Lancelot Link: Another Link

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Here are seven cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) Alvaro Rodriguez (MACHETE) interviews Ted Talley (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS).

2) If other directors had made HUNGER GAMES.

3) Lem Dobbs speaks his mind.

4) ActionFest 2012 Trailer!

5) Your Guide To 2012 TV Pilots.

6) How the HUNGER GAMES movie is different than the book.

7) Another damned list from Chuck Wendig!

And this week's car chase...



From STAKEOUT. I had a great car/motorcycle chase from FIRST BLOOD, but the danged thing couldn't be embedded. So instead of Stallone, we get Aidan Quinn... but still, great *real* car chase with *real* stunts and *real* wrecks. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

- Bill

FINALLY!

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"SECRETS OF ACTION SCREENWRITING is the best book on the practical nuts-and-bolts mechanics of writing a screenplay I've ever read." - Ted Elliott, co-writer of MASK OF ZORRO, SHREK, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and the sequels (with Terry Rossio).(ie; 4 of the top 20 Box Office Hits Of ALL TIME.)

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Lancelot Link: In Danger

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Here are seven cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) The Movie Poster Database!

2) Video On Demand - The Numbers!

3) Chinese Copies Of American Movie Posters

4) Where JOHN CARTER went wrong.

5) Noir City Hollywood 2012 Schedule.

And the Car Chase Of The Week:


Mel Gibson - dubbed into *American* in MAD MAX (1979). This is the movie that came *before* ROAD WARRIOR, where police officer Max becomes that broken man in ROAD WARRIOR after battling Toe Cutter and his gang. If you haven't seen it, worth a look - and the DVD is in *Australian*.

- Bill

Lancelot Link's Twelve

Lancelot Link Thursday! 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 seven cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) 50 Greatest Deleted Scenes Of All Time.

2) So What Does A Studio Head Make?

3) Famous Film Flops!

4) Ebert Looks At Bad Movies Someone Thought Were Terrific!

5) 1933 Taglines - Sex and Violence Sells!

6) WRATH OF JOHN CARTER

7) Before the Black List, Movieline had a *real* list of Top 10 Unproduced Screenplays!

And the Car Chase Of The Week is the best part of MATRIX RELOADED...



They built that freeway for the film on Treasure Island (in the San Francisco Bay). Probably still there.

- Bill

Lancelot Link: Back 2 Tha' Hood!

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

1) The writer of GAME CHANGE, Danny Strong.

2) Great interview with the new generation of hot screenwriters.

3) Part 2 of the interview.

4) The Top Movie Stars - Every Year!

5) All Three Prequels Edited Into One Good 85 Minute Movie, by...

And the Car Chase Of The Week...



From KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, which was originally used as a bad example in SECRETS OF ACTION SCREENWRITING. One of those movies that looks like two completely different screenplays got mixed up at the copy machine and they shot 90 pages.

- Bill

FINALLY!

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"SECRETS OF ACTION SCREENWRITING is the best book on the practical nuts-and-bolts mechanics of writing a screenplay I've ever read." - Ted Elliott, co-writer of MASK OF ZORRO, SHREK, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and the sequels (with Terry Rossio).(ie; 4 of the top 20 Box Office Hits Of ALL TIME.)

Only $9.99 - and no postage!

Lancelot Link: Money Never Sleeps

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

1) A TED speech from 2023... from PROMETHEUS (the new ALIEN movie).

2) Sean Hood on why studios rewrite screenplays.

3) A bunch of other screenwriters on rewrites.

4) From SHARKTOPUS to THE GODFATHER!

5) Today in select cities THE GODFATHER is playing (anniversary)! - so here is a website that's all about THE GODFATHER movies.

And the car chase of the week...



From THE JUNKMAN - not quite a sequel to GONE IN 60 SECONDS.

- Bill

84th Annual Academy Award Winners

And the Oscar goes to...

Best Picture: "The Artist."

Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, "The Descendants."

Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris."

Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist."

Actress: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady."

Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners."

Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help."

Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist."

Foreign Language Film: "A Separation," Iran.

Animated Feature Film: "Rango."

Art Direction: "Hugo."

Cinematography: "Hugo."

Sound Mixing: "Hugo."

Sound Editing: "Hugo."

Original Score: "The Artist."

Original Song: "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets."

Costume Design: "The Artist."

Documentary Feature: "Undefeated."

Documentary Short: "Saving Face."

