New in the Newmarket Shooting Script®series, the acclaimed screenplay of the newest film by Academy Award®-nominated director Robert Altman. Set in a magnificent country estate in 1932 Britain, Gosford Park is part comedy of manners and part mystery. The film is a moving portrait of events that bridge generations, class, sex, tragic personal histories—and culminate in a murder. Ultimately revealing the intricate relations of the above and below-stairs worlds with great clarity, Gosford Park illuminates a society and a way of life quickly coming to an end. The book includes the complete screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based upon an idea by Robert Altman and Bob Balaban, an introduction by director Altman, 20 b/w film stills, and the film's complete credits. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, and James Wilby. 20 b/w photographs.
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A wickedly astute and beautiful comedy. -- Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
One of the year's best films. -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Ranks among Altman's best work ever....a superbly-written screenplay that has no equal this year. -- Jonathan Foreman, The New York Post
One of the year's best films. -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Ranks among Altman's best work ever....a superbly-written screenplay that has no equal this year. -- Jonathan Foreman, The New York Post
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Julian Fellowes previously wrote the screenplay for the 1994 BBC-TV adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy. Robert Altman has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards for Best Director for his films Short Cuts, The Player, Nashville, and MASH. He won the Best Director Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for The Player, and the Golden Palm at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival for MASH.
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Vintage Altman and a great screenplay,
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If you've seen the Robert Altman film, "Gosford Park," and especially if you're sure you missed something critical but aren't sure just what it was, this is the book for you. Julian Fellowes' brilliant screenplay not only brings into the foreground all the dialogue and physical action that flowed through the film in typical Altman fashion, but it is accompanied by highly illuminating notes and photos identifying all the players and where they fit in the story. I bought it to use as an aid to my second viewing of the film, at home on DVD, but I found it so fascinating and well written that I read it long before the film was released on video. All screenplays should be this good.
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Insightful Reading,
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This script is mesmerizing. The subtleties of the dialogue clearly define the constitution of the characters. It makes the film more enjoyable. I now understand more clearly what the actions on the screen represented and what many of the motivations were. So much went into this story that when you think about it, this was an incredible piece of filmmaking.
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I had never seen a shooting script in the book form before. I found it fun to read, Although I was a little dissapointed that it seemed to have left out so many things from the movie.
One of the things it did for me, is clearified the diologe that is always so difficult for me to make out in movies. I will view the movie again, and because of the shooting script I will better understand the actors diologe. Thank you for your good service. I always feel confident when I work with or through Amazon. Celeste L
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