The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters - Jim Uhls DVD

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Screenwriter Jim Uhls breaks the first rule of Fight Club: He talks about Fight Club. His influential screenplay, adapted from the Chuck Palahniuk novel, shows how a seemingly impossible book can be inventively adapted for the silver screen.

 

The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters - Paul Haggis DVD

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The career trajectory of Paul Haggis ranges from sitcom writer for Diff'rent Strokes to Academy Award winner for Crash and Million Dollar Baby. It's safe to say that this man has some serious screenwriting dish to share!

The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters - Ted Griffin DVD

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Not just a master of screenwriting, Ted Griffin is also a connoisseur of the con. A scholar of the swindle. An authority on the - well, you get the idea. Griffin's plot-twisty scripts for Ocean's Eleven and Matchstick Men put him on the map, and he'll show how you too can employ the con to make your scripts sparkle.

The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters - Sheldon Turner DVD

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A screenwriter with half a dozen scripts in development, including the highly anticipated X-Men prequel Magneto, Sheldon Turner is a man on the move up the Hollywood ladder. Here he reveals the secrets that led to his breakthrough as a writer, including how to work the system and the audience, and what to say in pitch meetings.

The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters - Stuart Beattie DVD

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Movie fans can thank Stuart Beattie for reviving Pirates of the Caribbean and for bringing us gray-haired hitman Tom Cruise in Collateral. Talk about versatile! Listen in on this intimate discussion as he describes where the best story ideas come from, and how to stay passionate about writing in the face of utter despair.

The Dialogue: Learning from the Masters - David Goyer DVD

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Comic book impresario and aptly named "Prince of Darkness" David Goyer (Batman Begins, The Crow: City of Angels, the Blade series) shows even the meekest screenwriter how to stand and deliver in this enlightening DVD interview.