Film Editing: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

Makeup: "The Iron Lady."

Animated Short Film: "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore."

Live Action Short Film: "The Shore."

Visual Effects: "Hugo."

Oscar winners previously presented off camera because the were tech awards:

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Oprah Winfrey.

Honorary Award: James Earl Jones.

Honorary Award: Dick Smith.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award: Douglas Trumbull.

Award of Merit: ARRI cameras.

Pretty much what we all thought - "Artist" sweeps. I liked the movie - and it's an example in my Visual Storytelling Blue Book, so I'm happy.

But what about you? Comments section is open.

- Bill

Lancelot Link: Passion Of The Chimps

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Here are nine cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) Kubrick's Unused Movie Titles

2) British Intelligence Have No Idea Where Charlie Caplin Was Born - Was He A Space Alien?

3) Amazing Charts Of Hollywood's Hits.

4) Long Running LAST SAMURAI Legal Despute.

5) TOTAL RECALL 2 - was it a real project, or only in their minds?

6) End Of The Indie Film On Screen?

7) Behind The Scenes Filming THE ARTIST.

8) The Secret History of STAR WARS revealed.

9) John Logan - He wrote all of the Oscar Nominees this year (okay - some of them).

And the Car Chase Of The Week uses a *boat anchor*...



From KHILADI 420 from Bollywood.

- Bill

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: 110 Pages - No Waiting! Why people in movies never say Goodbye before hanging up the phone.
Dinner: Panda Express - Peppercorn Shrimp, plus...

John Carter...

This is a fan made trailer for JOHN CARTER (OF MARS) that blows away the official Disney trailer and makes me wonder why Disney isn't firing people.



Compare it to this official trailer...



And JOHN CARTER (not of Mars)...



- Bill
IMPORTANT UPDATE:

TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: Dramatizing Emotions And a film that won THREE Oscars.
Dinner: Taco Bell - and not even the Dorito-Taco.

TV: CASTLE - okay, I probably haven’t mentioned that I’m a big fan of this show, but as a mystery writer how could I not be? This has been a really good season so far - which is amazing because by this point most shows are limping along. KILL SHOT dealt with Beckett’s PTSS over being *shot* at the end of last season and almost dying - and really dug deep into her character’s fears. This has been one of the great things this season - they have taken these characters we know from the outside and takes us deep inside - like in KICK THE BALLISTICS, where Ryan’s stolen gun is used in a murder and he has to deal with his guilt over losing it... that episode also had a triple twist ending that was great. The other episodes have been fun - Castle & Beckett handcuffed together in bed, etc... and though I didn’t like the 1940s Noir episode, it was at least trying to be different and fun (I just didn’t think it worked).

Now we come to this 2 parter, and it just kicked ass in many ways. Part 2 (Monday night) was amazing - but it took part 1 to set it up. What starts out as a murder takes a strange turn when their suspect - a mysterious man named Gage - says that they are in over their heads and the whole case will vanish... and it does! The body vanishes from the Medical Examiner’s table and Gage vanished from a locked cell. All of this brings them to a secret CIA operation in NYC run by the always sexy Jennifer Beals - who is Castle’s ex-lover. So we get some great tension and a nice triangle and Gage is an assassin who is after some target in NYC... but who? As bodies pile up, Castle & Beckett find clues that the CIA never considered and all of this leads to a dead man - who is still alive: a scientist working on a “linchpin theory” that one small event can change the world - create a domino run of events that will result in the destruction of the US economy. As soon as they find this guy, he gets shot by a sniper (Gage?) and Beckett and Castle get rammed into the Hudson in Beckett’s car...

Part 2: The car sinking into the Hudson, slowly filling with water as they try to escape, is a big feature film type scene. Just amazing. And some great suspense. It’s hard to believe you can do stuff like this on TV - it seems like something out of a BOURNE film. And that Linchpin Theory is an awesome concept - when they break it down in this episode you can see how easy it would be to destroy the world with a single bullet - provided you could figure out the one person to shoot who would cause the domino run. The great thing about these two episodes is that they are like a feature film - and yet still have a bunch of series running plot material. The CIA forbids them from discussing the case with Ryan and Esposito... and Iron Gates. So that fuels those running plots. Plus the ex-lover creates conflict between Castle and Beckett - and there’s a nice scene in part 2 where Beals and Beckett discuss how a romance with Castle plays out... Beals’ past and maybe Beckett’s future. The story still has a bunch of plot twists and a great race against time to prevent the assassination of a little kid!

