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The Dark Knightby Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David Goyer, Craig Byrne Featuring Production Art and Full Shooting Script
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Inceptionby Christopher Nolan The Shooting Script
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Paperback, 160 pages |
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Newmarket |
| Pub. Date: |
February 4, 2008 |
| ISBN: |
1557047995 |
| Dimensions: |
7 × 0.32 × 9.25 inches |
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The official screenplay book tie-in to the adaptation by screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Academy Award® winner for Dangerous Liaisons) of Ian McEwan's bestselling novel, starring James McAvoy (BAFTA Award nominee for The Last King of Scotland) opposite Academy Award®-nominated Keira Knightley, directed by Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice), from Focus Features.
Filmed on location in the U.K., the story of Atonement spans several decades. In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony--who has a crush on Robbie--is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested--and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever.
Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
In addition to the complete script, this Newmarket Shooting Script® book includes an exclusive introduction by screenwriter Christopher Hampton, a color photo section, and the complete cast and crew credits.
From the Back Cover
The task of adapting the acclaimed Ian McEwan novel to the screen was not a simple one. As McEwan says in the production notes: "It's a kind of demolition job. You've got to boil down 130,000 words to a screenplay containing 20,000 words....[Atonement] presents even greater difficulties because it's a very interior novel. It lives inside the consciousness of several characters. I think Christopher Hampton has steered a wise and clever course through the book."
The production notes and Hampton's introduction, written especially for this book, elaborate on the screenwriting challenge and on the collaboration between himself, Joe Wright, the BAFTA Award-winning director for Pride & Prejudice, and producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster.
Atonement stars James McAvoy (BAFTA Award nominee for The Last King of Scotland), Keira Knightley (Academy Award® nominee for Pride & Prejudice), Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, and Vanessa Redgrave.
Christopher Hampton won the Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay for Dangerous Liaisons, which he adapted from his own stage play (itself an adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses). His theater work includes the stage adaptation of Sunset Boulevard for Andrew Lloyd Webber, which received Tony Awards for both Book and Lyrics. Mr. Hampton's screenwriting credits include A Doll's House, The Good Father, Total Eclipse, and The Quiet American. He has directed and adapted three films: Carrington, The Secret Agent, and Imaging Argentina.
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Product Details
| Format: |
Paperback, 160 pages |
| Publisher: |
Newmarket |
| Pub. Date: |
February 4, 2008 |
| ISBN: |
1557047995 |
| Dimensions: |
7 × 0.32 × 9.25 inches |
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