"For his next picture, my client wants creative control, script approval, and a percentage of the gross. Is that clear?"
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dog, dogs, canine, canines, pet, pets, pet dog, pet dogs, dog owner, dog owners, cinema, cinemas, producer, producers, production, productions, movie, movies, film, films, screenwriter, screenwriters, scriptwriter, scriptwriters, creative control, creativity, agent, agents, showbusiness, show business, show biz, script approval, profit, profits"It's like 'Family Circus' meets 'The Wire,' but on a cruise ship."
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crossover, crossovers, mashup, mashups, pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, tv show, tv shows, television show, television shows, sales pitch, sales pitches, studio executive, studio executives, movie studio, movie studios, screenwriter, screenwriters, idea, ideas, inspiration, inspirations, hollywood, hollywood executive, hollywood executives, combination, combinations, weird combination, weird combinations, movie, movies, movie studio, movie studios, pitch idea, pitch ideas, pitching ideas, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, writer, writers, author, authors"I couldn't tell if it was a fable or it was badly written."
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fable, fables, screen, screenwriting, screenwriter, script, scripts, screenplay, screenplays, bad, bad writing, badly, badly written, moral, morals, moralize, moralise, moralizing, media, medias, modern cinema, cinema, movie, movies, film, films, film buff, film buffs, confused, confusion, review, reviews, flop, flops, flopped, writer, writers, writing"It's supposed to be a comedy, so I've had Steve, here, red-flag the funny parts."
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hollywood, la, l.a., producer, producers, director, directors, screenwriter, screenwriters, script, scripts, playwrite, playwright, playwrights, movie, movies, film, films, red flag, red-flag, red-flagged, red flagged, joke, jokes, sense of humour, sense of humor, film studio, film studios, movie studio, movie studios"Which should we go see: the straight romantic comedy where the heroine's best friend is a gay man, or the gay romantic comedy where the hero's best friend is a straight woman?"
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foil, foils, review, reviews, newspaper, news, paper, papers, love, loving, romance, romantic, romancing, dates, dating, loves, loved, boyfriend, boyfriends, husband, husbands, mlm, man loving man, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtq+, inclusive, inclusivity, cinema, movie, movies, film, films, include, included, extrapolate, date, straight, married, married life, romcom, romcoms, romantic comedy, cliche, cliches, cliched, unoriginal, unoriginality, hollywood, screenwriter, screenwriters, screenplay, screenplaysWrite a Screenplay
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writer, writers, screen writer, screen writers, screenwriter, screenwriters, gaming, arcade, arcades, amusement arcade, amusements arcades, arcade machine, arcade machines, coin op, coin ops, coin-op, coin-ops, video game, video games, muse, writers muse, writer's muse, writers block, writer's block, intimidating, intimidated, daunting, daunting task, daunting task, tough competition, television, tv, television show, television shows, tv show, tv shows, tv writer, tv writers, television writer, television writers"The studio's asked me to see if I can dumb down some Danielle Steel."
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book, books, novel, novels, literature, novelist, novelists, fiction, romance, author, authors, famous author, famous authors, writer, writers, famous writer, famous writers, movie, movies, film, films, scriptwriter, scriptwriters, screenwriter, screenwriters, studio, studios, dumb down, high brow, intellectual, pretentious, snobbish, snobby"We are in the bear's house. Goldilocks has just eaten a bowl of porridge. Papa Bear enters."
