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Spirited Away (2001)

31/1/2013

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ZENIBA
Once you do something, you never forget. 
Even if you can't remember. 
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Spirited Away
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Ghostbusters (1984)

30/1/2013

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DR. PETER VENKMAN
We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!
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The Untouchables (1987)

28/1/2013

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GEORGE STONE
Where is Nitti? 
 
NESS 
He's in the car. 
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The Untouchables (1987)

28/1/2013

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NESS
Yeah. I'm going to come see you burn, you son of 
a bitch, 'cause you killed my friend! 
 
FRANK NITTI  
He died like a pig. 
 
NESS 
What did you say? 
 
FRANK NITTI  
I said that your friend died screaming like a 
stuck Irish pig. Now you think about that 
when I beat the rap. 
 
He runs a comb through his hair and walks toward the door. Ness, enraged, grabs 
him from behind and pushes him past the door.
FRANK NITTI 
Hey... hey! 
  
Ness propels him toward the ledge.
  
FRANK NITTI
Hey! 
  
Ness pushes him off the roof. He falls, screaming.
  
NESS
Did he sound anything like *that*? 
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Aliens -- Colonial Marines

26/1/2013

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Aliens -- Colonial Marines

COOL!
HUDSON
They're coming outta the walls. They're coming 
outta the goddamn walls. Let's book! 
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Back to the Future (1985)

26/1/2013

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MARTY MCFLY
Ah, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ, Doc,
you disintegrated Einstein!
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Deliverance (1972)

25/1/2013

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LEWIS
Sometimes you have to lose yourself 'fore you can find anything. 
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Casino (1995)

25/1/2013

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ACE ROTHSTEIN
Listen to me very carefully. There are three ways of doing
things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the
way that *I* do it. You understand?
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Screenwriting -- Roger Corman

25/1/2013

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You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on.
Roger Corman
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TED -- JJ Abrams

25/1/2013

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JJ Abrams and Michael Arndt working on

Star Wars.
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This is GREAT.
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Condorman (1981)

24/1/2013

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Disney are considering rebooting this?

Cool!
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Condorman
Suggestions:

  • Woody's a very successful English comic book writer and animator living in the U.S.
  • Due to his animation and successful investments, Woody is a billionaire.
  • Woody is a collector of gadgets and gizmos that he buys through secret suppliers, that are based on his Condorman cartoon that he keeps hidden away in his huge mansion, that he never gets to use. He dreams of being a secret agent.
  • Unknown to Woody, his best friend, Crystal, who just happens to live next door, is a secret agent.
  • Woody has a secret crush on Crystal but has never told her.
  • Woody receives a mysterious phone call from Crystal to meet at a secret location. Woody was planning on telling Crystal how he feels about her. Crystal never shows up. He gets all depressed, thinking that she stood him up.
  • Back home, Woody receives a secret package in the mail from Crystal who explains that if he now has this package, that something must've gone wrong with her latest mission. She explains everything to him. And he finds out about her and what she does etc.
  • It's now up to Woody to decide what to do. Rescue Crystal etc.
  • Woody gets all serious and puts his alter ego, Condorman to work in the hopes of rescuing her from the bad guys.
  • Big set pieces – definitely action orientated with humor interwoven into it.
  • And a really cool costume.
  • And a gritty - PG-13 vibe.

So on and so forth.

With the right director, the right tone and using some of the original score will go a long way. There are two elements that have always stuck with me, the music by Henry Mancini and the awesome car.

Keep those and this could be really good. Lots of potential.

What are you waiting for?  Get on with it.

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Casablanca (1942)

23/1/2013

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RICK
And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you
can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no
good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of
three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
Someday you'll understand that.

Ilsa lowers her head and begins to cry.

RICK
Now, now...

Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet.

RICK
Here's looking at you kid.
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Nora Ephron -- (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012)

23/1/2013

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I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.
Nora Ephron
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

22/1/2013

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
INDIANA
Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?

SALLAH

Asps... very dangerous. You go first.
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Charlie Brown -- Charles M. Schulz

22/1/2013

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Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
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Charlie Brown
Charles M. Schulz
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Death Wish (1974)

21/1/2013

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PAUL KERSEY
Any chance of catching these men?

LT. BRIGGS
There's a chance, sure.

PAUL KERSEY
Just a chance?

LT. BRIGGS
I'd be less than honest if I gave you more
hope, Mr. Kersey. In the city, that's the way it is.
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Cars (2006)

21/1/2013

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MATER
I knew it! I knowed I made a good choice!

LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
In what?

MATER
My bes' friend.
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Pixar, Cars and what's to come

20/1/2013

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Cars
After watching a documentary about Pixar over the Christmas period. I was inspired to watch Cars and Cars 2 over the weekend. For some reason, I've never been able to watch them, I had some kind of mental block when it came to talking cars. I just couldn't wrap my head around animated cars that can talk, which is kind of bizarre. Considering I've just started work on an animated feature, where the primary characters are talking goats.

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Cars
Anyway, yesterday, I watched Cars. This is a classic example of what Pixar are good at. Attention to detail, and putting the time in when it comes to developing a movie from script to screen. And it shows here, it's about as good as you'll get when it comes to creating and developing a good story.

Everything works.

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Cars 2
And I just finished watching Cars 2. I read a few reviews about it when it first came out. Honestly, I don't know why it's had a such a hard time. It's a kids movie, about talking cars and cars that are secret agents. The animation is spot on, and at the end of the day, it's entertaining. It was always going to be difficult to top Cars, but Pixar still manage to set a benchmark for others to follow. I really don't know how they do it, but that animation, whoa,

HOW DO THEY DO THAT?

That's what I'd like to know.

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Monsters University
As for what they have lined up next. Monsters University looks like it's going to be a whole heap of fun. And the animation looks awesome.

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The Good Dinosaur
As for what's coming after that. I've believe there's a dinosaur movie in the pipeline, which looks awesome. Dinosaurs just don't get enough screen time anymore.

Going off on a tangent here, but there's only been Dinosaur (2000) which has some pretty spectacular animation mixed with live action backgrounds and the more recent Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009). And I think that's it as far as dinosaurs are concerned. So I'm hoping they'll knock it out the park with

The Good Dinosaur when it eventually comes out.

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Not sure if they'll keep that title. But it seems to fit with the story they want to tell. I think it's going to be great. 
Below is a little short I found online.

The Blue Umbrella
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Three movies worth checking out

20/1/2013

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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Life  of Pi (2012)
The Impossible (2012)
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Life of Pi (2012)

19/1/2013

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ADULT PI PATEL
I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes
an act of letting go, but what always hurts the
most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.
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Screenwriting - - Success

18/1/2013

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Screenwriting -- Asking someone to read your script

16/1/2013

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The Bitter Script Reader
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Jaws (1975)

15/1/2013

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JAWS
BRODY
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
HOOPER
That's a twenty footer.

QUINT
Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
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Jeepers Creepers (2001)

14/1/2013

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TRISH
You know the part in scary movies when somebody does
something really stupid, and everybody hates them for it?
This is it.
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Star Wars -- The Old Republic

12/1/2013

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Star Wars -- The Old Republic
DARTH MALGUS
Our time has come. For 300 years, we prepared. We grew stronger. While you rested
in your cradle of power, believing your people were safe... and protected. You were
trusted to lead the Republic—but you were deceived, as our powers of the dark side
have blinded you. You assumed no force could challenge you...and now...finally...
we have returned.
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