tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post771009238707916690..comments2024-01-14T12:15:40.968-08:00Comments on Let's Schmooze - Doug Eboch on Screenwriting: American Beauty AnalysisDoug Ebochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345404649576399837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-75462998285677262192010-05-10T07:32:04.919-07:002010-05-10T07:32:04.919-07:00Interesting...
Thank you!Interesting...<br /><br />Thank you!ScreenwriterChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022801409843901860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-62435672540104271712010-05-09T14:40:15.458-07:002010-05-09T14:40:15.458-07:00I don't have a lot of inside info on how it go...I don't have a lot of inside info on how it got made. Ball wrote it as a spec script so there was no cast attached, but he also didn't get paid in advance. At the time he was known as a TV writer and a playwright. Dreamworks bought the spec after a minor bidding war. The movie was made for less than $15 million which certainly helped.<br /><br />American Beauty is over ten years old now and I doubt it would get made by a studio today. The low/mid budget film is dead, adult dramas are dead, and the star driven film is dying. But these things tend to be cyclical so we can hope that movies like this will come back in style eventually.Doug Ebochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345404649576399837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-5859754872717044922010-05-08T17:38:16.514-07:002010-05-08T17:38:16.514-07:00I'm interested... how did this movie get made?...I'm interested... how did this movie get made? Were there main stars attached before it was written?ScreenwriterChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022801409843901860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923290903857471076.post-32753088064860884252010-05-06T08:46:24.830-07:002010-05-06T08:46:24.830-07:00Thanks Dough for providing your invaluable input o...Thanks Dough for providing your invaluable input on this.<br /><br />Eagerly waiting to read it in next posts..!!<br /><br />Congratulations on 100th post. Wish you reach your 1000th sooner.Sankethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097498145691416213noreply@blogger.com