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The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Marc Forster Film
David Benioff & Khaled Hosseini
Travel deep into the rural foothills of western China (near the border of Afghanistan) with renowned film director Marc Forster as he brings Khaled Hosseini's beloved novel The Kite Runner to the big screen. Here the complete screenplay is illustrated with 100 full-color photographs, drawings, and costume sketches. Hosseini contributes an original essay detailing the experience of seeing his novel come to life as reality collides with his imagination. Another essay examines the many challenges the filmmakers faced in creating a script, casting, finding locations, and shooting in one of the most remote places on earth. This beautifully designed book is sure to be treasured by millions of fans of The Kite Runner. Softcover, 160 pp. $21.95.

Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy
This is the official screenplay book tie-in to the hit thriller Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack--written and directed by Tony Gilroy. The book also includes a Q & A with writer/director Tony Gilroy and 39 colour photographs from the film. Softcover, 140 pp. $21.95.

Knocked Up
Judd Apatow
This book includes the complete shooting script, an introduction to the film by writer/director Judd Apatow, an article and artwork by Charlyne Yi, 30 colour photos, and a magazine article by Sarah Vance. Softcover, 153 pp. $21.95.

Dan in Real Life
Peter Hedges & Pierre Gardner
This Newmarket Shooting Script Book includes an introduction by Pierce Gardner, and exclusive Q&A with Peter Hedges, the complete shooting script, 37 colour photos, and the complete cast and crew credits. Softcover, 128 pp. $21.95.

Margot at the Wedding
Noah Baumbach
Margot, a savagely bright, razor-tongued short-story writer who creates chaos wherever she goes, sets off on a surprise journey to the wedding of her estranged and free-spirited sister Pauline. Margot, with her all-too-rapidly maturing son Claude in tow, arrives with the gale force of a hurricane. From the minute she meets Pauline's fiance--the unemployed artist Malcolm--Margot starts to plant seeds of doubt about the union. Softcover, 126 pp. $21.95.

Lust, Caution: Story to Screenplay
Story by Eileen Chang, Screenplay by James Schamus and Wang Hui-Ling
This official tie-in companion to Academy Award winner Ang Lees's new espionage thriller set in WW II-era Shanghai, features the original short story, the shooting script  plus a preface by Ang Lee, an essay by screenwriter/producer Schamus and a large selection of stills from the film. Softcover. $23.00. Coming in August.

3 Films
Paul Auster
From The New York Trilogy to The Book of Illusions and Oracle Night, Paul Auster's novels have earned him a reputation as "one of America's most spectacularly inventive writers." Here, published together for the first time, are the screenplays of the three films he made in the 1990s -- Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge. Softcover, 375 pp. $25.00.

Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof"
Quentin Tarantino
Death Proof is the latest masterpiece by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, starring Rose McGowan, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, and Kurt Russell. With its action, dialogue and hardcore thrills, Death Proof recharges the exploitation film genre and drives it straight into the 21st century. Softcover, 129 pp. $17.50.

United 93
Paul Greengrass
At what point does it become acceptable to portray such a painful time on the screen? According to writer/director Paul Greengrass - informed with interviews from more than 100 family members and friends of the fallen passengers and crew - the right time is when the families say yes, which they all did. The treatment appears in this scriptbook. Softcover, 165 pp. $24.95.

Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script
Michael Arndt
Here is the official screenplay book tie-in to the uproarious American family road comedy. Brazenly satirical yet deeply human, Little Miss Sunshine introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history. Meet the Hoovers, a motley six-member family who treks from Albuquerque to Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of seven-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Softcover, 127 pp. $24.95.

Little Children: The Shooting Script
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
Little Children centers on a handful of individuals whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools, and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways. While it is based on an acclaimed novel, Todd Field and Tom Perrotta wanted to create a film that stood on its own, independent of the book. Softcover, 125 pp. $24.95.

Thank You For Smoking: The Shooting Script
Jason Reitman
A fiercely satirical look at today's culture of spin, this hilarious movie portrays the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, Nick Naylor, as the hero. Nick makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator who wants to put "poison" labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes while still trying to be a role model for his twelve-year-old son. Softcover, 112 pp. $24.95.

The Good Shepherd: The Shooting Script
Eric Roth
Here is the official scriptbook of the acclaimed movie about the birth of the CIA by Eric Roth, the screenwriter for Forrest Gump and Munich--an epic drama directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, William Hurt, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, and Robert De Niro. Roth frames his story with key events in the CIA's history, beginning the screenplay at the height of the Office of Strategic Services (the precursor of the CIA) during World War II and closing the timeline with the CIA's failure to accomplish its crucial mission at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. Softcover, 166 pp. $24.95.

