Screenplays by writer A to C

New & Featured Screenplays

Backlist -- organized alphabetically by screenwriter

A to C / D to H / I to M / N to Q / R to S / T to Z

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 This celebratory edition of the scriptbook includes a previously unpublished Hitchhiker script, a new introduction by producer Geoffrey Perkins, and a Who's Who of all those involved in the radio series.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.

Magnolia
Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenplay for the motion picture directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Includes colour production stills. $31.95.



Punch-Drunk Love
Paul Thomas Anderson
Softcover, 90 pp. $39.95.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Paul Angilirq
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Full Monty
Simon Beaufoy
Inspired by a visit of the Chippendales to a local night club, Gaz drags is best friend Dave and a most unlikely group of strippers through a series of hilarious adventures in pursuit of their strip for cash scheme. Through the process of rehearsing the show, worrying about their physiques and, ultimately, going the full monty, they form new friendships, find a new purpose in life and recover the self respect that had been stolen from them during months of unemployment. $18.99.

Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella)
Roberto Benigni & Vincenzo Cerami
$14.95.

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.

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.

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.


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.

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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.

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.

The Life of Brian
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin
When The Life of Brian was released in 1979 it was hailed as Monty Python's finest parody and denounced as the most blasphemous film of all time. Along the way it has become an enduring cult classic; an non-stop orgy of assaults, not on anyone's virtue, but on the funnybone. $19.95.

Still Crazy
Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Twenty-one years after an acrimonious split, 70s rock band Strange Fruit regroup and go on the road again. Their goal is to perform at the Wisbech Open Air Rock Festival, where a disastrous performance heralded their demise two decades earlier. Their old tantrums soon resurface and it looks like this is one rock group that should have stayed apart. $14.99.

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

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.


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.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
The latest from the Coen Brothers, O Brother is a Depression era odyssey across the Deep South, complete with challenges, obstacles and a Coenesque cast of characters. $18.99.

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.

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.

eXistenZ
David Cronenberg, with illustrations by Sean Scoffield
A graphic novel based on the motion picture directed by David Cronenberg. Illustrations by Sean Scoffield. Includes an interview with David Cronenberg. $24.95.

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.

Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous is the story of 15-year old William Miller, who is unexpectedly commissioned by Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater. William goes on tour with the band, despite the objections of his protective mother, and the result is a poignant coming-of-age tale with moments of hilarity and ironic decadence. Seventies rock and roll never looked so good. $18.99.

Love Actually
Richard Curtis
Softcover, 232 pp. $30.00

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Last modified July 15, 2003 .
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