Lancelot Link: FIFTY SHADES OF CHIMP

Lancelot Link Tuesday! I was disappointed that SHADES OF GREY didn't use that song from The Monkees! That would have been good for another $10 million at the box office. Also, if they had used The Kingsmen's LOUIE, LOUIE in THE KINGSKMEN that might have been good for a few million more. Right? While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Fifty Shades.................... $85,043,000
2 Kingsmen........................ $36,225,000
3 SpongeBob....................... $31,680,000
4 American Sniper Gigolo.......... $16,530,000
5 Jupiter Descending............... $9,240,000
6 7th Son Of Flubber............... $4,139,000
7 Paddington....................... $4,033,000
8 Immitation....................... $3,484,000
9 Ringer........................... $3,200,000
10 Alamanac (poor Richard's)........ $2,763,000


Should also be noted that FIFTY SHADES made an amazing $158 overseas over the weekend, which is also a record breaker. In the USA it broke all February records, soundly beating the previous record holder PASSION OF THE CHRIST. After PASSION broke previous records, 20th Fox started a Christian Films Division... so I'm wondering of they will now start a Sex Films For Women Division? I hope so...

2) Bond Behind The Scenes: SPECTRE.

3) A look at my favorite Bond film...

4) Richard LaGravenese Interview On THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

5) Billy Wilder Chats.

6) Everyone Wanted To Make Robert Jordan's Fantasy Series Into Movies...

7) Nick Hornby (HIGH FIDELITY) Lands UK TV Gig.

8) Three Hour Documentary On Kubrick.

9) Orson Welles On Merv.

10) Cinematography Award Winners.

11) WHIPLASH writer director and six years of NO!

12) Final Draft Big Break Contest Award Winners!

And the Car Chase Of The Week:



Women in the driver's seat!

Bill

IMPORTANT UPDATE:
TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: After FIFTY SHADES, Should I Worry About Ratings? -
Dinner: Bad Fast Food I Don't Want To Talk ABout.
Pages: Trying to make up for lost time...
Bicycle: Short.

Movie: Saw WHIPLASH finally, and it's like WALL STREET with drums instead of the stock market...