The Fountain
Darren Aronofsky
Published to coincide with the release of Darren Aronofsky's provocative new film, this stunning volume brings together the complete screenplay and a ravishing selection of images from The Fountain. Hardcover, $40.00.

Napoleon Dynamite: Final Shooting Script
Jared Hess & Jerusha Hess
A true twenty-first-century hero, Napoleon Dynamite is awesome at drawing ligers, hunting wolverines, and playing tetherball. He also has some sweet dance moves. His friends have some pretty good skills too: Pedro has a Huffy Sledgehammer and a mustache, and Deb makes the best boondoggle key chains in town. Sure, Uncle Rico tries to ruin Napoleon's life and makes him look like a freakin' idiot, but even if Napoleon's just had the worst day of his life, tomorrow he can get up and do whatever he feels like doing. Gosh! Softcover, 115 pp. $17.95.

The History Boys: The Film
Alan Bennett
An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher; a headmaster obsessed with results; a History teacher who thinks he's a fool. Staff room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about History and how you teach it; about education and its purpose. The History Boys, the screenplay, contains Alan Bennett's diary of the filming, the shooting script and an Introduction by director Nicholas Hytner, as well as an extensive plate section showing stills from the film and behind the scenes. Hardcover, 107 pp. $26.95.

Marie Antoinette
Sofia Coppola
The complete screenplay to the film by Sofia Coppola. This beautifully designed book also features dozens of full-colour photographs from the movie. Hardcover, $60.00.

A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor
The day of reckoning has come to the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, home of A Prairie Home Companion. The show is closing, the theater is going dark. Station WLT has been sold to a broadcast conglomerate in Texas, The wrecking ball is poised to swing as the regulars arrive for the last broadcast in a state of disbelief -- the Johnson Girls, Yolanda and Rhonda, and the singing cowboys, Dusty and Lefty, crooner Chuck Akers, and announcer Garrison Keillor. But when the Dangerous Woman appears with her golden Botticellian hair and dazzling white trench coat, the final curtain catches them all by surprise. Softcover, 158 pp. $17.00.

Art School Confidential
Daniel Clowes
The original screenplay for the film Art School Confidential, featuring sixteen pages of behind-the-scenes artwork, photographs, and the original comic strip "Art School Confidential" in color for the first time. Softcover, 181 pp. $19.95.

Capote: The Shooting Script
Dan Futterman
This Newmarket Press Shooting Script includes the complete screenplay, a foreword by Truman Capote's biographer Gerald Clarke, a Q&A with screenwriter Dan Futterman and director Bennett Miller, 16 colour photographs, and much more. Softcover, 150 pp. $27.95.

The Constant Gardener: The Shooting Script
Jeffrey Caine
Exclusive to this Newmarket Press Shooting Script are the film's award-winning screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, a foreword by John le Carre written specially for this official edition, along with a perceptive introduction by film critic Kenneth Turan, a colour photo section, and in-depth notes on the production of the film. Softcover, 178 pp. $27.95.

Good Night, and Good Luck
The Screenplay and History Behind the Landmark Movie
George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Softcover, $27.95.

Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay
Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Published together in Story to Screenplay are Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, as well as the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture Brokeback Mountain, written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film. Also included are several photographs from the film. Softcover, 166 pp. $22.00.

Yellowbeard: High Jinks on the High Seas
Graham Chapman
Compiled and edited by Jim Yoakum, Chapman's literary executor, this volume brings together the novel and screenplay for the first time, along with an extended foreward about the making of the film and exclusive material from the Graham Chapman Archives, including several photographs in colour and black & white. For anyone who likes pirates, pythons or beards, here is the ultimate Yellowbeard collection. Softcover, 342 pp. $21.95.

Elizabethtown
Cameron Crowe
After nearly causing his company to lose $972,000,000, Drew Baylor is fired for his mistake, and then promptly dumped by his girlfriend. Hours later, while suicidally despondent, Drew learns of his father's sudden death. In a journey that brings him back to his small Kentucky hometown of Elizabethtown, Drew meets a vivacious flight attendant who will prove to him that amazing things happen in life when you least expect them. Softcover, 171 pp. $21.00.

Hairspray, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs
John Waters
With his outrageous, filthy humour and stinging social commentary, John Waters ranks as one of America's most influential filmmakers. His muse was Divine, a 300-pound actor who could turn your stomach in one scene and break your heart in the next. This hilarious collection brings together 3 of his most popular screenplays, for the first time in print, including an original introduction by Waters an more than 50 candid photos and film stills. Softcover, 314 pp. $22.95.

