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Conor McPherson
A star-studded caper movie based on a story by Neil Jordan—and with a nod towards
Some Like It Hot—and written and directed by Conor McPherson.
A struggling Irish actor (Michael Caine) helps an actor friend (Dylan Moran) con a significant amount of cash out of a Dublin gangster. They find themselves unwittingly drawn into a large-scale heist which requires all their acting talents and more to avoid being rumbled...
McPherson compares and contrasts film and stage in this
Guardian article.
'It was the script which first attracted me to the role... It's very funny... and I get to play Richard III, which I would never do in real life', Michael Caine
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-736-6 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Charlie Kaufman
Laroche (played by Chris Cooper) is an eccentric collector of rare orchids who attracts the attention of journalist Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep). When screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage) is given the job of adapting Orlean's book for the screen, he writes himself into the movie.
'a profoundly touching and funny meditation on creativity, truth and love'
Independent
'Wild, free, full of monkey magic... wonderfully funny'
Telegraph
'a marvellously rich, original movie... with a screenplay of genius'
Daily Mail
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-708-3 | Australia/NZ | PB
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Sue Smith
Bastard Boys
is the story of the fight that stopped the nation—the 1998 battle for Australia's waterfront. More than just a dispute over reform, it became a campaign for the hearts and minds of all Australians. Controversial, all-consuming and combative, it forced people to pick a side and fight for their beliefs. Political thriller, war film, buddy movie, love story and courtroom drama all rolled into one, this is the story of the people behind one of the most significant events in Australia's recent past.
Iconic Australian actors Jack Thompson and Colin Friels lead an outstanding cast that includes: Geoff Morrell, Dan Wyllie, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon and Lucy Bell.
Bastard Boys has been written with the cooperation and participation of all parties to the dispute. It is the first time participants such as former Patrick CEO, Chris Corrigan and ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet have agreed to tell their stories.
Reviews:
There is so much praise to be heaped on Bastard Boys
, it’s hard to know where to begin. No, it’s not. Without Sue Smith’s extraordinary script, this unruly, octopusion true story could have been a confusing, boring polemic.
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Smith’s script gives us the overview and the minute detail as well as some of the best big speeches we’ve ever heard on Australian television.
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The world of the wharves, the boardrooms and war rooms are places most of us will never visit or understand. Bastard Boys
takes us there, makes sense and great drama all at once. It’s amazing.
Ruth Richie, Sydney Morning Herald
Sue Smith's script [is] ... a reminder of the sheer power of intelligent character-driven drama.
Graeme Blundell, Sydney Morning Herald
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-809-5 | PB
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The screenplay
Ian David
Set in Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s, this multi-award winning television drama centres on the notorious friendship between drug dealer and robber Arthur Stanley ‘Neddy’ Smith and Detective Sergeant Roger ‘The Dodger’ Rogerson. There’s a pot of gold involved but it doesn’t come easily or cheaply.
Winner of a NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Best Screenplay, this is a powerful and frightening story about police corruption and Sydney’s underworld.
‘Australia’s best ever drama ... riveting viewing.’ Jenny Tabakoff,
Sydney Morning Herald
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-630-5 | PB
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The screenplay
Stephen Sewell
Based on the controversial stage playby Gordon Graham,
The Boys is an unflinching analysis of the violence that lurks in Australian society.
Returning home from prison, Brett sets about re-establishing control over his wayward brothers as he searches for an act the three brothers can participate in jointly, and thereby violate norms.
The play of
The Boys is also available.
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-569-8 | PB
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Dan Futterman
The screenplay of the Academy Award-winning film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote on his six-year investigation of a cold-blooded killer.
It’s 1959, and the celebrated author of
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is desperate for a new subject. Deep in rural Kansas a family of four is brutally murdered. In an unlikely conjunction, the flamboyant, homosexual Capote sets out to investigate the case. The result was a gripping book about humanity’s capacity for evil,
In Cold Blood. But what are Capote’s own motives as he waits impatiently for the death sentence to be carried out so that he can finish his masterpiece?
‘I’ve rarely seen a film so perfectly crafted ... Capote is a masterclass’
Times
‘a sober and compelling anatomy of professional ethics that deserves the plaudits it has received ... a cause for joy’
Telegraph
In addition to the full screenplay, this volume contains:
- a Foreword by Gerald Clarke, author of the biography
Capote, and an excerpt from the book
- Q&As with writer Dan Futterman and director Bennett Miller
- Background notes on Capote and
In Cold Blood
- 8 pages of colour stills
- Cast and crew credits
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-929-2 | AUSTRALIA/NZ
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Andrew Dominik
This provocative screenplay takes us inside the mind of Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read, one of Australia’s most notorious criminals, whose sometimes violent antics have earned him cult status.
Includes an introduction from the writer-director, a foreword by Mark Read and stills from the film.
Chopper won Best Director, Best Actor for Eric Bana and Best Supporting Actor for Simon Lyndon at the 2000 AFI Awards.
‘It’s a terrific script—wildly entertaining, well-written and surprisingly touching.’
Scenario, USA.
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-642-8 | PB
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Akiva Goldsman
The true story of James Braddock, a working-class Irish-American, born in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, who became heavyweight boxing champion in 1935 at the height of the Depression. He was the ten-to-one outsider and had only recently returned to the ring after four years out with a broken hand. It was Damon Runyon who first called him ‘The Cinderella Man’.
In addition to the full screenplay, this volume contains:
- Introductions from director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriters Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman
- Fascinating historical section on Jim Braddock with archive photos, newspaper extracts and an essay by Damon Runyan
- 16 pages of stills
- Cast and crew credits
'A superbly acted, beautifully shot, highly engaging drama that ranks as one of Howard's best efforts'
Hollywood Reporter
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-885-1 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Kelly Lefever, Dot West, Mitch Torres & Beck Cole
In the outback, the law is never black and white.
Drew is a young Aboriginal lawyer fast-tracking his way from Perth to a policy job in Canberra via Broome. A stint as a public defender with the Kimberley Circuit Court offers him the street cred he needs in the Federal scene—plus a chance to ‘put something back’.
‘The Circuit’ turns out to be a tumultuous tour of the wildest parts of the far north, grappling with the often impossible contradictions between traditional and whitefella law. In the whirlwind of the travelling courtroom, cases are decided in minutes, with repercussions that go on for years. Drew has no idea what’s hit him.
Then there is the legacy of his own long-forgotten family history.
A compelling, funny and thoughtful drama series starring Aaron Pedersen, Kelton Pell, Tammy Clarkson, Marta Kaczmarek and Gary Sweet as the Magistrate,
The Circuit screened on SBS TV in July 2007.
For more information about the TV series, please go to http://www.thecircuit.com.au
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-812-5 | PB
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The screenplay
Louis Nowra
Lewis, a first-time director, is hired by a psychiatric institution to direct a show as part of a therapeutic program. As Vietnam War protesters rage outside, Lewis and the cast find companionship and empowerment in ideals; the real world appears rife with confusion.
Adapted by Nowra from his award-winning play
Cosi, the book includes an essay by the author on the process of adapting a play for the screen.
Watch Barry Otto talk about
Cosi at the 2011 Texts in the City; the centrepiece of Melbourne's UNESCO City of Literature Initiative.
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-475-2 | PB
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