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1) Adaptation
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La Farge AV
DVD Adaptation
Southside AV
DVD Adaptation
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[2003], c2002 | Widescreen version. | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Adaptation Southside AV DVD Adaptation |
Description
Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot.
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[2001] | Widescreen. | Paramount | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Paris Southside AV DVD Paris |
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Screenwriter Richard Benson (William Holden) has a script due in three days. When he asks secretary Gabrielle Simpson (Audrey Hepburn) to help concoct ideas, she acts out a potpourri of preposterous plots in this classic romantic comedy.
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[2016] | DVD special edition. | The Criterion Collection | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 pages) | English |
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A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele, who has a history of violent behavior, becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing him...
4) Trumbo
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[2016] | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Main Media DVD Trumbo |
Description
The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. It tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.
5) Harvest moon
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[2015] | Mira | 329 pages ; 17 cm. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Southside Fiction Carr, R |
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After collapsing at work, sous-chef Kelly Matlock retreats to her sister's home in Virgin River where she meets widower Lief Holbrook, and as romance blossoms between them, Lief's stepdaughter's antics threaten to tear them apart.
6) The Majestic
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La Farge AV
DVD Majestic
Main Media
DVD Majestic
Southside AV
DVD Majestic
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[2002] | Widescreen version (1.85:1). | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Majestic Main Media DVD Majestic Southside AV DVD Majestic |
Description
Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble,...
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[2015] | Vertical Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Playing |
Description
Chris Evans stars as a disillusioned writer with a big imagination that consists mostly of hot women yielding to his every desire. He's indifferent to the whole concept of true love until he meets her (Michelle Monaghan), a breathtaking young woman who shakes all his previous beliefs. His buddies, all fellow writers, give him way too much advice, mostly along the lines of getting lucky before getting in too deep. The one thing they don't tell him...
8) Straw dogs
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[2011] | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Straw |
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David and Amy Sumner, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, which leads to a violent confrontation.
9) I, Lucifer
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2002 | Grove Press | 262 p. ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Fiction Duncan, G Southside Fiction Duncan, G |
Description
The end is nigh and the Prince of Darkness has just been offered one hell of a deal: reentry into Heaven for eternity – if he can live out a well-behaved life in a human body on earth. It's the ultimate case of trying without buying and, despite the limitations of the human body in question (previous owner one suicidally unsuccessful writer, Deelan Gunn), Luce seizes the opportunity to run riot through the realm of the senses. This is his chance...
Author
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La Farge
BIO SHEPARD, S
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BIO SHEPARD, S
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BIO SHEPARD, S
Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Counterpoint | xv, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
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La Farge BIO SHEPARD, S Main BIO SHEPARD, S Southside BIO SHEPARD, S |
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"Throughout this new biography, Winters gets to the heart of the enigma that is Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work."--Jacket flap.
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c2002 | 1st ed. | Bancroft Press | 261 p. ; 24 cm. | English |
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Aaron Tucker isn't a detective. An aspiring screenwriter, freelance reporter, stay-at-home dad, and expert on consumer electronics, Aaron actually defies all traditional characteristics of a detective. He's 5'4," and weighs less than Robert B. Parker's leather jacket. And he doesn't have any investigative training. But he's funny, down-to-earth, lovable, and resourceful. He has good and loyal friends, like Jeff Mahoney, the huge rental car mechanic...
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2 copies. Additional copies on order.
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791.4302 Ris
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791.4302 Ris
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[2019] | First edition. | Pantheon Books | 397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
Main 791.4302 Ris Southside 791.4302 Ris |
Description
The daughter of the actress best known for "King Kong" and the screenwriter for "It Happened One Night" presents a dual memoir that describes her parents' lives and work, her father's collaborations with Frank Capra, and his early death.
"A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood's most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood's golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed...
Author
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2015. | First edition. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 307 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Main Fiction Hemon, A |
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"The seriously, seriously funny roller-coaster ride of sex and violence that Aleksandar Hemon has long promised. Script idea #142: Aliens undercover as cabbies abduct the fiancee of the main character, who has to find a way to a remote planet to save her. Title: Love Trek. Script idea #185: Teenager discovers his girlfriend's beloved grandfather was a guard in a Nazi death camp. The boy's grandparents are survivors, but he's tantalizingly close to...
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2013. | First edition. | University of Texas Press | xvi, 176 pages ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge 808.23 On Main 808.23 On Southside 808.23 On |
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This book distills the advice of renowned, award-winning screenwriters who have appeared on On Story, including John Lee Hancock, Peter Hedges, Lawrence Kasden, Whit Stillman, Robin Swicord, and Randall Wallace. In their own lively words and stories transcribed from interviews and panel discussions, they cover the entire development of a screenplay, from inspiration, story, process, structure, characters, and dialogue to rewriting and collaboration....
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2017. | First Holt paperbacks edition. | Holt Paperbacks | x, 305 pages ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Main Fiction Berry, L |
Description
"Emma is a rising star at the marketing firm she works at as a "creative," but would have trouble describing what exactly it is she does all day. She pours most of her actual creative energy into a popular blog that all of her friends agree is brilliant, but she has yet to make a cent on it. Clem is a massively talented screenwriter just back from New York, where she picked up a fancy graduate degree in film. But until she convinces an agent to take...
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La Farge
808.23 Ros
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808.23 Ros
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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2018. | First edition. | St. Martin's Griffin | xv, 287 pages ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge 808.23 Ros Main 808.23 Ros |
Description
"With years of experience with every major film studio and network, and dozens of successful screenplays, Andy knows the business. He's here to debunk the big screen and teach you how to write a blockbuster screenplay and, equally important, how to sell it. Andy has worked with the best: Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg to name a few. He has filled this book with real-life examples to learn from, including contracts, screenplays,...
17) Nerdland
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[2017]. | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Main Media DVD Nerdland |
Description
With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous than ever before. Making up for what they lack in brains and talent with abundant, witless enthusiasm, John and Elliot troll Los Angeles on a fame-grab journey, encountering and abusing friends both new and old.
Two best friends, an aspiring screenwriter and...
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La Farge
BIO GILLIAM, T
Main New Books
BIO GILLIAM, T
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BIO GILLIAM, T
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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2015. | First edition. | HarperDesign, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 297 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge BIO GILLIAM, T Main New Books BIO GILLIAM, T Southside BIO GILLIAM, T |
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A memoir from the screenwriter, animator, visionary film director, and founding member of Monty Python describes his life through recollections, anecdotes, and never-before-seen photographs and artwork.
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La Farge Young Adult
Fiction Federle, T
Main Young Adult
Fiction Federle, T
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2016. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 278 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge Young Adult Fiction Federle, T Main Young Adult Fiction Federle, T |
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"Teenaged Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, copes with his sister's death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality"--
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2019. | First Gallery Books edition. | Gallery Books | 355 pages ; 24 cm. | English |
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Sam Brandis was Tate Jones's first: Her first love. Her first everything. Including her first heartbreak. During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate -- the long-lost daughter of one of the world's biggest film stars -- ever revealed her identity to. So when it became...
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