Product Description

The shooting script of the acclaimed DreamWorks film starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, directed by Sam Mendes, winner of the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. In the widely praised Newmarket Shooting Script(tm) series format, here is the complete shooting script of one of the best films of 1999. Also included in this volume are a fascinating essay about the screenplay and the making of the film by director Sam Mendes, an afterword by screenwriter Alan Ball recalling the genesis of the script, a twelve-page photo section, and the complete cast and crew credits.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155684 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 118 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781557044044
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

THIS IS NOT A SHOOTING SCRIPT!
Okay, first things first. This IS NOT a shooting script. This is a word for word verbatim transcription. A shooting script shows everything that the director shot during filming. This is the edited version. I would not have bought this book had I known it was basically a copy of the movie. What makes a shooting script great is you can see what scenes the director left out and how the complexion of the movie changes on the set, in edting, and else where. This has NONE OF THAT. So buyer beware, this is not a shooting script. A great script, but not what it claims to be. That's why I gave it such a low star score. Like I said, fantastic script, but a horrible lie to the consumer when it purports to be a shooting script.

"American Beauty Proves to Be Beautiful Once Again"
After seeing this brilliant film, I picked up a copy of the shooting script. I had hoped it would contain the original ending but it is instead a word for word copy of the lines from the film. Which is not a bad thing. After seeing this movie which won five Academy Awards including Best Screenplay, I could pick up the script and "watch" the movie over and over again in my mind and invision the talented actors appear on screen while I read. Even if you haven't seen the film, the script is an excellent tale of suburbian lifestyle that is delivered with a darkness and humor that is hard to dislike. It is a perfect literary work for anybody because there is at least one character that the reader can totally relate with. Discover the beauty of "American Beauty" which challenges us to "Look Closer."

A guaranteed Academy Award winner for Best Screenplay
A truly remarkable script for a movie that, to my mind, is one of the two or three best movies of the '90s and by far the most life-affirming. The best way to describe "American Beauty" is simply to say that it shows how life is too short to not go after what you want -- but how life is also too short to not appreciate what you already have. And as Kevin Spacey/Lester Burnham says at the end, if you don't understand what I mean by that, you will someday.