What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting

What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting - Paperback

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What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting

What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting - Paperback

by Marc Norman
$24.00
Sale price  $24.00 Regular price 

Book Overview

"Fascinating."
--Los Angeles Times

A brilliant, wildly entertaining history of Hollywood from the screenwriters' perspective

In this truly fresh take on the movies, veteran Oscar-winning screenwriter Marc Norman gives us the first comprehensive history of the men and women who penned some of the greatest movies of all time. Impeccably researched, erudite, and filled with unforgettable stories of the stars and scribes, amateurs and auteurs, directors, producers, and legendary moguls, What Happens Next is a unique and engrossing narrative of the quintessential art form of our time.
ISBN9780307393883
Author Marc Norman
PublisherCrown Publishing Group (NY)
GenreHistory and Arts
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2008
LanguageENG- English
Pages576
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Marc Norman

MARC NORMAN won two Oscars for Shakespeare in Love in 1999, one for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (with Tom Stoppard) and another for Best Picture (shared with Donna Gigliotti, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, and Edward Zwick), along with a Golden Globe, a Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Silver Bear Award from the Berlin Film Festival. He lives in Santa Monica, California. This is his first work of nonfiction.

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