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Good dialogue, to channel Winston Churchill, can be a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. It can be…
Contrast. You see it everywhere. Sweltering summers and frosty winters. Barren deserts and tropical rainforests. There is a cosmic yin-yang…
Screenplay Genre: Comedy Movie Time: 104 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Architect Peter Mitchell (Tom Selleck), cartoonist Michael Kellam (Steve Guttenberg),…
They may be two very different subjects, but a closer look reveals how the underpinnings of psychology can be observed…
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Alfred Hitchcock captivated audiences with his deft ability to build suspense. He earned the moniker “The Master of Suspense” by…
Screenplay Genre: Action/Romance Movie Time: 106 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is a romance novelist living in…
Screenplay by: Jan Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam Breakdown by: Anthony Faust Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Haim, and Jason Patric star…
Screenplay by: Doug Wright Geoffrey Rush stars as the Marquis de Sade in a screenplay beautifully written by Doug Wright….
