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- Callie Khouri,in her first film script -Thelma & Louise -rewrote the rules for road movies by challenging long-entrenched gender stereotypes to create a revolutionary American classic.
- James Cameron,writer/director ofAvatarandTitanic, is also responsible forTerminator 2: Judgement Day,in which hecrafted a sequel integrating innovative special effects and storyline that transformed the Terminator - a quintessential killing machine - into asympathetic character.Thisis how spectacular action films are written.
- Ted Tallyadapted Thomas Harris' chilling 350-page bestseller,The Silence of the Lambs,into a riveting 120-page script - a critical lesson in the specialized art and craft of adapting novels for film.
- Michael Blake,inDances with Wolves,achieved every writer's dream as he translated his ownepic novel into an uncompromising film. Learn how he leveraged the theme of transformation as a spiritual dynamic in this memorable work of mythic sweep.
Informative and utterly engrossing,Four Screenplaysbelongs in every writer's library, next to Field's highly acclaimed companion volumes:Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, The Screenwriter's Workbook, The Screenwriter's Problem SolverandSelling a Screenplay.