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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003) – Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley.
PLANET OF THE APES (1968) – Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter.
PLATOON (1986) – Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen.
POCAHONTAS (1995) – Voices of Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson.
PRETTY BABY (1978) – Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon.
PULP FICTION (1994) – John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) – Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott.
RAIN MAN (1998) – Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise.
REAR WINDOW (1954) – Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly.
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (2000) – Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons.
RIO LOBO (1970) – John Wayne, Jennifer O’Neill, Jack Elam.
ROBIN HOOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991) – Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
RUN LOLA RUN (1999) – Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu.
RUSHMORE (1998) – Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams.
SABRINA (1954) – Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Audrey Hepburn; ( 1995) - Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear, Julia Ormond.
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (1978) – Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn.
SEABISCUIT (2003) – Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire.
SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (1989) – James Spader, Andie MacDowell.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998) – Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes.
SHREK (2001) – Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz.
SIMONE (2002) – Al Pacino.
SISTER ACT (1992) – Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith.
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (1991) – Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergen.
SLIDING DOORS (1998) – Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah.
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (2003) – Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton.
SPIDERMAN (2002) – Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.
STAR TREK (1960’s TV series and innumerable films) - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, et al.
STAR WARS (1977) – Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) – Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Darryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts.
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) – Gloria Swanson, William Holden.
SUPERMAN (1978) – Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder.
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960) – John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur.
TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932) – Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan; (1981) - Miles O’Keeffe, Bo Derek.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983) – Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger.
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) – Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Wynona Ryder.
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (1995) – Michael Douglas, Annette Bening.
THE BLACK SWAN (1942) – Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara.
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979) – Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas.
THE DEER HUNTER (1978) – Robert De Niro, John Savage, Christopher Walken.
THE EXORCIST (1973) – Linda Blair, Max von Sydow.
THE FAR HORIZONS (1955) – Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed.
THE FULL MONTY (1997) – Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape.
THE GREEN BERETS (1968) – John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton.
THE LION IN WINTER (1968) – Peter O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins.
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) – Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury.
THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) – Keanu Reeves.
THE MUMMY (1999) – Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz.
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) – Jim Henson, Frank Oz (voices).
THE NET (1995) – Sandra Bullock, Dennis Miller.
THE QUIET MAN (1952) – John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara.
THE ROYAL TANNEBAUMS (2001) – Gene Hackman, Anjelica Houston.
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) – Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lehr, Jack Haley.
THE SCARLET LETTER (1995) – Demi Moore, Gary Oldman; (1934) - Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright.
THE THIRD MAN (1949) – Joseph Cotton, Orson Wells.
THE WILD, WILD WEST (1999) – Will Smith, Kevin Kline.
TIME AFTER TIME (1979) – Malcolm McDowell, David Warner;
TOOTSIE (1982) – Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman.
THELMA AND LOUISE (1991) – Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis.
TRUE LIES (1994) – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold.
WALL STREET (1987) – Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen.
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (1995) – Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman.
WILDE (1997) – Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave.
WITNESS (1985) – Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis.
X-MEN (2000) – Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen.
X-2 (2003) – Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen.
RECOMMENDED READING
Bennett, Hal Zina and Larsen, Michael, HOW TO WRITE WITH A COLLABORATOR, Writer’s Digest Books, 1988
Corey, Melinda and Ochoa, George, THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE DESK REFERENCE, Stonesong Press, 2002
D’Vari, SCRIPT MAGIC: SUBCONSCIOUS TECHNIQUES TO CONQUER WRITER’S BLOCK, Michael Wiese Productions, 2000
Ebert, Roger, I HATED, HATED, HATED THIS MOVIE, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2000
Flinn, Denny Martin, HOW NOT TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY: 101 COMMON MISTAKES MOST SCREENWRITERS MAKE, ifilm, 1999
Fong-Yoneda, Kathie, THE SCRIPT-SELLING GAME: A HOLLYWOOD INSIDER’S LOOK AT GETTING YOUR SCRIPT SOLD AND PRODUCED, Michael Wiese Productions, 2002
Halperin, Michael, KILLER TREATMENT: SELLING YOUR STORY WITHOUT A SCRIPT, Michael Wiese Productions, 2002
Heffron, Jack and Prues, Don, WRITER’S GUIDE TO PLACES, Writer’s Digest Books, 2003
Herbert, Katherine Atwell Herbert, WRITING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD WILL LOVE: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO FILM AND TELEVISION SCRIPTS THAT SELL, Allworth Press, 1994
Joseph, Erik, HOW TO ENTER SCREENPLAY CONTESTS AND WIN, Lone Eagle Publishing, 1997
Obstfeld, Raymond and Neumann, Franz, CAREERS FOR YOUR CHARACTERS: A WRITER’S GUIDE TO 101 PROFESSIONS FROM ARCHITECT TO ZOOKEEPER, Writer’s Digest Books, 2002
Phillips, William H., WRITING SHORT SCRIPTS, Syracuse University Press, 1999
Robertson, Patrick, FILM FACTS, Billboard Books, 2001
Stubbs, Liz and Rodriguez, Richard, MAKING INDEPENDENT FILMS, Allworth Press, 2000
Vater, Rachel, 2003 GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS: 600+ AGENTS WHO SELL WHAT YOU WRITE, Writer’s Digest Books, 2002
Wehner, Christopher, SCREENWRITING ON THE INTERNET, Michael Wiese Productions, 2001
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Former actress and theater director Christina Hamlett is a script consultant, instructor, award winning author and professional ghostwriter whose publishing credits include 26 books, 133 plays, 5 optioned films, and screenwriting columns that appear regularly throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Her degree in Communications from California State University, Sacramento led to assignments in all aspects of media, cable television and public relations, including the development of her own touring theater repertory company which she ran for eight years. She is married to insurance industry executive Mark Webb and resides in Pasadena, California.
Christina can be reached for questions or script consultations through her website at www.authorhamlett.com.
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