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I like to think of the 'bad guys closing in' aspect of STC not so much in literal terms, but rather as an increasing sense of pressure being applied to the hero. In this case, it's the ever-present 'ticking clock' by which Lou must come up with something new and better each night before 6am.

Yeah, the discussion of character often gets lost in how people view Snyder's beat sheet, but fundamentally his sheet is about character metamorphosis. The thing that's different about Nightcrawler is the metamorphosis is really fucking bleak and scary. The beats are still there. But we don't see very much of this kind of negative metamorphosis on screen anymore (at least, not since the late 60's - mid 70's). Most of the time, Hollywood characters change for the bette...

... change for the better. Rarely do characters become more powerful crazyfucks.

I love when the used books are somehow more expensive than a brand new copy. Also, no review below four stars!

Martell rules!

I concur -- Bill's "blue books" are great, and a nice price.

Still waiting for KILLING ON CARNIVAL ROW. Easy to picture on the big screen.

KOCR is about to become a TV show. Iron Jack probably will be one of those legendary specs that everyone loved, but no one could make.

American Games is about Richard Jewell and the 1996 bombing at the Olympics. Leonardo DiCaprio is producing and Jonah Hill is staring. Problem is, no one has taken up the role of Jewell's lawyer, which needs to be a Matthew McConaughey type.

Panic Room

Thanks for all the answers! Got a lot of research to do

Dial M for Murder is mostly in just a room or two. Rear Window too, obviously.

nice!

Congrats man. Hope the day is everything you dreamed it to be.

Congrats!

Maybe the Hemsworth - Danny McBride "Crocodile Dundee" reboot next year?

.....we're going for better, not worse

They could have released something like Gerald's Game but while better it's a different type of movie. This type of marketing I think forces you into sequel / popcorn flick territory. If timing was right they probably would have loved to do it with Bright.

Thanks for all the thoughts and responses everyone. At this point, it definitely was a hardware fail. I do some computer work on the side so I actually took the sucker apart myself. One of the components had actually SCRATCHED the disc where memory is stored. So unfortunately I lost a lot, but the good news is that i had been emailing myself to read drafts whilst at work. So I didn't lose as much as i thought i did, but I still lost a lot. Thanks for all the suggestions!!

Big fan of Dropbox. Change your FD or Screenwriter default save folder to Dropbox and all will be well.

Dropbox is definitely a good option. I also use Carbonite, 40 bucks a year, and it uploads everything invisibily in the background. That's my last ditch defense against hard drive failures or loss of the computer.

Congrats!

Thanks! For the readers, it's for a prodo co and my manager. It's turned in and they're looking at it now. :-)

Awesome!

I'm almost done with one.

Send it my way when you're ready bro.

Maybe it will end up here in a month or so.

@Pompalompa, did you see they released a remastered version of Adagio In D Minor from Sunshine a couple years back? It's incredible.

I play "2 girls, 1 cup" and minimize the window.

White noise is pretty great to write to:

http://rainycafe.com/

Hi Charlie. Kindly add me to the list. It's about time I grow as a writer through peer exercises like this one. Thanks

I would love to join! It's lonely reading scripts by myself with no one to discuss them with!

Please add me. Thank you.

Congrats!

good job!

Yes!

I'm down.

Sure.... it all starts with "Script Reading Club" and the next thing you know, you're all in Bora Bora looking for your pants... ;-)

I'LL TAKE IT AS YOU'RE IN MISTER DEAFBLANK (awful awful i'm so sorry)

That's awesom. Good luck!

Good luck!

Good luck Chuck.

@ Charlie: it's called "Google". It's your friend when you don't have pay channels.

I hear ya. I just know that the torrenting/demonoid/icefilms/megashares stuff is frowed upon, so I was trying to point them out...

to NOT point them out. Whoops. I guess I did.

If you looking for a place to get quality coverage on your script - the BL is not your huckleberry. Franklin himself has said that the BL's purpose is not to provide coverage. It can get eyes on your script - but even then, with great scores, there's no guaranty anyone's going to care.

I know someone who got her first job as a staff writer after a successful script posting on that site. In addition to being a talented writer, her script was about something unusual which I think made it easy to talk about and helped brand her and leverage her success. The show she got staffed on was a natural fit with the subject of her screenplay.

An 8, two 7's and a 6. Final thought? Consistency confusion. The 8 versus the 6 was as if the 6 read the praises of the 8 and decided those were the worst parts.

yes. it's owned by Amazon, btw. also, u can use pro on your iPhone or iPad devices. Handy info to have on-the-go. Haven't had any problems in the years of using it - THUMBS UP.

The 2-week trial is a good idea, but I recently cancelled my Pro subscription and moved to Its On The Grid. The back catalog type listings are great, but I found projects currently in development often lacking. Worse, I consistently found personnel listings to be inaccurate, often missing months-old Exec moves which had even been reported in Variety.

Our film office actually closed in July . That's why I was trying to find another resource. Thanks all the info everyone!

If you have a good story, all you need is working on the execution. Keep working and good luck. Thanks for the positive energy Charlie.

Good Luck, Charlie Brown. I am rooting for you. You've been a positive spark here from day one.

Thanks dudes! You guys rock!

Good Luck!

Go get 'em, tiger.

Thanks everyone! I'll let you all know how it goes!

Thanks Josh! Joblings, dude if it was those people no effing way. Off to the top of my head, one alumni did That Evening Sun and another group of alumni did the kid and grandma dorito commerical as well as the guys in the dresses one this year.

Sounds great. Congrats!

Congrats, Charlie B!

Elliot79 - it's weirdly helpful in both instances. You could sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and probably get a meeting a meal.

Save your money before moving out (which you probably are doing) and intern for free for a couple of prodcos/agencies/networks/studios/etc in your home state that have ties to LA or that are shooting in your home state. Make some connections, get references - prove you are reliable and hard working... as well as nice to work along side of every day =)

Sweet! thanks for all of the suggestions everyone!

Thanks everyone! Will start reading!

I'd love to read The Blacklist pilot. Can someone send?

And the next one up the chain will want alien zombies. Good luck!

A note that stupid does not come from someone who has a clue what they are talking about. So walk away. You won't lose as much as you will by staying. It's literally nonsense.

If only it were so simple. The guy happens to be a friend and this is 3 years worth of free rewrites. This is the last one before I let it go for good. Thanks everyone for all the excellent comments!!

Yeah, the plant houses are good to go. The soil is gentle and the undead obnoxious.

As a sidenote, if you're going to be working in Denver I wouldn't live in/commute from the Springs. I've lived in both Denver and the Springs (love both but Denver is more for me) and that's a rough commute to making regularly. Castle Rock is about as far south as I would go for a Denver commute.

Castle Rock?! I haven't sold ten scripts yet, ha! Thanks for the info man, I'll be in touch with ya more about it in the coming weeks and months

Shoot me a pm when you need more info - I'm happy to help with my thoughts on the area.

Thanks everyone. Just downloaded ALL OF DEM SCRIPTS mentioned above!

If you want to take a gander at a first draft of a comedy spec I'm looking to revise, I'd appreciate any thoughts you have.

It's a Rom-com called ROMCOM. You can guess the rest.

It's here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oe3h66y7v4rzbj4/romcom-GERNGROSS.pdf.

Feel free to indulge or ignore at your discretion.

The funniest scripts I've read include Wain and Showalter's 'They Came Together', Johnny Rosenthal's 'Iron Jack' and the pilot for 'Hello Ladies', which is significantly funnier (and edgier) than the filmed version.