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Post by mortsahlfan on Aug 7, 2019 21:34:36 GMT
Harry and Tonto
La Strada
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Network
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Post by ck100 on Aug 7, 2019 22:32:27 GMT
Attack of the Clones.  |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Aug 7, 2019 22:55:58 GMT
Attack of the Clones. I had to look it up.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 8, 2019 0:50:47 GMT
The Maltese Falcon (1941). Screenplay by John Huston. Novel by Dashiell Hammett.
Many, many more movies from the 1940s when talk was important to a film.
A couple of more recent films
Chinatown (1974). Original screenplay by Robert Towne and Roman Polanski.
Brick (2005). Original screenplay by Rian Johnson.
And I can’t resist this one:
Hamlet (1996). Screenplay by Kenneth Branagh. Play by William Shakespeare.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 8, 2019 0:58:19 GMT
Didn't the story go that Huston just took the book of the Maltese Falcon and transcribe the dialogue on paper and the film studio people looked at it and thought--that's good-and he went from there?
This is a tough question because one has to factor in a source if it is based on something else.
Anyway I will go with Richard Matheson's screenplay for The Pit and the Pendulum--where he had to adapt a short Poe work and he really did a brilliant job taking Poe ideas and mixing them into the story.
As well as his screenplay for The Devil Rides Out--having read the book, he cut out all the dead weight.
Another I like is the Abominable Snowman by Nigel Kneale.
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Post by James on Aug 8, 2019 2:31:22 GMT
Pulp Fiction
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 8, 2019 11:44:17 GMT
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Post by mortsahlfan on Aug 8, 2019 12:47:36 GMT
The Maltese Falcon (1941). Screenplay by John Huston. Novel by Dashiell Hammett. Many, many more movies from the 1940s when talk was important to a film. A couple of more recent films Chinatown (1974). Original screenplay by Robert Towne and Roman Polanski. Brick (2005). Original screenplay by Rian Johnson. And I can’t resist this one: Hamlet (1996). Screenplay by Kenneth Branagh. Play by William Shakespeare. Robert Towne is one of my favorite writers
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 8, 2019 18:18:25 GMT
Crimes and Misdemeanors
On the Waterfront
Sunset Blvd
All About Eve
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pulp Fiction
Double Indemnity
Glengarry Glen Ross
Citizen Kane
Toy Story
American Beauty
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Post by sdrew13163 on Aug 8, 2019 21:35:38 GMT
Memento is the most challenging and complex screenplay ever written.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 8, 2019 21:46:42 GMT
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 8, 2019 22:52:53 GMT
Jaws
Alien
Aliens
Jurassic Park
The Dark Knight
Inception
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