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A raisin in the sun

the unfilmed original screenplay
1992
Presents the original screenplay written by Lorraine Hansberry for the 1961 film version of her play about the tensions of a middle-class African-American family living on Chicago's southside in the 1950s; restoring parts that were edited out and rewritten before the movie was made.

Ghost world

2008
Presents a commemorative tenth anniversary special edition of Daniel Clowes' classic graphic novel that combines his original work with its Oscar-nominated screenplay adaptation.

La Mascara del Zorro

(The Mask of Zorro)
1998
With Spanish Subtitles, the swashbuckling hero provides action and excitement.

Macbeth

1978
A Scottish laird pursues his ambitions with the aid and urging of his wife.

The art of adaptation

turning fact and fiction into film
1992
Comprehensive handbook for screenwriters, producers, and directors who want to successfully transform factual or fictional material into film.

A cinema of loneliness

Penn, Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Altman
1980
Analyzes the motion pictures of directors Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Robert Altman and examines their relationship to contemporary American society and culture.

Girl, interrupted

screenplay
2000
Presents the screenplay of the film "Girl, Interrupted," based on Susanna Kaysen's memoir-novel about her year in a mental institution; also includes storyboards and an interview with the film's director, John Mangold.

The ghost and the darkness

only the most incredible parts of the story are true
1996
Two men, attempting to lead a railroad building project in Africa nearly a hundred years ago, battle against a fierce lion that is killing their workers.

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