Batman Begins: The Screenplay
Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer
Batman Begins, directed by the award-winning Christopher Nolan, unveils the untold orgins of the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham City. This volume contains the complete screenplay by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, together with extensive storyboards by Martin Asbury and James Cornish, and an exclusive interview with the director, in which he reveals his cinematic vision of the Dark Knight. Softcover, 340 pp. $23.75.

Cinderella Man
Cliff Hollingsworth & Akiva Goldsman
The Academy Award-winning team behind A Beautiful Mind -- comprised of producer Brian Glazer, director Ron Howard, screenwriter Akiva Goldman, and actor Russell Crowe -- reunites to tell the quintessentially American story of legendary boxer Jim Braddock. Cliff Hollingsworth joins them in his screenwriting debut. In addition to the complete shooting script, this package contains introductions from the four major collaborators, a 16-page photo album, and fascinating historical facts about Jim Braddock. Softcover, 173 pp. $24.95.

The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Rebecca Miller
In this delicately crafted, character-driven story, award-winning filmmaker Rebecca Miller has created a powerful and poetic third feature about a man who has cut himself off from a society that refuses to live up to his standards, and a young girl's sudden coming-of-age. Softcover, 127 pp. $19.95.

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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
The Illustrated Screenplay
Robert Rodriguez
Director Robert Rodriguez's original script of The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl is profusely illustrated with never-before-seen conceptual designs, sketches, computer models, preproduction art, and behind-the-scenes photos and information. A treasure-trove of insider information for both the adult fan and the aspiring young moviemaker. Hardcover, 108 pp. $38.95.

MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script
Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean
From the incomparable imagination and lucid visions of Sandman creator Neil Gaiman and acclaimed artist and director Dave McKean -- and the innovative minds at The Jim Henson Company -- comes MirrorMask, a breathtaking journey through a strange and magical looking-glass world where anything can happen . . . and frequently does. Containing the full screenplay and more than 1,700 illustrated storyboards, this one-of-a-kind volume is destined to become a classic, a keepsake to be cherished by fans of all ages. Hardcover, 331 pp. $45.00.

The Ladykillers
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., and his motley crew -- 'hippety-hop' enthusiast Gawain MacSam, demolition 'expert' Garth Pancake, Vietnamese ex-tunnel rat 'The General', and football jock Lump -- are the focus of this zany heist film set in the Deep South. This Coen brothers creation is replete with their signature eccentric characters, arcane colloquialisms, and genre-bending plot twists. Softcover, 117 pp. $19.50.

Gods and Monsters: The Shooting Script
Bill Condon
In 1957, a handsome gardner named Clayton Boone is hired by James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man. Boone is fascinated by his employer's tales of Old Hollywood, but also wary of his overt homosexuality. Whale slowly exposes Boone to a world he's never seen before, while staging a plot with the young man at its center -- not a plot of seduction, but something darker. Softcover, 130 pp. $27.95.

The Aviator
John Logan
A daredevil who risked his life in aviation, a filmmaker who risked his fortune in cinema, a playboy who risked his heart with Hollywood starlets: these are but a few of the facets of Howard Hughes. John Logan's screenplay, for the film by Martin Scorsese, is a rich and penetrating examination of one the most fascinating and complex figures of the 20th century. Softcover, 194 pp. $14.95.

Sideways
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Based on Rex Pickett's acclaimed first novel, Sideways tells the story of Miles, a failed novelist, and his soon-to-be-married friend Jack, a washed-up actor. To salute the remains of their youth, the two men take one last road trip into California's vineyards, the week before Jack's wedding. Trouble ensues with wine and women, and the duo comes to some profound realizations as they come to terms with maturity. This shooting script somes complete with cast and crew credits, a selection of colour photographs, and three original pieces by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Rex Pickett, and film critic Peter Travers. Softcover, 148 pp. $29.95.

Pink Flamingos and Other Filth
Three Screenplays by John Waters
John Waters
Here are three of the filthiest -- and yet, in their own way, sweetest -- screenplays ever written: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, and (the never produced) Flamingos Forever. Intermixed with the scripts are dozens of classic stills from the films. Softcover, 258 pp. $20.50.

Spanglish
James L. Brooks
Here is the complete book on Spanglish, the fifth movie directed by James L. Brooks. Hoping to find a better life for herself and her daughter, Flor emigrates to Los Angeles from Mexico and quickly finds work as a housekeeper for the eccentric Clasky's. Flor has to contend with the language barrier and clash of cultures, but she finds resolve in this honest look at marriage, parenting, and devotion to the family. Softcover, 195 pp. $27.95.

