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As writers, you might like this short film that I worked on. It stars Paul Scheer, Natasha Leggero, Kristen Schaal, Ken Marino & Milo Ventimiglia.
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AMERICAN HUSTLE is the best movie of the year. Bale, Russel and Lawrence should be locks for Oscars. I'd give best supporting actor to Jonah Hill for TWOWS.
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Anone use Movie magic Screenwriter? I recently switched from Final Draft and this software sucks harder than Final Draft ever did. Glitches galore.
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Anyone else mildly annoyed by the spec "racing into territories" hype? Producers bring specs into territories. That's just the way it works. A spec going into territories is not particularly newsworthy.
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Anyone find these posts looking for "rock star" assistants annoying? If they were "rock stars," they wouldn't be assistants.
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Besides Urban Dictionary, do you know any good resource for current teenage lingo?
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Didn't want to hijack Fsalmon's post about Serial, so adding this post. I'm new to podcasts (other than film-related ones). Do any of you have any great podcast recommendations?
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Does anyone have any comedic mystery script recommendations with good twists and turns?
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Feathers will be ruffled by this statement, but here goes: Louie sucked this season.
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Grinder rests. I'm bummed. Really liked that show.
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Hey, did you guys know that Effie's made 17 movies?!
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He shouldn't have entered the contest if he wasn't willing to work within the constraints of "the system". It's simple math, you give up some freedom for more money and higher profile. It's a stepping stone to an actual career. But then, did you see his apt in New York? The guy is a trust fund baby that's never had to make those real world compromises.
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Ben, I'm not sure he shouldn't have entered given that a) he won, he convinced them to shoot a different script and c) seems to be getting whatever he wants. As a director, he should fight as hard as possible to realize his vision, but he can't push "too far." As of now, he doesn't appear to have done that yet. No one on the project has to love the director; they just have to respect him and his vision and it appears that they do (for now).
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Hypothetical: If you just completed a high concept, rated R comedy, would you take it out wide now or wait until January?
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I can't wait to see THE MASTER. PTA is in a class of his own.
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I need a new lightweight 13-14" laptop (I'm not interested in Macs). Anyone using one they love? I'm looking at the Yoga 3 Pro and the Asus UX301LA, but open to other suggestions. Thanks in advance!
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I often wonder what studio execs are thinking. Am I the only one who is not surprised that movies like Burnt and Our Brand is Crisis are flops?
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I used to print up articles about my projects from Varety or THR and have them mounted, but now things are primarily just reported on Deadline. Do any of you print Deadline articles? If so, what's the best way to go about doing that so it's high-res and clean of ads, etc.?
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I'm contemplating a move to a Macbook after not finding a PC laptop I really like. I have a PC desktop, so the laptop will not be my primary machine. I'm looking for portability but need enough power for writing/surfing, maybe some Netfilx. I'd appreciate hearing users' thoughts on Macbook Airs and Pro retinas. Thanks!
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Yeah, I know about the shortcuts on Mac.... it's just that PC has a lot of those keys and other user friendly designs more available. Sometimes, I'm on the phone or doing something with my free hand and liked how PC made it so easy. I would switch to Macs because they are the future, but just be aware of some of the less user friendly aspects when deciding on the Macs. Next time, I will play around with each version and even spend more just to get one that's comfortable. I kin...
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My biggest gripe is with organization of the files and saving. I've asked every Mac expert and they have all told me that soeme of those features just not available with Macs. Like if you have 10 word documents and you want them to be linked in one document with many sccaded tabs instead of 10 separate tabs that take up space.
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I'm looking for romantic comedy/dramedy movies or scripts about a married couple who break up and get back together at the end of the movie (e.g. The Ex). Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Is screenwriting the only job where you can be congratulated for your outstanding work on one day and be fired from the project the next day?
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It's strange, exciting and humbling to be rewriting writers whose work I really admire and whose quote is quadruple my own.
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Next question for writers: have you ever received payment for net points on the back end of a deal? I'd be stunned if anyone has, but asking anyway.
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eddie murphy called net points monkey points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
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Question for the writers on TB: have you ever had an optional writing step exercised? (I haven't and am curious.)
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Scorsese needs a new editor he trusts. WOLF OF WALL STREET suffers from its length and just about every scene runs too long, sapping the film (and audience) of its energy.
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I think a current Scorsese movie is STILL better than most movies out there. The problem we have is that we expect masterpieces at this point and bemoan the lack of another Mean Streets, or Raging Bull, or basically everything he made up until the early 90's. The man is still an amazing craftsperson. Just my two cents...
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Seriously, can anyone stand Whitney?
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I agree with Mayo, when it comes to the casting of the boyfriend. He's just wrong for the concept. The premise of their relationship is that they're bored of each other and settled into the rut of married life with no sex, but a) they're not married and they're both young, hip and good-looking, so...why are they so bored, exactly? Why do they need to work so hard to get excited about sex? If the bf was not a bearded hipster, but rather a more buttoned-up, pole up his butt c...