Stranger Than Fiction (Newmarket Shooting Script) [Paperback]

Zach Helm (Author), Marc Forster (Author), Lindsay Doran (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2006 | Series: Newmarket Shooting Script

The only book tie-in to the major Columbia Pictures film starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, and Emma Thompson, directed by Marc Forster.

In this inventive comedy, a novelist (Emma Thompson) struggles to complete her latest, and potentially finest, book-she only has to find a way to kill off her main character, IRS agent Harold Crick, and she'll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is inexplicably alive and well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears what she has in mind and realizes he must find a way to change her (and his) ending. Stranger Than Fiction sustains an elaborate balancing act between comedy and tragedy as one man awakens to his true nature.

The Newmarket Shooting Script book includes:
• Foreword by director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball)
• Introduction by producer Lindsay Doran (Sense and Sensibility)
• Complete Shooting Script
• Scene notes, and facsimile journal entries by Zach Helm
• 33 color stills
• Cast and crew credits and filmmaker bios

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About the Author

Zach Helm makes his screenwriting debut with Stranger Than Fiction. On his next film, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, he is both writer and director. Marc Forster previously directed Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball and is in production on The Kite Runner. Lindsay Doran previously produced Sense and Sensibility.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Press (November 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557047502
• ISBN-13: 978-1557047502
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #764,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best movies of the year!, April 17, 2007

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Celeste Thoms "Moviemaker330" (Rochester,NY) - See all my reviews
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Great movie, creative writing. This movie had more substance than 85% of the movies that came out last year. It's totally worth it to read the screenplay and watch the movie. If you are a filmmaker, it's a great film to learn from. i know I did.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fans of this movie will appreciate this shooting script, January 6, 2008

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Benjamin Kim "Father of Two" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This book includes notes from Marc Forster, Lindsay Doran, and Zach Helm. It also includes photocopies of notes that Zach took while he wrote the script.

There are several scenes or parts of scenes in this script that didn't make it into the final cut.

Overall, I am pleased with this purchase.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best movie this year, March 20, 2007

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Andrew H. Trotter (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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My choice for Best Picture but typically the Hollywood machine didn't think so enough even to nominate it. It is worth the price of a ticket jus to hear Emma Thompson deliver the punchline which I won't repeat so as not to spoil it for those of you who really should rent this movie.