifting Hollywood Terrain is an interdisciplinary examination of this iconic film. Beyond the two historic Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Director for John Singleton, the first African American male nominee and the youngest nominee ever in the category, Boyz N the Hood¿s induction into the Library of Congress National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board, speaks to the film¿s iconic and meaningful impact in film history and American culture. This interdisciplinary approach to the film provides an in-depth critical perspective of Boyz N the Hood, as the embodiment of the blues¿how Boyz intimates a world beyond the symbolic world Singleton posits, its fictive stance pivots to a constituent truth in the real world. This book is as much about the filmmaker as it is about the film. It explores John Singleton¿s cinematic voice and helps explicate his propensity for folk elements in his work (the oral tradition and lore). In addition, the text features critical perspectives from the filmmaker himself and other central figures attached to the production, including a first-hand account of the behind the scenes during production by Steve Nicoladies, Boyz¿s producer, and an intimate conversation with Shelia Morgan Ward, Singleton¿s Chief Executive/Business Manager and mother. The text is a critical resource guide and includes Singleton¿s original screenplay and a range of critical articles and initial movie reviews."This wise and pioneering book is the first serious and substantive treatment of John Singleton¿s classic film! This film and book speak with great courage and insight into the plight and predicament of young black men. Don¿t miss this book!!"¿Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair, Union Theological Seminary; Professor Emeritus, Princeton University"At long last comes a book we have all been waiting for: Joi Carr¿s masterful examination of John Singleton¿s classic Boyz in the Hood. This book is an accomplished, enlightening piece of work, a great companion to Singleton¿s film. Highly recommended!"¿Donald Bogle, Film Historian/Author; University of Pennsylvania; New York University¿s Tisch School of the Arts

The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development provides the first comprehensive overview of international script development practices. Across 40 unique chapters, readers are guided through the key challenges, roles and cultures of script development, from the perspectives of creators of original works, those in consultative roles and those giving broader contextual case studies. The authors take us inside the writers¿ room, alongside the script editor, between development conversations, and outside the mainstream and into the experimental. With authors spanning upwards of 15 countries, and occupying an array of roles ¿ including writer, script editor, producer, script consultant, executive, teacher and scholar, this is a truly international perspective on how script development functions (or otherwise) across media and platforms. Comprising four parts, the handbook guides readers behind the scenes of script development, exploring unique contexts, alternative approaches, specific production cultures and global contexts, drawing on interviews, archives, policy, case study research and the insider track. With its broad approach to a specialised practice, the Palgrave Handbook of Script Development is for anyone who practices, teaches or studies screenwriting and screen production.

Lawrence J. Saint nos propone bordear el genuino camino del género negro, con disparos, gansters, soplones, traidores, armas, escondites, frustraciones y muertes, pero también con otro más amable: el trabajo honrado, el compañerismo, la amistad,...el amor. No diríamos que es una novela policíaca. Los protagonistas son detectives con buena relación en la Comisaría, pero al servicio de una empresa privada. Por circunstancias de su tráfico mercantil, Martin O¿Hara y Robert Kane encarnan la responsabilidad de su empresa para custodiar un cargamento importante de vacunas antiCovid en los albores de la pandemia. Dado su importante valor económico, varios esbirros mercenarios tratarán de asaltar el convoy que las transporta. Opera prima en el género, Lawrence J. Saint, no deja de utilizar un lenguaje correcto y ameno que llega a cautivar por la agilidad y la intriga en varios escenarios