Ready for My Close-Up! by Denny Martin Flinn

If I want to send a message I'll call Western Union. This famous line has been attributed to various movie moguls yet while these moguls ruled the Hollywood studio system movies were in the midst of a golden age of dialogue. Films included more messages ideas themes and pontifications than they ever have since. Although producers trembled at commands from the front office writers (the low men and women on the totem pole) went quietly to their typewriters and as the subversive revolutionaries that most writers are turned out prose that did send messages. How could they resist? They had the biggest and best platform in the world: Hollywood movies. The 200 speeches collected in EReady for My Close-Up!E are from some of the best a and a few of the worst a films ever made. From Groucho Marx's I shot an elephant in my pajamas to Julia Roberts's What it takes to be a movie star here is the wit and wisdom of the great Hollywood screenwriters.

About the Author
Denny Flinn has been in love with the movies ever since he saw Snow White at the cinema as a child. He is the author of the best-selling How Not to Write a Screenplay as well as the creator of the screenplay for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.


Book Information
ISBN 9780879103507
Author Denny Martin Flinn
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Limelight Editions
Publisher Limelight Editions
Series Limelight
Weight(grams) 349g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 13mm