Season 4 of a show that kind of has a simple premise, but still manages to find interesting ways to explore it... and hasn’t run out of steam yet. Created by Nicholl winner Andrew Marlowe who also wrote AIR FORCE ONE.

Presidents Day

INDEPENDENCE DAY:


AMERICAN PRESIDENT:


SUPER PRESIDENT:


PRESIDENTIAL MORPHING:


- Bill

Writers Guild Award Winners

Film: Original Screenplay

"Midnight in Paris," Woody Allen

Film: Adapted Screenplay

"The Descendants," screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Film: Documentary Screenplay

"Better This World," written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega

Television: Drama Series

"Breaking Bad," Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

Television: Comedy Series

"Modern Family," Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker

Television: New Series

"Homeland" Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm

Television: Episodic Drama -- tie

“Box Cutter” ("Breaking Bad"), written by Vince Gilligan

“The Good Soldier” ("Homeland"), written by Henry Bromell

Television: Episodic Comedy

“Caught in the Act” ("Modern Family"), written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman

Television: Long Form - Original

"Cinema Verite," David Seltzer

Television: Long Form - Adapted

"Too Big to Fail," written by Peter Gould, based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Television: Animation

“Homer the Father” ("The Simpsons"), written by Joel H. Cohen

Television: Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series

"The Colbert Report," writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central

- Bill

Book Report... Happy Valentines Day!

I know that I've been a slacker when it comes to the Blog so far this year, but I hope to turn that around now that I'm done with the Visual Blue Book and think I have figured out the best way to expand future titles. I wrote a monster article on Silent Films, then took my primary example and re-ordered the techniques covered in the original BB to match the film... then completely integrated the "Bonus Material" articles into the main body of the book to prevent duplicate lead paragraphs. Now that I know what I'm doing, the next BBs will be better. Using BRIDESMAIDS for Supporting Characters BB, and writing a new article on comedy characters that uses HANGOVER (1) plus adding some articles from the vault.

The 63k words (full length book!) on VISUAL will probably not happen again (but who knows) - the new silent movie article is actually longer than the original paper BB. But now that I've figured out the best way to expand the Blue Books there will be less beating my head against the wall and more time for blogging and those new Script Tips I promised. Hey, since we're talking about books...




I just began reading my friend Nancy's Oprah-endorsed Best Selling Novel THE CROWN on my Kindle – and it's off to a great start! Not my usual genre (since it's a period story I don't expect many car chases) but I'm trying to get around to reading books written by my friends (a problem – because they are mostly writers!) and *Oprah* loved this book. I feel by reading Nancy's book, I'm closer to touching the hem of Oprah's garment...

But here's the great thing – not my genre, people wearing frilly shirts... and from the first page I'm *hooked*! Nancy opens with conflict, which not only gets us involved in the protagonist's story, it also exposes the protagonist. After only a couple of paragraphs I'm totally with the protagonist. The year is 1537, the country is England, and a broke young woman is trying to get a ride into town so that she can attending a woman's hanging... wait, it's not just a hanging - they're burning her alive. The dude who owns the cart wants *cash*, and even thought this young woman might clean up real good – at this point in time she's been wearing the same sweat stained clothes for a while – which she has probably slept in – and to top it all off she's biracial at a time when that was not considered “hot”. So there is no way in hell this guy is going to let her on the cart.

She is the uber-underdog and yet finds a way to get herself of that cart headed to the hanging, er - burning alive. The method she uses (not sexual – more tragic) shows that she is resourceful and driven to get to this burning. Which also creates a fair amount of mystery. Oh, and to add to the mystery we discover that this scruffy looking gal is a *nun* who has escaped from a convent, and the woman being burned alive is her cousin (more of a sister). This is a great
opening to a story... and a lesson that works in screenplays as well.

Nancy's Author Page on Amazon – this photo looks more like the real Nancy than the photo on the book.





Whether you are writing a screenplay or a novel or a short story, you need to grab the reader on page one! This is nothing new, by the way, Edgar Allan Poe said you need to grab your reader in the first sentence or you have lost them. My friend Joshua Grover-David Patterson – I think his zombie novel with heart MERCY was one of my past book reports – has a novelette on Kindle called BABY TEETH that opens with this sentence: “This is the night I'll finally kill my baby.” Okay – don't you want to know why someone would kill their *infant*? And why they've been thinking about it, maybe planning it, for long enough that it's *finally*? I know I did, and that's why I kept reading.

