Best American Screenplays_ Complete Screenplays First Series By Sam Thomas PDF

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Best American Screenplays: Complete Screenplays. First Series by Sam Thomas PDF



The 12 screenplays in this first of a planned series were produced over a 50-year period, 1930-80. Almost all were nominated for a best picture Oscar and some won. Screenplays include All Quiet on the Western Front, Meet John Doe, On Golden Pond, Casablanca, and Arthur. They were selected for their literary merit and for their reflection of a major cultural or social phenomenon. Some of the films included, and many of those omitted, will cause discussion, although Thomas cites copyright problems for the non-inclusion of some classics. These are final versions from which the films were shot, although the completed films may differ in some ways. Brief accounts of script and screenwriter precede each screenplay.



ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - GEORGE ABBOTT, MAXWELL ANDERSON & DELL ANDREWS

MEET JOHN DOE - ROBERT RISKIN

CASABLANCA - JULIUS J. EPSTEIN, PHILIP G. EPSTEIN & HOWARD KOCH

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - GEORGE SEATON

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE - STEWART STERN

BONNIE AND CLYDE - DAVID NEWMAN & ROBERT BENTON

THE GRADUATE - CALDER WILLINGHAM & BUCK HENRY

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - WILLIAM GOLDMAN

SOUNDER - LONNE ELDER III

ON GOLDEN POND - ERNEST THOMPSON

ARTHUR - STEVE GORDON

THE CANDIDATE - JEREMY LARNER



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