scripts

[Petra Pan]

Lynda:
<snip>
> BTW, where do you get copies of
> the scripts?  I bought a first 
> draft script for the "Starman" movie when I was
> in Hollywood one time -- 
> there were HUGE differences in the script and
> the movie, and it was 
> fascinating to see the differences (two
> examples of the differences -- 
> Starman wasn't a blue light, he had a body and
> was in a space suit with 
> thrusters on the wrists so he could get around
> on Earth; and he was part of a 
> group of aliens that were exploring -- and he
> was a photographer.  He got 
> left behind when the ship left, kind of like
> "ET" which may be why they 
> changed so much of the early part of the
> script).  I would LOVE to see the 
> early Potter scripts, or even later ones, to
> see the variations from the 
> books and from what we eventually saw.  Is
> there a "preferred" source for the 
> scripts?  Thanks!

Hmm...well...except for the scripts published in
book form sold by legit booksellers, most copies
of scripts (on 3-hole punched paper bound with
brads) are either pirated/stolen or fakes.  In
fact, the writers do not get a cent from the
profits of these sales.  I'm sure there's a black
market for them SOMEwhere but I frankly am not
familiar with them.  Though, I have heard of them
being available on eBay.  See, how would you know
you're buying the real thing?  Only the copies
archived with legit organizations have believable
claims to authenticity and they emphatically do
not circulate their copies because of piracy.  

The ONLY copy of the PS/SS script that I have
been able to track down resides in a very
under-staffed and under-funded library who would
be very unhappy if I outed them on the web here. 
And no, <sigh> I do not have a personal copy of
it...far from it.

Notes? Yes.  Script? No.

Amongst the scripts that have been published,
there's little uniformity.  Some are versions 'as
envisioned by the credited screenwriters' which
are usually really interesting but others are
little more than transcriptions of the 'as seen
on screen' version (sort of the closed captioned
version, so to speak).  My current favorites
amongst the published scripts are Emma Thompson's
for "Sense and Sensibility" and Charlie Kaufman's
"Adaptation."  Emma's diaries of the S&S shoot is
a must-read for you Rickman fans...as is the shot
of him in his wedding finery... <g>

Petra
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