Since Diablo Cody is my poster child (female) for a screenwriter coming from outside L.A. (and the original inspiration for this blog) then I think I’ll name Lawrence Kasden as the poster child (male) screenwriter from outside L.A. Kasden was raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. Quick, name another screenwriter from West Virginia.
(While Morgantown is the [...]
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From West Virginia to Hollywood
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, tagged Diablo Cody, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Kevin Costner, West Virginia, Lawrence Kasden, Body Heat, Grand Canyon, University of Michigan, The First Time I Got Paid for It, Writers' Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Morgantown, Whitney Houston, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, O.J. Simpson, The Accidental Tourist, The Big Chill., Starsky & Hutch, The Bodyguard on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Travels with Steinbeck
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, tagged John Steinbeck, On the Waterfront, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, Elmer Gantry, Travels with Charley, Saul Centre, birth place of Sinclair Lewis, Morris Dickstein on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“During the 1920s, at the height of his fame and literary power, Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was more than a bestselling author. He was a troublemaker, a disturber of the peace whose novels were hotly discussed as social criticism more than literature.”
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Screenwriting from Grand Rapids
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, tagged Bill Romanowski, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Harry Chapin, Jeannie Claudia Oppewall, Legendary Champions, Michigan, Michigan's FIlm Incentives, Paul Schrader, Seabiscuit, Taxi, Taxi Driver, Tender Mercies, The Bridges of Madison County, You talkin to me?, You talking to me? on April 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me?”
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro)
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Screenwriting from Hell
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, screenwriting, tagged Air Force, Apocalypse Now, Army, Hitler, Iowa, Irag, Jarhead, Jimmy Buffett, Liz Alani, Marines, MASH, Military Screenwriting, Navy, Pearl Harbor Day, Saving Private Ryan, screenwriting from Iraq, Script magazine, Sending the Anthoy Swofford, Sending the old man home, The Fighting Sullivans, The Five Sullivan Brothers, The Green Beret, The Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum, Tom Cruise, University of Iowa, Valkyrie, Vietnam, war is hell, Waterloo, William Broyles Jr., William T. Sherman on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.“
Maj. Gen. William T. [...]
Screenwriting Las Vegas Style
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, screenwriting, tagged Diablo Cody, Matt Damon, Anthony Zuiker, CSI, Chris Moneymaker, leaving Las Vegas, screenwriters outside L.A., Chart House Restaurant, Peter Eastgate, Rounders, World Series of Poker, Miss Congeniality 2, Oceans 11, Swingers, Nevada Film Office, Lake Tahoe Nevada, screenwritersutopia, Las Vegas, Casino, What Happens in Vegas, Christopher Wehner on November 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Three years ago I was living in Vegas as the night manager of the Mirage Hotel tram line.”
Anthony Zuiker
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Movies from Main St.
Posted in Screenwriting Road Trips, screenwriting, tagged AFI, American Graffiti, Andie MacDowell, Andres Duany, Bill Murray, Cars, Cedar Falls, Courtyard Grill, Danny Rubin, Denton, Don Henley, Dr. Tony Grant, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberkit, Florida, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Hoosiers, Illinois, Iowa, It's a wonderful life, Main St, Making Groundhog Day, My Dog Skip, Northern Exposure, Pennsylvania, Pennsyvania, Places in the Heart, Punxsutawney, Richard Karlgaard, Rod Serling. Twlight Zone, screenwriting, Seaside, Sinclair Lewis, small towns, Texas, The Andy Griffith Show, The Last Picture Show, The Painter of Light, The Truman Show, Thomas Kinkade, To Kill a Mockingbird, University of Miami, Walt Disney, Woodstock on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Small town people are more real, more down to earth.”
Groundhog Day
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