motion picture plays

A companion screenplay to the Miramax film, "The Cider House Rules," the story of Homer Wells, an orphan, raised to be a doctor by Wilbur Larch, but who, because of his disagreement with his mentor over abortion, leaves the orphanage, falls in love, and is forced to make decisions that change his life.

Presents the screenplay of "Good Will Hunting," a movie in which a Harvard janitor, who happens to be a mathematical genius, realizes his full potential with the help of an unconventional psychologist.

Surveys 65 novels that have been the basis of English-language motion pictures and offers an essay-review on each of these films.

A screenplay of the motion picture "The Counselor" in which a lawyer known as the Counselor, who is about to get married, gets caught up in the drug trade on the Texas-Mexico border, thinking the consequence will never catch up with him, and finds his life and those he loves threatened by his actions.

A successful Hollywood screenwriter provides practical guidance for making one's script marketable, covering such topics as genres, loglines, "laws of screenplay physics," script repair, and other topics.

Alphabetically arranged entries profile the works of more than two hundred playwrights and compares and contrasts the adapted versions of their work on film, television, video, and DVD.

Discusses the different aspects of screenwriting, including developing an idea, completing the script, finding an agent, and working with a production company.

Contains the text to three screenplays written by Paddy Chayefsky.

Collection of interviews with thirteen screenwriters, discussing how they got started, their motivation when times are lean, and how they go about the process of developing a script.