{"product_id":"being-there-and-the-evolution-of-a-screenplay-3-draft-scripts-with-commentary-paperback-1","title":"Being There and the Evolution of a Screenplay: 3 Draft Scripts with Commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing There and the Evolution of a Screenplay\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insightful look at the drafting of one of Hollywood history's greatest scripts.\u003ci\u003e Being There\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) is generally considered the final film in Hal Ashby's triumphant 1970s career, which included the likes of \u003ci\u003eHarold and Maude\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) and \u003ci\u003eShampoo\u003c\/i\u003e(1975). The film also showcases Peter Sellers's last great performance. In 2005, the Writers Guild of America included \u003ci\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e on its list of 101 Best Scripts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing There and the Evolution of a Screenplay\u003c\/i\u003e features three versions of the script: an early draft by Jerzy Kosinski, based on his 1970 novel; a second by long-time Ashby collaborator and Oscar-winner Robert C. Jones, which makes substantial changes to Kosinki's; and a final draft written by Jones with Ashby's assistance, which makes further structural and narrative changes. Additionally, the book features facsimile pages from one of Kosinski's copy of the scripts that include handwritten notes, providing readers with valuable insight into the redrafting process. For each version, Ashby scholar Aaron Hunter adds perceptive analysis of the script's development, the relationships of the writers who worked on it, and key studio and production details.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis both a presentation of the script of\u003ci\u003e Being There\u003c\/i\u003e, and a record of the process of crafting that script - a text that will be of interest to film fans and scholars as well as writers and teachers of screenwriting. \u003ci\u003eEvolution of a Screenplay\u003c\/i\u003eis the first book of its kind to so amply demonstrate the creative development of a Hollywood script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Hunter \u003c\/b\u003electures in the department of film at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His publications include \u003ci\u003eAuthoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2016) and \u003ci\u003ePolly Platt: Hollywood Production Design and Creative Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). His collection\u003ci\u003e Women and New Hollywood: Gender, Creative Labor, and 1970s American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Martha Shearer, will be published in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343895445753,"sku":"9781501372377","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/T0dxSzhYUkxiamJTUFlyR1VVTUo0QT09_7022359e-8509-4f7a-aa33-a3b7ec763967.webp?v=1769725025","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/being-there-and-the-evolution-of-a-screenplay-3-draft-scripts-with-commentary-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}