No matter how we tell our stories, we need to start strong and find that scene or line or situation that pulls the audience into the story and makes them want to read more. If we're writing a screenplay and it takes a while before anything interesting happens, there's a good chance you need to cut those boring scenes or at least find some way to reorder your scenes so that the story hits the ground running. Even “slow burn” screenplays like THE SIXTH SENSE opens with *something interesting happening* - going down into the dark wine cellar and having the light explode... plunging the scene into scary darkness. This sets the stage for the rest of the screenplay – it tells us that spooky things *will* happen, wait for them!

One of the reviews of Nancy's book says you can't put it down – and though I've obviously stopped reading to write this blog entry... I can't wait to get back to those people in frilly shirts in 1537 England!

- Bill

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: Writing Sequels -
Dinner: Togos #9 sandwich.
Movies: SAFE HOUSE and THE GREY (plus lots of others I haven't told you about... but will!)

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"SECRETS OF ACTION SCREENWRITING is the best book on the practical nuts-and-bolts mechanics of writing a screenplay I've ever read." - Ted Elliott, co-writer of MASK OF ZORRO, SHREK, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and the sequels (with Terry Rossio).(ie; 4 of the top 20 Box Office Hits Of ALL TIME.)

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Lancelot Link: Honey I Blew Up The Chimps!

Lancelot Link Thursday! 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 six cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) Lost Films - movies that there are no known prints of.

2) How To Win An Oscar - "Everybody knows you never go full retard." (that was from TROPIC THUNDER, so don't write me letters, okay?)

3) David Mamet's hand written outline for HOMICIDE.

4) Banned Movies! Shocking! Disgusting! Time Travel!

5) Great advice on crowd funding your film!

6) How about all of the audio tapes of Truffaut's interviews with Hitchcock? 12 HOURS!

And the Car Chase Of The Week....



ARMOR OF GOD with Jackie Chan. Love the explosive cardboard boxes.

- Bill

Bourne Again

From the Universal press release:

The narrative architect behind the "Bourne" film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: "The Bourne Legacy." The writer/director expands the "Bourne" universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films.

For "The Bourne Legacy," Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles.

"Narrative Architect"? Is "writer" a dirty word?



And the poster:



August 3rd... I wonder if Renner has those headaches?

- Bill

IT'S BACK!

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NEW!

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Lancelot Link: Groundhog Day

Lancelot Link Thursday! 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 five cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) STAR WARS... remade by a bunch of different people one scene at a time, often with Legos.

2) More Oscar Nominated Screenplays - Legal Download!

3) The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores In Rge World!

4) SXSW Line Up (with clips)

5) Ridley Scott wants *your* movie!

And this week's car chase...



From FASTER.

- Bill

IT'S BACK!

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NEW!

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Sundance Winners

Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic:
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Grand Jury Prize, Documentary:
"The House I Live In"

World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic:
"Violeta Went To Heaven"

World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary:
"The Law In These Parts"

Dramatic Audience Award:
"The Surrogate"

Documentary Audience Award:
"The Invisible War"

World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award:
"Valley of Saints"

World Cinema Documentary Audience Award:
"Searching For Sugar Man"

The Best of NEXT Audience Award:
"Sleepwalk With Me"

Directing Award, Dramatic:
Ava DuVernay, "Middle of Nowhere"

Directing Award, Documentary:
Lauren Greenfield, "The Queen of Versailles"

"ERIC KOHN World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic:
Mads Matthiessen, "Teddy Bear"

World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary:
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, "5 Broken Cameras"

Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
"Safety Not Guaranteed"

World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
"Young & Wild"

Documentary Editing Award:
"Detropia"

World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
"Indie Game: The Movie"

Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary:
"Chasing Ice"

World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
"My Brother The Devil"

World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary:
"Putin's Kiss"

Special Jury Prize: Dramatic (Acting):
The cast of "The Surrogate"

Special Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling for producing "Smashed" and "Nobody Walks"

Special Jury Prizes: Documentary:
"Love Free or Die"
"Al Weiwei: Never Sorry"

World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary
"Searching For Sugar Man"

World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic
"Can"

Alfred P. Sloan Prizes
"Robot & Frank"
"Valley of Saints"

Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award:
Jens Assur, "Close Far Away"

Short Film Audience Award:
"The Debutante Hunters," directed by Maria White

- Bill

And The Nominees Are...

Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

"The Artist" Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo" Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris" Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse" Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"James Spione
"Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote"
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Albert Nobbs" Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Iron Lady" Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball" Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse" Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Okay - what got snubbed? And - with the controversy - should THE ARTIST have been nominated for best score?

The Comments Section is open!

- Bill

Amazon Semi-Finalists!

Best Script Award: $100,000 - Semifinalists

12 Princesses Rob's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Rob Gardner


74 Hours Dan's 5th Draft (Script 5)
› Writer: Dan Hall


The Alchemist Agenda Marty's 7th Draft (Script 7)
› Writer: Marty Weiss


The Alien Diaries Glenn J.'s 8th Draft (Script 8)
› Writer: Glenn J. Devlin

America’s Ben Franklin in: The Electrocution String Jason's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writer: Jason Ungate


Animal Heads Alexis's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: Alexis Piza


BALL George's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: George Gary


Blackburn Burrow Jay's 5th Draft (Script 5)
› Writer: Jay Levy


Brand New Bag of Blues Matthew's 6th Draft (Script 6)
› Writer: Matthew B. Morrell


Children of Others Barrington's 2nd Draft (Script 4)
› Writer: Barrington Smith-Seetachitt


A CLAUS WORTH FIGHTING FOR Lucas's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: Lucas Clark


Cody & The Cubnappers Bill's 5th Draft (Script 5)
› Writer: Bill S.


Contrition David's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writers: Erin Berry, David Pluscauskas


Dancaster's Pardon Ed's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Ed Gray


Darkest Before Dawn Sean Nichols's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Sean Nichols Lynch


Dead Reckoning Lauri's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writer: Lauri


The Detourist James's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: James Nash


Devil's Pass Michael's 5th Draft (Script 5)
› Writer: Michael Coady


Evolver Zaki's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Zaki Rubenstein


For Sale By Superhero James's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: James Nash


Frank vs. God schminema's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: schminema


Gaia 4 Jay's 4th Draft (Script 4)
› Writer: Jay Levy


GIDEON'S LAW Chris's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: Chris Bullett


Going, Going, Gone Phil's 5th Draft (Script 5)
› Writer: Phil Hwang


Grand Theft UFO Chris's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: Chris Keaton


Hipster & The Schoolgirl Jake's 6th Draft (Script 12)
› Writers: Brenton Lonkey, Jake Mynatt


Home Invasion Indigo's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Indigo Thomas


The House That Evil Built Michael's 8th Draft (Script 8)
› Writer: Michael Coady


I Think My Facebook Friend is Dead Donnie's 2nd Draft (Script 3)
› Writers: CT Clark, Donnie Clark


In The Silences Scott's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writer: Scott Mullen


Indian Summer M.J.'s 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: M.J. Rust


LEON Kevin's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writer: Kevin Scannell


Loved Ones Vicki's 6th Draft (Script 6)
› Writer: Vicki Speegle


Memory Christian's 2nd Draft (Script 3)
› Writers: Christian Davis, Alex Greenfield


My Father's House Alex's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writers: Alex Greenfield, Ben Powell


The Nevsky Prospect L's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writers: S K Berry, L Norgard


THE NIGHT RUNNER Richard's 2nd Draft (Script 8)
› Writer: Richard Stern


Origin Of A Species Matthew's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: Matthew A Gossett


Pack Behavior Michael Ezell's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Michael Ezell


Rayfield Scott Ryu's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Ryu Miyaki


Return Fire Antony's 7th Draft (Script 15)
› Writers: Antony Davies, Joe Dinicola


Roadtrip Sex Party Jerry's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writers: Jerry Sandhu, Errol Villegas


Rock Daddy Chad's Original Draft (Script 1)
› Writer: Chad Pennington


SUPER FAN Mark's 4th Draft (Script 4)
› Writer: Mark von Sternberg


The Text Andrew's 4th Draft (Script 4)
› Writers: Joshua D. Morrison, Andrew P. Sweat


Thanksgiving Day Parade Tom's 2nd Draft (Script 2)
› Writer: Tom Benton


Touching Blue Scott's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writer: Scott Mullen


Villain Richard's 8th Draft (Script 11)
› Writer: Richard Stern


WizardsQuest: The Princess Queen Michael's 3rd Draft (Script 3)
› Writer: Michael Oldham


ZvG: Zombies Vs Gladiators Lauri's 2nd Draft (Script 71)
› Writers: Greggzane, Lauri, Michael Weiss

WOW! I know half the people on here! Two of my friends have *two* scripts in competition! I can't root for anyone, because that would be rooting against one of my other friends. Wish you could all win... but to get this far, I think you all have! Good luck to everyone!