I (Heart) Huckabees
David O. Russell & Jeff Baena
In this "existential comedy," Albert Markovski is trying to find meaning in the bizarre series of coincidences which are salient features of his day-to-day existence. With the help of two Existential Detectives, Bernard and Vivian Jaffe, Albert examines his life and the eccentric group of character who populate it. This Shooting Script also includes cast and crew credits, a selection of colour movie stills, production notes, and an interview with director and co-writer David O. Russell. Softcover, 149 pp. $29.95.

Silver City and other Screenplays
John Sayles
Legendary filmmaker John Sayles has been called the "conscience of the independent film world" and the "screenwriter's screenwriter". Silver City and Other Screenplays is a collection of his greatest work, including Sunshine State, the Oscar-nominated Passion Fish, and his film to coincide with the 2004 presidential election, Silver City. Softcover, 484 pp. $23.95.

The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera
Softcover, 152 pp. $11.95.

The Door in the Floor
Tod Williams
This screenplay, based on John Irving's A Widow for One Year, tells the first third of Irving's novel. The Door in the Floor is a smooth and vivid adaptation of the darkest and most disturbing part of Irving's story. Softcover, 162 pp. $19.95.

Sylvia: The Shooting Script
John Brownlow
Sylvia is the critically-acclaimed movie that explores the story of Ted and Sylvia, a sensual, volatile, and brilliant married couple who emerged as two of the most influencial writers of the twentieth century. In addition to the shooting script, this volume includes an introduction by screenwriter John Brownlow, 30 black & white movie stills, production notes, and a full listing of the film's cast and crew. Softcover, 148 pp. $28.95.

Big Fish: The Shooting Script
John August
When Big Fish hit the cinemas, audiences were captivated by the film's intense storytelling and it's beautiful visuals. In addition to the complete screenplay, this book includes a foreward by Daniel Wallace, the author of the novel on which Big Fish is based, an introduction by John August, a special color photo insert capturing the film's vivid visuals, production notes, and complete cast and crew credits. "...a Southern story, full of lies and fabrications, but truer for their inclusion". Softcover, 144 pp. $29.95.

Intolerable Cruelty
Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
This screenplay of the new film from the Coen brothers updates the screwball comedy style for modern-day Los Angeles, but with a devilishly twisting plot and that distinctive Coens' touch. Softcover, 122 pp. $20.00.

American Splendor: The Official Shooting Script
Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
American Spendor follows the exploits of comic book artist Harvey Pekar on 3 levels of reality: within the context of a dramatic feature film, in an animated world, and in archival documentary footage. This is the official shooting script of the 2003 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film. Softcover, 116 pp. $21.95.

Far From Heaven, Safe, and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story -- Three Screenplays
Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes is one of contemporary Hollywood's most visionary directors, and has defined, what some are calling, the "new queer cinema". This collection of Three Screenplays is clearly illustrative of his unique voice, and is a must-read for anyone studying the art of screenwriting. Softcover, 220 pp. $22.50.

Seabiscuit
The Screenplay
Gary Ross
Seabiscuit, the #1 New York Times bestseller, became one of this year's most popular and critically acclaimed movies. Now, here is the complete shooting script of this extraordinary and inspiring motion picture. Softcover, 230 pp. $28.95.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Original Radio Scripts
Douglas Adams
March 2003 saw the 25th anniversary of the first ever transmission of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4. This celebratory edition of the scriptbook includes a previously unpublished Hitchhiker script, a new introduction by producer Geoffrey Perkins, and a Who's Who of all those involved in the radio series. Softcover, 258 pp. $24.95.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Paul Angilirq
No book can capture the haunting beauty of this remarkable film about Inuit life in another era, but the photographs and essays which accompany the screenplay in English and Inuktitut are presented in a beautiful large format which is a sublime tribute to the filmmaker Zacharius Kunuk and his colleague, producer Norman Cohn and the whole filmmaking team.
Published here for the first time is the world's first Inuktitut screenplay, by Paul Apak Angilirq, as well as the English translation by Norman Cohn. Also included are artists' statements by Apak, Cohn, and director Zacharias Kunuk, cultural commentaries by noted anthropologist Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, and hundreds of photographs, many behind-the-scenes.Softcover, 240 pp. $29.95.CD Soundtrack $19.99. Place your order for the Atanarjuat DVD $39.95.

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Last modified July 15, 2003 .
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