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The hunt for Osama bin Laden preoccupied the world and two American presidential administrations for more than a decade. But in the end, it took a small, dedicated team of CIA operatives to track him down. Every aspect of their mission was shrouded in secrecy. Though some of the details have since been made public, many of the most significant parts of the intelligence operation—including the central role played by that team—are brought to the screen for the first time in a nuanced and gri...

Five years after Judd Apatow introduced us to Pete and Debbie in Knocked Up, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their roles as the couple in the writer/director's This Is 40, a comedic look at the everyday life of an American family. What emerges is a portrait of the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood: sex and romance, career triumphs and financial hardships, aging parents and maturing children and everything in between. This Is 40 captures what it ...

One of the most critically acclaimed war films in recent memory, The Hurt Locker is a riveting, extraordinary tale of courage and survival on the Baghdad bomb squad, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, from a script by Mark Boal, who researched the material by traveling to the war in Iraq. Boal's screenplay follows the layered, complex relationship between three soldiers who are thrown together in the crucible of combat—with only 38 days left in their tour. Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthon...

Does Your Story Beginning Set You Up for Long-Term Success…Or Instant Failure?Ever struggled with finding the right spot to start your novel or screenplay?It’s a stressful situation, isn’t it?That’s because so much is at stake.All you want is to immediately catch the attention of your target audience (e.g. book browser, literary agent, Hollywood manager, studio executive) whose yes could change your life.But if your story beginning i...

The Cameraman Stories from the books of CrimeWriters QueenslandA plot to kidnap a fugitive business mogul from a tropical island. Murder among movie stars on the film set and a luxury train. Violent death in Australia's outback and by the beaches of its gold coast. Mysteries from Bangkok to Singapore to Noumea and Noosa. It's all part of the job for the knockabout cameraman at the centre of all these stories, gathered together for the first time since they featured separately in the...

"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood?"Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady Fay Wray dyed her hair blonde and accepted the role of Ann Darrow in King Kong—and stayed with the project even after learning that her "leading man" was a 50-foot ape.King Kong is a 1933 landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric isl...

An intimate peek into the process of writing a screenplay, from A to Z, with nothing held back.Based on actual class lectures and assignments, Finish the Script! offers an inside look into the screenwriting process as it's author writes a screenplay from scratch along with the reader.By taking a step-by-step approach to writing, Finish the Script!, ditches theory and focuses on the actual process. It’s a full college course squeezed into a book, complete wi...

"A perceptive and provocative work."— Los Angeles Times"A stunning job of research, observation and reporting."—Larry Gelbart, co-writer of Tootsie and writer on TV's "M*A*S*H*""This fluid, marvelously detailed book goes a long way toward explaining why Tootsie has already achieved a reputation as a classic film comedy."— PeopleMaking Tootsie is back, three decades after the creation of the blockbuste...

The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit is a highly practical and inspiring collection of creative tools for funnier sitcoms, comedy dramas, sketches, short films, and screenplays.Chris Head, a seasoned comedy director and writing coach, takes a profound plunge into the art and craft of comedy scriptwriting. With insightful examples from iconic comedies, you'll discover how to create compelling and comedically flawed characters, craft jokes, create comic dialogue and ac...

In this in-depth exploration of the filmmaking process, From Script to Screen: Behind the Scenes of Most Talked-About Films takes readers on a captivating journey through the intricate and fascinating world of cinema. Drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews with industry insiders, and a deep dive into the creative, technical, and business aspects of filmmaking, Michael Connor unveils the making of some of the most iconic and buzzworthy films of recent years.The book goes...

Description of Emceeing, Show Planning, and Script WritingPractical, applied experience and examples (including two full scripts) for folks wanting advice about emceeing, and the show planning and/or script writing often related to it or required to do a first-rate job.These are the six components of the ebook:* Emceeing or show planning: What to remember when prepping a one-hour presentation* Emceeing: how to write a script that works!* Script for a F...