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Comment on Filmmaking Quote of the Day #5 (Robert McKee) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Filmmaking Quote of the Day #5 (Robert McKee)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Filmmaking Quote of the Day #5 (Robert McKee) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:06:20 +0000

[...] The other day I was driving to a shoot and listening to an old Robert McKee CD on screenwriting based on his book Story and I stumbled upon this little passage that made me stop and repeat it three times: “Success in the Art Film genre usually results in instant, though often temporary, recognition as an [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Filmmaking Quote of the Day #4 (Will Smith) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Filmmaking Quote of the Day #4 (Will Smith)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Filmmaking Quote of the Day #4 (Will Smith) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:55:27 +0000

[...] “I’ve never viewed myself as particularly talented. I’ve viewed myself as…slightly above average in talent…Where I excel is with (a) ridiculous, sickening work ethic. While the other guy’s sleeping , I’m working. While the other guy’s eating, I’m working.” Will Smith Producer, writer, & two-time Academy Award nominated actor 60 Minutes Interview [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Screenwriting Quote of the Day #111 (Ernest Lehman) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Screenwriting Quote of the Day #110 (Ernest Lehman)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Screenwriting Quote of the Day #110 (Ernest Lehman) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:12:41 +0000

[...] Did you know that before screenwriter Ernest Lehman wrote North by Northwest that he actually went to South Dakota to research climbing Mount Rushmore? It all started with a suggestion by Alfred Hitchcock who told him, ”I always wanted to do a chase across the faces of Mount Rushmore.” So Lehman took a train to Rapid City [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Filmmaking Quote of the Day #3 (Edger J. Scherick) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Filmmaking Quote of the Day #3 (Edger J. Scherick)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Filmmaking Quote of the Day #3 (Edger J. Scherick) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:16 +0000

[...] Edger J. Scherick (1924-2002) is listed on IMDB as producing over 75 movies and documentaries including the ‘74 version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancing for which he won a Primetime Emmy in 1983. “Audiences respond to, are touched by yarns spun around men and women [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Screenwriting Quote of the Day #110 (Paul Haggis) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Screenwriting Quote of the Day #110 (Paul Haggis)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Screenwriting Quote of the Day #110 (Paul Haggis) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:22:06 +0000

[...] In 2006 the first person in more than 50 years to win back to back Oscar Awards in screenwriting was Paul Haggis. He then followed his award-winning scripts Million Dollar Baby and Crash with another Academy Award nomination in 2007 for his script Letters from Iwo Jima. Haggis had a background in theater and construction before [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Screenwriting Quote of the Day #109 (Shane Salerno) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Screenwriting Quote of the Day #109 (Shane Salerno)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Screenwriting Quote of the Day #109 (Shane Salerno) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:03:27 +0000

[...] According to IMDB Shane Salerno has co-written or re-written four films that have opened #1 at the box office; Armageddon, Breakdown, Alien vs. Predator, Shaft (though not always credited). He got a jump start in the business when he made an award winning documentary in high school that landed him on Larry King Live. That opened [...] Original Source… [...]

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:15:16 +0000

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Comment on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…(Part 10) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…(Part 10)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…(Part 10) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:37:47 +0000

[...] Once upon a time in Hollywood…every film was shot on film. edited on film, and distributed on film. And once upon a time the studios that made the films also owned the theaters. It’s been a slow train coming but changes that began in the 50s & 60s are coming into fruition in our day. When [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood… (Part 9) by Screenwriting From Iowa » Once Upon a Time in Hollywood… (Part 9)

Screenwriting From Iowa » Once Upon a Time in Hollywood… (Part 9) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:03:54 +0000

[...] Once upon a time…a 16-year-old farm girl from a small town in Iowa decided to parlay her good looks into an acting career in Hollywood. She ended up working as prostitute. I know that sounds like a classic cliche, but it wasn’t quite as it seems. For the farm girl was Donna Reed and she [...] Original Source… [...]

Comment on Paranormal Box Office by Screenwriting From Iowa » Paranormal Box Office

Screenwriting From Iowa » Paranormal Box Office — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:22:58 +0000

[...] For Halloween day I’ll step away from my Once Upon a Time in Hollywood posts to interject an update about the movie Paranormal Activities. The seven day results [...] Original Source… [...]