Learn how to write a screenplay through detailed analysis of feature films.
Screenplay by David S. Goyer
Story by David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan
Directed by Zack Snyder
Running time: 133 minutes
Year: 2013
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Screenplay by Christopher Nolan
Based on the short story, Memento Mori, by Jonathan Nolan
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Running Time: 110 minutes
Year: 2001
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Based on the play Everybody Goes To Rick’s by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Running time: 103 minutes
Year: 1942
Written and Directed by Frank Darabont
Based on Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Running time: 139 minutes
Year: 1994
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Written and Directed by Rian Johnson
Running time: 111 minutes
Year: 2012
Screenplay by Jim Ohls
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahnuik
Directed by David Fincher
Running time: 137 minutes
Year: 1999
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Running time: 112 minutes
Year: 1985
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Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Running time: 91 minutes
Year: 2011
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Milos Forman
Running time: 132 minutes
Year: 1975
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