Lancelot Link: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Lancelot Link Thursday! If you wonder what the President has for dinner on Thanksgiving after he pardons the turkeys, here are some articles about screenwriting and the biz plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...



Here are five cool links plus this week's food chase...

1) Gee That Movie Poster Looks Familiar!

2) Some People Take Researching Serial Killers To An Extreme!

3) Cool Film Posters From Another Time!

4) Doug Richardson - DIE HARD 2 writer on The Worst Note He Ever Got!

5) 20 Stunts Gone Really Wrong.

Today is THANKSGIVING in the USA, a time when we eat until we explode... much like Mr. Creosote. So - no car chase this week...



Happy Thanksgiving!

- Bill



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