- Bill

Lancelot Link: The Destroyer

Lancelot Link Thursday! 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 eight cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) 50 Originals For 2012!

2) Retro Posters of DIE HARD and DRIVE!

3) FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - Oscar scripts, legal, free:
Universal Pictures.
Fox Searchlight.
Sony Pictures.
Dreamworks.
Some others!

4) THE BARK SIDE...



5) Bitter Script Reader on *George Lucas* having problems getting a film released!

6) Which Producers have deals with Which Studios? The answers!

7) Classic stars screw up lines:


8) VERTIGOED! - The VERTIGO theme stuck into other films.

9) And this week's car chase (did I show this before?) is from a movie by some kid named Luc Besson...



- Bill

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Golden Globes

Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees:
The Help (2011)
Hugo (2011/II)
The Ides of March (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
War Horse (2011)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

WINNER
The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees:
Bridesmaids (2011)
50/50 (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER
George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar (2011)
Michael Fassbender for Shame (2011)
Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March (2011)
Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)

Other Nominees:
Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011)
Viola Davis for The Help (2011)
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

WINNER
Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees:
Brendan Gleeson for The Guard (2011)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50 (2011)
Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

WINNER
Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Other Nominees:
Jodie Foster for Carnage (2011)
Charlize Theron for Young Adult (2011)
Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids (2011)
Kate Winslet for Carnage (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

WINNER
Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)

Other Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Albert Brooks for Drive (2011)
Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011)
Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

WINNER
Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)

Other Nominees:
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011)
Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011)
Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011)
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants (2011)

Best Director - Motion Picture

WINNER
Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Other Nominees:
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011)
George Clooney for The Ides of March (2011)
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)
Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

WINNER
Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

Other Nominees:
The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Ides of March (2011): George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

WINNER
W.E. (2011): Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry("Masterpiece")

Other Nominees:
Albert Nobbs (2011): Brian Byrne, Glenn Close("Lay Your Head Down")
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011): Elton John, Bernie Taupin("Hello Hello")
The Help (2011): Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas("The Living Proof")
Machine Gun Preacher (2011): Chris Cornell("The Keeper")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

WINNER
The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource

Other Nominees:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore
War Horse (2011): John Williams
W.E. (2011): Abel Korzeniowski

Best Animated Film

WINNER
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Other Nominees:
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Cars 2 (2011)
Puss in Boots (2011)
Rango (2011)

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER
A Separation (2011)(Iran)

Other Nominees:
The Flowers of War (2011)(China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)(USA)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)(Belgium)
The Skin I Live In (2011)(Spain)

Best Television Series - Drama

WINNER
"Homeland" (2011)

Other Nominees:
"American Horror Story" (2011)
"Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
"Boss" (2011)
"Game of Thrones" (2011)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

WINNER
"Modern Family" (2009)

Other Nominees:
"Enlightened" (2011)
"Episodes" (2011)
"Glee" (2009)
"New Girl" (2011)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER
"Downton Abbey" (2010)

Other Nominees:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)
"The Hour" (2011)
"Mildred Pierce" (2011)
Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

WINNER
Kelsey Grammer for "Boss" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
Jeremy Irons for "The Borgias" (2011)
Damian Lewis for "Homeland" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

WINNER
Claire Danes for "Homeland" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Mireille Enos for "The Killing" (2011)
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Madeleine Stowe for "Revenge" (2011)
Callie Thorne for "Necessary Roughness" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

WINNER
Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Johnny Galecki for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

WINNER
Laura Dern for "Enlightened" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Zooey Deschanel for "New Girl" (2011)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Laura Linney for "The Big C" (2010)
Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER
Idris Elba for "Luther" (2010)

Other Nominees:
Hugh Bonneville for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
William Hurt for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)
Bill Nighy for Page Eight (2011) (TV)
Dominic West for "The Hour" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER
Kate Winslet for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Romola Garai for "The Hour" (2011)
Diane Lane for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)
Elizabeth McGovern for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Emily Watson for "Appropriate Adult" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER
Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)
Guy Pearce for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)
Tim Robbins for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)
Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER
Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Other Nominees:
Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family" (2009)
Evan Rachel Wood for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

- Bill