Spanglish: The Shooting Script [Paperback]

James L. Brooks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Newmarket Shooting Script | Publication Date: December 8, 2004

The newest comedy from the Oscar®-winning writer/director of As Good As It Gets and Terms of Endearment, starring Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni.

Flor (Sex and Lucia's Paz Vega) emigrates to Los Angeles from Mexico in hopes of finding a better life for her and her daughter. Hired by John and Deborah Clasky (Punch-Drunk Love's Adam Sandler and Flirting with Disaster's Téa Leoni) as their housekeeper, Flor contends with the language barrier, her daughter's budding femininity, and the eccentric Clasky's way of life.

The Newmarket Shooting Script® book includes an introduction by writer/director James L. Brooks, the complete original screenplay, stills, and cast and crew credits.

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About the Author

Director and Screenwriter James L. Brooks won Oscars for directing, writing and producing Terms of Endearment. He followed up that success with the multiple Oscar-nominee Broadcast News. His last film, As Good As it Gets, netted Brooks Oscar nominations as producer and co-screenwriter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket (December 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557046603
• ISBN-13: 978-1557046604
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #805,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars I love this movie, July 16, 2011

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New Yorker "yogini" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanglish: The Shooting Script (Paperback)

This is a lovely movie. It is tender, sweet and insightful. It has intelligence and is about how people find that life does not deliver what you expect. People are not what they seem, success is not the cure all. This is not a romantic comedy. this is a wonderful movie.

4.0 out of 5 stars loved it, April 29, 2008

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Carole Warburton "Carole Thayne" (Logan, Ut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanglish: The Shooting Script (Paperback)

I've seen this movie several times. I loved it. I loved the characters--all except for the role played by Tea Leoni. She was too over the top. Sandler shows a dramatic side that is hard to beat.

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece!, November 21, 2006

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Kristin Lamonica "Heidi_23" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanglish: The Shooting Script (Paperback)

James L. Brooks is one of the best screenwriters of our time. Granted, I didn't laugh as much during this movie as I did during As Good as it Gets, but his movies are about real life situations, and the humor found in the hardest times of our lives. If you're looking for slap stick comedy, in which someone will get kicked in the crotch more than once within an hour and a half, this is not the script for you. This script is a work of art.