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fairytale, fairytales, fairy tale, fairy tales, fairy-tale, fairy-tales, fairy story, fairy stories, bedtime story, bedtime stories, goldilocks and the three bears, goldilocks, script, scripts, screenwriter, screenwriters, story teller, story tellers, story telling, kid, kids, dad, dads, father, fathers, fatherhoodBradley Cooper
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bradley cooper, actor, actors, comedy, comedies, director, directors, screenwriter, screenwritersJay McInerney
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jay mcinerney, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, author, authors, writer, writers, screenwriter, screenwriters, screenplay, screenplays"If Neil Simon's going to keep writing them, we're going to keep seeing them."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, couple, couples, men, man, woman, women, play, plays, playwright, playwrights, writer, writers, writing, script, scripts, screenwriter, screenwriters, author, authorsLATE NIGHT WITH DAVID MAMET
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talk show, talk shows, tv, tvs, television, televisions, show, shows, tv show, tv shows, television show, television shows, playwright, playwrights, screenplay, screenplays, movie, movies, film, films, filmmaker, filmmakers, movie maker, movie makers, screenwriter, screenwriters, director, directors, theater, theaters, theatres, theatre"Hello. I'm director Bob ('Blue Fires') Munsey and this is screenwriter Doris ('Highway to Nowhere') Winslow."
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, small talk, discussion, discussions, introducing, introductions, director, directors, screenwriter, screenwriters, pretentious, arrogant, arrogance, bragging, showing off, showoff, showoffs, show-off, show-offs, credits, film, films, movie, movies, hollywood, famous people, fame, celeb, celebs, celebrity, celebrities, entertainment industry, name droppingBlank Books, Blank Screenplays
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book shop, book shops, bookshop, bookshops, book store, book stores, bookstore, bookstores, book seller, bookseller, book sellers, booksellers, book selling, book selling, writer, writers, author, authors, novelist, novelists, screenwriter, screenwriters, failed writer, failed writers, bad writer, bad writers, creative block, creative blocks, writers block, writers' block, blank book, blank books, blank pageGood Cop/Hollywood Cop: "Confess or my partner will make you read his screenplay."
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screenplay, screenplays, screen play, screen plays, screen-play, screen-plays, la, l.a., screenwriter, screenwriters, screenwriting, screen-writing, screen-writer, screen-writers, script, scripts, interrogation, interrogations, interrogating, good cop, bad cop, good cops, bad cops, interrogation technique, interrogation techniques, confession, confessions, confessing, hollywood"Jessica has an idea about going to the beach that she'd like to pitch you."
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parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, kid, kids, child, childhood, beach, beaches, beach holidays, beach holiday, beach vacation, beach vacations, going to the beach, pitch, pitching, pitching an idea, pitching ideas, screenwriter, screenwriters, producer, producers, hollywood, film industry, movie industry, father, fathers, movie idea, movie ideas, film idea, film ideas, sell an idea, selling a idea, movie producer, movie producers, film producer, film producers, careers, career options, imitate, imitating, imitation"It turns out that if you give 100 monkeys 100 typewriters, eventually they'll turn out the work of Tarantino."
"He's done it your majesty! He's turned lead into a screenplay!"
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screenplay, screenplays, screen writer, screen writers, screenwriter, screenwriters, alchemy, alchemist, alchemists, wizard, wizards, magician, magicians, film industry, the film industry, movie industry, the movie industry, bad idea, bad ideas, producer, producers, movie producer, movie producers, film producer, film producers, king, kings, royal, royals, royaltyLook, Mr. Frodo--a plot device!
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lord of the rings, frodo, frodo baggins, tolkien, j.r. tolkien, god, gods, deus ex machina, miracle, miracles, scooter, scooters, motor scooter, motor scooters, plot device, writing, writers, author, authors, screenwriting, screenwriters, screenwriter, god in the machine, gimmick, gimmicks, literary tools, literary tool, literary technique, literary techniques"Damn it, Eddie, you told me this script was stupid."
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literature, summer reading, fiction, summer, summertime, seasonal, season, season, beach, beaches, seaside, seashore, script, scripts, stupid, dumb, mindless, relaxing, relaxation, film, films, movie, movies, cinema, executive, executives, exec, execs, producer, producers, director, directors, scriptwriter, scriptwriters, screenwriter, screenwriters, entertainment, trend, trends, trendy"It's a narrative I didn't intend."
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