A screenplay, also called a script, is a written work by screenwriters for a film or television show. Learning how to write a solid screenplay takes a good amount of research, practice and repetition. Watching movies and television shows and studying successful screenplays and writers are some things that you can do to help yourself learn. Listed below are two of the best screenplays to come out in 2002 that are worth checking out.
In 2002, The Pianist won the Academy Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was directed by Roman Polanski based on a screenplay adapted by Ronald Harwood from a memoir written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film begins with Szpilman being disturbed in a radio station as Germany bombs Poland, starting World War II. The Szpilman family is hopeful for a quick victory when they learn that Britain and France have declared war on Germany, however Warsaw is captured and the living conditions for Jews deteriorate and gradually they are forced into humiliating conditions in the Warsaw ghetto. The family is soon rounded up for deportation to Treblinka extermination camp, but Szpilman is saved by a friend in the Jewish Ghetto Police. He becomes a slave laborer and survives a random mass execution. He helps to smuggle weapons into the ghetto to help the Jewish revolt and then manages to escape and go into hiding. He watches the rise and fall of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and after a year is forced to flee when a neighbor discovers him. In 1944, the Polish resistance mounts the Warsaw Uprising, and over the next months the city is destroyed and emptied. Szpilman searches desperately for supplies and shelter, and is eventually discovered by a German officer, who spares him after asking him to play on a nearby grand piano. Officer Hosenfeld brings him food until the Germans are forced to retreat due to the advance of the Red Army, and in their last meeting he gives Szpilman his coat, which almost gets him killed as Polish troops briefly mistake him before realizing he is Polish. Elsewhere, Hosenfeld is a prisoner and encounters a former inmate of a concentration camp, who states that he used to be a violinist, who later brings Szpilman to the site, though at that point it is only a grassy field.
The film received positive critical reviews and acclaim, and earned over $120 million at the box office in total.
That same year, Talk To Her (Hable con ella) won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film was written by Pedro Almodovar and unfolds in flashbacks, giving details of two separate relationships that, over the course of the story, become intertwined. Marco Zuluaga crosses paths with Benigno Martin at a dance recital, the two strangers to each other, though Benigno notices that Marco is crying. Marco goes on to interview Lydia Gonzalez, a famous matador who has recently broken up with her boyfriend. Marco and Lydia become friends and later lovers, until Lydia is gored and goes into a coma. Marco does not leave her side and eventually befriends Benigno, who recognized him from the recital. Benigno cares for Alicia Roncero a beautiful dance student that he has long been infatuated with, and he tells Marco to talk to Lydia, because in spite of the fact that they are in a coma, women understand and react to men’s problems. Marco is taken aback when Benigno tells him of his plan to marry Alicia and tells his friend that she cannot express her will in any manner. It eventually comes out that Alicia is pregnant, while Marco leaves Spain to write a book about traveling through Jordan. He learns that Lydia has finally died, having never awakened from her coma and looks for Benigno, who is not working at the hospital anymore, and learns that Benigno has been imprisoned for rape. Alicia has awakened during or sometime after giving birth, but the baby was stillborn. Marco does not tell Benigno about the unexpected recovery. Benigno dies of an overdose, trying to “reunite” with Alicia, who has begun rehabilitation. The film ends with Marco and Alicia meeting by chance in the same theatre where it began.
The film earned a total of over $51 million dollars at the box office, and received the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay, along with the Golden Globe Award for the Best Foreign Language Film.
Do you have a screenplay idea that you think would make a great movie or TV show? New Show Studios can help you take action and pursue your screenplay idea. It is a company based in Pittsburgh that’s designed specifically for everyday people with ideas for screens big and small. New Show Studios has all the resources under one roof to develop your screenplay idea into a concept package and present it to an entertainment company through its exclusive licensing agent, SFM Entertainment. SFM Entertainment has over 40 years of experience in the entertainment industry.
Remember that even with the best presentation materials new entertainment development is high risk and there is very little likelihood that your idea will be successfully licensed or result in profit to you.
In 2002, The Pianist won the Academy Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was directed by Roman Polanski based on a screenplay adapted by Ronald Harwood from a memoir written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film begins with Szpilman being disturbed in a radio station as Germany bombs Poland, starting World War II. The Szpilman family is hopeful for a quick victory when they learn that Britain and France have declared war on Germany, however Warsaw is captured and the living conditions for Jews deteriorate and gradually they are forced into humiliating conditions in the Warsaw ghetto. The family is soon rounded up for deportation to Treblinka extermination camp, but Szpilman is saved by a friend in the Jewish Ghetto Police. He becomes a slave laborer and survives a random mass execution. He helps to smuggle weapons into the ghetto to help the Jewish revolt and then manages to escape and go into hiding. He watches the rise and fall of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and after a year is forced to flee when a neighbor discovers him. In 1944, the Polish resistance mounts the Warsaw Uprising, and over the next months the city is destroyed and emptied. Szpilman searches desperately for supplies and shelter, and is eventually discovered by a German officer, who spares him after asking him to play on a nearby grand piano. Officer Hosenfeld brings him food until the Germans are forced to retreat due to the advance of the Red Army, and in their last meeting he gives Szpilman his coat, which almost gets him killed as Polish troops briefly mistake him before realizing he is Polish. Elsewhere, Hosenfeld is a prisoner and encounters a former inmate of a concentration camp, who states that he used to be a violinist, who later brings Szpilman to the site, though at that point it is only a grassy field.
The film received positive critical reviews and acclaim, and earned over $120 million at the box office in total.
That same year, Talk To Her (Hable con ella) won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film was written by Pedro Almodovar and unfolds in flashbacks, giving details of two separate relationships that, over the course of the story, become intertwined. Marco Zuluaga crosses paths with Benigno Martin at a dance recital, the two strangers to each other, though Benigno notices that Marco is crying. Marco goes on to interview Lydia Gonzalez, a famous matador who has recently broken up with her boyfriend. Marco and Lydia become friends and later lovers, until Lydia is gored and goes into a coma. Marco does not leave her side and eventually befriends Benigno, who recognized him from the recital. Benigno cares for Alicia Roncero a beautiful dance student that he has long been infatuated with, and he tells Marco to talk to Lydia, because in spite of the fact that they are in a coma, women understand and react to men’s problems. Marco is taken aback when Benigno tells him of his plan to marry Alicia and tells his friend that she cannot express her will in any manner. It eventually comes out that Alicia is pregnant, while Marco leaves Spain to write a book about traveling through Jordan. He learns that Lydia has finally died, having never awakened from her coma and looks for Benigno, who is not working at the hospital anymore, and learns that Benigno has been imprisoned for rape. Alicia has awakened during or sometime after giving birth, but the baby was stillborn. Marco does not tell Benigno about the unexpected recovery. Benigno dies of an overdose, trying to “reunite” with Alicia, who has begun rehabilitation. The film ends with Marco and Alicia meeting by chance in the same theatre where it began.
The film earned a total of over $51 million dollars at the box office, and received the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay, along with the Golden Globe Award for the Best Foreign Language Film.
Do you have a screenplay idea that you think would make a great movie or TV show? New Show Studios can help you take action and pursue your screenplay idea. It is a company based in Pittsburgh that’s designed specifically for everyday people with ideas for screens big and small. New Show Studios has all the resources under one roof to develop your screenplay idea into a concept package and present it to an entertainment company through its exclusive licensing agent, SFM Entertainment. SFM Entertainment has over 40 years of experience in the entertainment industry.
Remember that even with the best presentation materials new entertainment development is high risk and there is very little likelihood that your idea will be successfully licensed or result in profit to you.
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