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Kramer vs. Kramer: A Screenplay Analysis

Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Thursday, December 15th, 2016

A unique collaboration between writer/director Robert Benton, producer Stanley Jaffe and lead actor Dustin Hoffman led to an unusually authentic story of a man suddenly thrust into the primary caretaker role who must learn to care for his five-year-old son. When he is forced into a custody battle with his ex-wife, the viewer is forced read the full article.

The African Queen: A Screenplay Analysis

Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

In this beloved Hepburn/Bogart classic, the delicate intertwining of adventure and romance stories offers a solid introduction to conventional three-act structure while also showing how a screenplay can resonate beyond just the external machinations of plot. The many deftly applied religious references – reeds, leeches, pestilence, animals fleeing two-by-two – point the way to another, deeper layer read the full article.

Thelma & Louise: A Screenplay Analysis

Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

In her story of two women “on the lam” after killing a man for assaulting them, screenwriter Callie Khouri creates an action-packed road film that is also a thematically rich metaphor. While it is Louise’s act of shooting Harlan that triggers the plot, Khouri’s belief that women in this world must live under a soul-crippling read the full article.