The recent success of Freedomland and Clockers has established Richard Price as one of America's most accomplished novelists. Critics have praised both his uncanny ear for the cadences and pitch of dialogue and his insight into the deeper recesses of the American soul. Perhaps more than any novelist today, Price has captured the undercurrents of our culture and society. Bringing these talents to the art of screenplays, Price has also emerged as one of the foremost talents in screenwriting. Now, with this collection of his three best-known screenplays, readers can see for themselves why many movie critics have come to consider Richard Price today's most preeminent screenwriter. Introduced with a revealing interview of Price by the critic Neal Gabler, this volume includes Price's screenplays for The Color of Money (1986), which starred Paul Newman and Tom Cruise and won an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay; Sea of Love (1989), which starred Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin and became a major critical and commercial success; and Night and the City (1992), which starred Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange and again attracted rave reviews for Price's screenwriting.
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This review is from: Color of Money, Sea of Love, Night and the City: Three Screenplays (Paperback)
Richard Price is among the most talented of Hollywood screenwriters working today. His ability to infuse characters with even the smallest unique trait infuses them with depth and reality that few other writers are able to capture.His recent rewrites of such scripts as "Shaft" and "Ransom" prove the level of quality he is able to bring to even the most mainstream films.
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This review is from: Color of Money, Sea of Love, Night and the City: Three Screenplays (Paperback)
Screenwriting gurus are forever trying to define "great screenwriting." And screenwriting students are always asking the gurus: What is great screenwriting? I would advise guru and student alike to CUT TO the chase and pick up this book...it's a fine example of GREAT SCREENWRITING. Lean, to the point, and always moving forward.
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Nine-ball is rotation pool. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Boom Boom, Sea of Love, New York, Harry Fabian, Alan King, Atlantic City, Green Room, Fast Eddie, Jesus Christ, Quawi Benjamin, Bullshit Productions, City Singles, Cuda Sanchez, Father Time, John Mackey, Mister Rogers, Frank Keller, Raymond Brown, Wall Street, Detective Keller, Eddie Felson, Marty Fatass, Mister Peck, Phil Nasseros, San Juan New!
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Nine-ball is rotation pool. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cue case, steel jaws, singles magazine, long beat, special angle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Boom Boom, Sea of Love, New York, Harry Fabian, Alan King, Atlantic City, Green Room, Fast Eddie, Jesus Christ, Quawi Benjamin, Bullshit Productions, City Singles, Cuda Sanchez, Father Time, John Mackey, Mister Rogers, Frank Keller, Raymond Brown, Wall Street, Detective Keller, Eddie Felson, Marty Fatass, Mister Peck, Phil Nasseros, San Juan New!
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books:
- Guess What? by Mem Fox in Front Matter
- An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood by Neal Gabler in Front Matter
- Ladies' Man by Richard Price in Front Matter
- The Color of Money by Walter Tevis in Front Matter
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