Posted in screenwriting, tagged Big Ideas Productions, Bob the Tomato, Coen brothers, Iowa, Johnny Depp, Max Allen Collins, Muscatine, Phil Vischer, Rotten Tomatoes, Scott W. Smith, Seth Godin, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, VeggieTales on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Anna Boden, Bill Romanowski, Calvin College, critic Owen Gleiberman, Davenport, Entertainment Weekly, Fields of Fuel, Iowa, Iowa Film Office, Iowa Governor Chet Culver, Josh Tickell, Kevin Costner, Quad Cities, Ryan Fleck, Scott W. Smith, Sugar, Top Gun, University of Iowa, Veggie Van on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ended Sunday with Josh Tickell’s Fields of Fuel winning The Audience Award: Documentary. I haven’t seen the film so I don’t know if Tickell shot or wrote any of the film in Iowa, but anybody who drives a Veggie Van around the country has to have an Iowa connection. The vehicle looks [...]
Posted in Most Viewed Posts, Screenwriting Road Trips, screenwriting, tagged Barry Kemp, Cillian Murphy, Coen brothers, Des Moines, Diablo Cody, Ellen Page, entertainment, Ethan Canin, Field of Dreams, Gene Wilder, Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Joe Eszterhas, John Irving, Juno, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Johnson, Max Allan Collins, movies, Oscars, Peacock, Philip Roth, Rebel Without a Cause, Robert Penn Warren, Scott W. Smith, screenwriting, Stewart Stern, Tennessee Williams, The Road to Perdition, University of Iowa, W.P. Kinsella on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday the Oscar nominations were announced and Diablo Cody and her script Juno were nominated for best original screenplay and the film was also nominated for best picture. I recently pointed out her Iowa connection as having graduated from the University of Iowa.
If you’re not familiar with the creative talent that has come out of [...]
Posted in screenwriting, tagged Cedar Falls, Clint Eastwood, culture, Diablo Cody, entertainment, filmmaking, fly-over country, Iowa, Iowa City, Jay Leno, John Irving, John Wayne, Johnny Carson, Julia Roberts, Juno, Kevin Bacon, Matt Hoey, Meryl Streep, movies, Scott W. Smith, screenwriting, Sleeping with the Enemy, Tennessee Williams, The Bridges of Madison County, The Tonight Show, University of Iowa, West Africa, West Covina, West Virginia, writing, Written By on January 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Screenwriting from Iowa, huh?
No, it’s not a joke or an oxymoron. (Doesn’t the above photo I took today look like an
ideal day to write?)
Screenwriting from Iowa isn’t really just about Iowa or limited to screenwriting. But that is the starting point. And I hope this on-going blog encourages writers who feel like they [...]
