Screenplays

Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves,...

The Art of Screenplays is a working handbook for writers with stories to tell. Addressing the key issues of creativity and craft, its aim is to connect with our natural understanding of story, to demystify the screenwriter's art, and to enable fresh,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689186Author Mark E. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440504900Author Syd FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Script Readers play a crucial role in the film industry, often responsible for determining whether a script is even looked at by a producer or development executive; yet those accountable for reading can be on the first rung of the industry ladder and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557046550Author Alexander PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Newmarket Press,U.S.Publisher Newmarket Press,U.S.

The first feature film by the Monty Python team is a mock heroic tale set in medieval Britain with lots of silly things going on besides. In a series of sketches and animations, the Pythons recount scenes from the Grail legend in which the knights...

The MotherAnne loved the time in her life when she prepared breakfast each morning for her two young children. Years later, spending hours alone, Anne convinces herself that her husband is having an affair. If only her son were to break-up with his...

The Academy Award-winning screenplay of "a drama of surpassing beauty" (Wall Street Journal) Kenneth Lonergan's Academy Award and BAFTA-winning screenplay for the acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea is a staggering achievement and an emotionally...

Set in late 19th century London, the film tells of Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman), a popular American magician, with his British mentor Harry Cutter (Michael Caine) and girlfriend and assistant Olivia (Scarlett Johansson), who is in a friendly rivalry with...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937878078Author Randy SkretvedtFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bonaventure PressPublisher Bonaventure PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean. It descends into a savage fight for survival.Polly...

Written in French and first performed at the Theatre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Beckett into English as Waiting for Godot. It was performed at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955, and first...

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME: The story of a family and a family business.Benicio del Toro is Anatole 'Zsa-zsa' Korda, one of the richest men in Europe. As he scrambles to consummate the most important project of his life, Zsa-zsa's opponents disrupt, obstruct,...

Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles' exhilarating stage adaptation of The Mirror and the Light, one of 2021's must-see theatrical events, and the long awaited conclusion to the Oliver Award-winning Wolf Hall Trilogy. ...

Seminal plays and essays reveal the radical origins and approach of Appalachia's Roadside Theater This two-volume anthology tells the story of Roadside Theater's first 45 years and includes nine award-winning original play scripts; ten essays by authors...

Collaborative plays with diverse ensembles across the country address pressing issues of our times The plays in Volume 2 come from Roadside's intercultural and issue-specific theater work, including long-term collaborations with the African American...

Two brand-new monologues in the Talking Heads series, as seen on BBC1 and iPlayer 'Given the opportunity to revisit the characters from Talking Heads I've added a couple more, both of them ordinary women whom life takes by surprise. They just about end...

Tenet is a global thriller whose action stretches across time zones, and stars Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki and John David Washington.The new blockbuster from Christopher NolanAbout the AuthorNolan is the only British director since Hitchcock to...

Tennessee Williams's controversial Hollywood screenplay Baby Doll opens with Archie Lee's teenage bride driving him to distraction, as she has refused to consummate their marriage until the day of her twentieth birthday. Enter wily Sicilian Silva...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468310948Author John YorkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 19mm

"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. Billy Wilder collaborated on the screenplay with the very able Charles Brackett, and with D. M...

Demonstrates how to analyse a screenplay through a seven-steps method: character, story elements, story world and setting, main plot and subplots, structure, screenwriting tools, and genre, tone and style. Offers step by step guidance, case study...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500692162Author Kenneth L MainsFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312575076Author James N FreyFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm *...

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting, Talking Heads is widely regarded...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557042460Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Newmarket Press,U.S.Publisher Newmarket Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453723340Author Henrik IbsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

After a shooting in London goes hideously wrong, two hitmen, Ray and Ken, are sent to hide out in the strange, Gothic, medieval town of Bruges, Belgium, by their volatile and dangerous boss, Harry Waters.While awaiting instructions from him as to what to...

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films "A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming This is the complete companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock"...

When The Life of Brian was first released in 1979 it was hailed by most as Monty Python's finest parody and denounced by a few as the most blasphemous film of all time. With its unforgettable song, 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life', and its...

Alan Bennett is the acknowledged master of the television play. This vintage collection of his work from the 1970s illustrates his skill and mastery of the medium from the beginning. Perceptive, poignant, truthful and very funny, the work here gives as...

A series of three-hour-long linked plays for BBC2 plus two shorter plays Oswald and Marilyn, played by Timothy Spall and Lindsay Duncan, are the custodians of the collection of 10 million black and white photographs housed in a beautiful period building...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455537334Author Quentin TarantinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

This is the unabridged original text of Dennis Potter's acclaimed six-part television serial. The narrative counterpoints life in a hospital ward of a writer crippled by a horrific skin disease with the plot of his atmospheric thriller to the point where...

Making a good script great is more than just a matter of putting a good idea on paper. It requires the working and reworking of that idea. This book takes you through the whole screenwriting process-from initial concept through final rewrite-providing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925803143Author Chris AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Creative Manuscript ServicesPublisher Creative Manuscript ServicesWeight(grams)...

In an age where many see screenwriters as the storytellers of the new century and everyone appears to be trying to write a screenplay, this book provides the framework for you to write a great screenplay. It goes beyond the concerns of act structure and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781092472968Author Paul TomlinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries Genre WriterWeight(grams)...

How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer's handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world and getting paid for it, too. It covers everything from journalism to screen-writing, from...