TY - BOOK AU - Cohen,David S. TI - Screen plays: : how 25 scripts made it to a theater near you—for better or worse SN - 9780061189197 U1 - 791.4375 PY - 2008///] CY - New York PB - HarperEntertainment KW - Motion pictures KW - United States KW - Motion picture authorship N1 - Includes index; "Get a life"; Scripter : long island Lolita was my muse!; "I didn't think this was really going to happen"; "It's two people; nothing happens"; "Gotta stay on this job"; "Let's shoot big"; The anti-troy; "Can I write midnight cowboy?"; "Every good story is a love story"; Sith, Schmith. thanks for all the fish; Roll over, Cary Grant; Life's two tragedies; "It's difficult talking to idiots"; Great science fiction but don't tell anyone; Slaves to desire; Sex ain't what it used to be; "If you talk to Earl, tell him to call me"; The best script that couldn't get made; The golden lion, sure. But did she get an "A"?; Protecting Howard; Chance, fate, and homework; No similar movies; Good work fails sometimes; The return of the (spec) king; "All you need is one person to believe in you" ER -