9TimeZones.com - an eMail screenplay collaboration between Hungary and L.A. (includes first draft script 'The Fall In Budapest') [Hardcover]

Alan C. Baird (Author), Aniko J. Bartos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1999

Imagine writing your script with a mysterious stranger who's half a world away. Brief phone calls reveal some of the puzzle, but a short-story-filled eMail exchange provides the real key. If you wanted to share this correspondence, what would you do?

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

I started corresponding with an exotic Hungarian woman in 1996, and we wrote literally hundreds (if not thousands) of emails to each other during the following three years. We collaborated on a screenplay and a book. This book.

Then Anikó flew from Budapest to L.A. for a vacation in 1999. I asked her to marry me within a couple of days. We celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary in June, 2010.

A few nights later, we were watching an interview with writer/director Nora Ephron in the extras section of her "You've Got Mail" DVD. At one point, Nora says: "I think it's a real conceit of romantic comedies--certainly of this particular romantic comedy--that you would fall in love with someone entirely because of words. I think it's a fantasy that we would ever really fall in love with someone entirely because of the fact that they were a great writer."

Anikó and I looked at each other and burst out laughing.

-ACB

About the Author

Anikó J. Bartos resides on the banks of the Danube, 9 time zones away from Alan C. Baird, the screenwriting partner she's never really met. Alan lives just a stone's throw away from Hollywood, which is very convenient until the stones are thrown back.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 316 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation; 1st edition (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738806129
• ISBN-13: 978-0738806129
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,356,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kewl!, October 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 9TimeZones.com - an eMail screenplay collaboration between Hungary and L.A. (includes first draft script 'The Fall In Budapest') (Paperback)

After reading the Zoetrope discussion, I decided to give this book a try, and couldn't put it down. Fearless stuff.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery, Fantasy or Dream?, September 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 9TimeZones.com - an eMail screenplay collaboration between Hungary and L.A. (includes first draft script 'The Fall In Budapest') (Paperback)

No, it seems to be true love, if their website can be believed. In spite of the distance and cultural differences, these two have written an engrossing screenplay, as well as a spirited account of their partnership (professional and romantic). They've offhandedly revealed some insights about the creative process, too.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring email, disappointing book, October 19, 2000

By 

Charles Deemer (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 9TimeZones.com - an eMail screenplay collaboration between Hungary and L.A. (includes first draft script 'The Fall In Budapest') (Paperback)

As I said in my review for CREATIVE SCREENWRITING, this book is a one-sided, unfocused conversation that does not live up to its purpose. This is print-on-demand at its worst, a book screaming for the chain saw and vision of an editor. The screenplay itself is not bad for a draft but in no way does this book reveal or clarify the collaborative process in screenwriting. Two thumbs very down.