John Sayles—winner of the John Steinbeck Award and others—has been called the "conscience of the independent film world" and the screenwriter's screenwriter. Silver City and Other Screenplays is a collection of Sayles's greatest work, something that will delight his legion of fans and also aspiring screenwriters and film students who will regard the book as a master class in the art of screenwriting. Silver City and Other Screenplays includes Sayles's most celebrated work—including Matewan, Return of the Secaucus Seven, Lone Star, and Passion Fish (for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay), and his latest film Silver City, a spirited lampoon and a timely, toxic warning about the present state of American democracy.
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If the U.S. were to boast one great independent film director, he would be John Sayles, a cult figure among his admirers. Nominated for both an Academy Award for scriptwriting and a National Book Award, Sayles has written screenplays, teleplays, short stories, and novels and has worked as a script doctor for a virtual who's who of Hollywood film and television talent.
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THREE GREAT SCREENPLAYS BY JOHN SAYLES!,
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This review is from: Silver City and Other Screenplays (Nation Books) (Paperback)
This book includes the screenplay to John Sayles latest film, "SILVER CITY" and two others, "SUNSHINE STATE" and "PASSION FISH", but NOT "MATEWAN", "LONE STAR", or any of the others listed on this page. The title page says this is volume one so obviously the other plays will be in future volumes.The screenplay to "SILVER CITY" is great! When I bought the book I didn't intend on reading the script until after I saw the film, but I started reading one night and was hooked! I couldn't stop. I had to find out how it ended. And it is wonderful. I can't wait to see the film. The book also includes introductions to each play by Mr. Sayles. He is insightful as always. Any Sayles fan/ or indie film fan will love this book! -George Bauch.
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DICKIE PILAGER, a bland-looking man in a fishing vest, stares into the camera, a blue lake at the base of a steep mountain behind him- Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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DICKIE PILAGER, a bland-looking man in a fishing vest, stares into the camera, a blue lake at the base of a steep mountain behind him- Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lincoln Beach, Dickie Pilager, Delrona Beach, Buccaneer Days, New York, Sheriff Skaggs, Tony Guerra, Wes Benteen, Earl Pinkney, Plantation Estates, Exley Plantation, Flash Phillips, Pirate Queen, Skeeter Meter, Timberline County, Don Vicente, Vicente Esparza, Lake Arthur, Magic Marker, Plantation Island, Terrell Wilkins New!
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