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 2005 that are worth checking out.
In 2005, Brokeback Mountain won the Academy Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay. The film courted controversy for its depiction of a homosexual relationship, and among the film’s fans, for being “snubbed” in the Academy Awards category of Best Picture. The story follows Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, who are hired by Joe Aguirre to herd his sheep through the summer. After a night of heavy drinking, Jack makes a pass at Ennis, who is initially apprehensive but eventually succumbs. He informs Jack that it was a one-time incident; however, they develop an intense romantic relationship. After learning their summer together is to be shortened, they get into a fight, with each ending up bloodied. Ennis marries his longtime fiancée and Jack eventually meets and marries a rodeo rider named Lureen Newsome. After four years, Jack visits Ennis, and Ennis’s wife witnesses the two kissing passionately. The marriages of both men deteriorate as they meet for infrequent fishing trips. Ennis divorces his wife, and after refusing Jack’s offer to live together, Jack gets involved in increasingly dangerous trysts. At the end of a fishing trip, Ennis tries to push back their next meeting, and the two fight again. Sometime later, a postcard Ennis sends to Jack is returned “Deceased.” Ennis offers to scatter Jack’s ashes on Brokeback Mountain, but Jack’s family declines. Jack’s mother allows Ennis to keep two shirts which Jack had taken, the shirts both men were wearing when they fought.
In addition to the Academy Awards, Brokeback Mountain earned the BAFTA awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was also honored in the Golden Globes awards for Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture. The film earned over $178 million at box offices and received widespread critical acclaim.
That same year, Crash won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. This film won the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards, attracting controversy from those who preferred Brokeback Mountain to win. The script interweaves the stories of several characters over a course of two days in Los Angeles, showing the unwitting way their lives impact each other: a black detective who is estranged from his mother and his younger brother, who is a criminal and a gang associate; the white District Attorney and his pampered wife, a racist white police officer and his younger partner, an African American Hollywood director and his wife, a Persian immigrant and his daughter, and a Hispanic locksmith. The film is noteworthy in that its portrayal shows the fact that many of these victims of racism are capable of being racist themselves in different context. The complicated plot ends with the Persian man being saved from his attempt to kill the Hispanic locksmith by the fact that his daughter, with whom he had been fighting before, chose blank bullets for his gun; a gang member sets a group of illegal Asian immigrants who were victims of human trafficking free, and the detective discovering his brother has been killed over a misunderstanding. The complex plot and ensemble cast, mixing well-known actors with veritably unknown talent, was released in 2004 in some countries, though not until 2005 in the United States.
Crash earned the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay, and earned over $98 million at the box office, several times over its $7 million budget. The film received generally positive views, although many critics took exception to its portrayal of racial issues.
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 2005, Brokeback Mountain won the Academy Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay. The film courted controversy for its depiction of a homosexual relationship, and among the film’s fans, for being “snubbed” in the Academy Awards category of Best Picture. The story follows Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, who are hired by Joe Aguirre to herd his sheep through the summer. After a night of heavy drinking, Jack makes a pass at Ennis, who is initially apprehensive but eventually succumbs. He informs Jack that it was a one-time incident; however, they develop an intense romantic relationship. After learning their summer together is to be shortened, they get into a fight, with each ending up bloodied. Ennis marries his longtime fiancée and Jack eventually meets and marries a rodeo rider named Lureen Newsome. After four years, Jack visits Ennis, and Ennis’s wife witnesses the two kissing passionately. The marriages of both men deteriorate as they meet for infrequent fishing trips. Ennis divorces his wife, and after refusing Jack’s offer to live together, Jack gets involved in increasingly dangerous trysts. At the end of a fishing trip, Ennis tries to push back their next meeting, and the two fight again. Sometime later, a postcard Ennis sends to Jack is returned “Deceased.” Ennis offers to scatter Jack’s ashes on Brokeback Mountain, but Jack’s family declines. Jack’s mother allows Ennis to keep two shirts which Jack had taken, the shirts both men were wearing when they fought.
In addition to the Academy Awards, Brokeback Mountain earned the BAFTA awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was also honored in the Golden Globes awards for Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture. The film earned over $178 million at box offices and received widespread critical acclaim.
That same year, Crash won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. This film won the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards, attracting controversy from those who preferred Brokeback Mountain to win. The script interweaves the stories of several characters over a course of two days in Los Angeles, showing the unwitting way their lives impact each other: a black detective who is estranged from his mother and his younger brother, who is a criminal and a gang associate; the white District Attorney and his pampered wife, a racist white police officer and his younger partner, an African American Hollywood director and his wife, a Persian immigrant and his daughter, and a Hispanic locksmith. The film is noteworthy in that its portrayal shows the fact that many of these victims of racism are capable of being racist themselves in different context. The complicated plot ends with the Persian man being saved from his attempt to kill the Hispanic locksmith by the fact that his daughter, with whom he had been fighting before, chose blank bullets for his gun; a gang member sets a group of illegal Asian immigrants who were victims of human trafficking free, and the detective discovering his brother has been killed over a misunderstanding. The complex plot and ensemble cast, mixing well-known actors with veritably unknown talent, was released in 2004 in some countries, though not until 2005 in the United States.
Crash earned the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay, and earned over $98 million at the box office, several times over its $7 million budget. The film received generally positive views, although many critics took exception to its portrayal of racial issues.
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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