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and
Bridge Too Far,
1.1
,
5.1
and
Sea Kings,
14.1
three-picture deal with,
1.1
,
5.1
lions:
in
Ghost and the Darkness,
7.1
,
7.2
Little Engine That Could
(fable),
18.1
Littleton, Colorado, school massacre in,
13.1
,
16.1
McDormand, Frances,
13.1
,
13.2
Mad Max
(film),
4.1
,
7.1
Magic
(film):
Levine and,
1.1
,
5.1
Magic
(Goldman),
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1
magic tricks,
6.1
,
18.1
Maltese Falcon, The
(film),
4.1
,
18.1
,
18.2
Marathon Man
(film):
and author’s hot streak,
1.1
,
8.1
ending for,
8.1
,
14.1
Marathon Man
(Goldman),
1.1
,
5.1
,
14.1
Masai Mara Plains, Kenya,
7.1
,
7.2
Maverick
(film),
6.1
,
17.1
and Gibson,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
17.1
hanging scene in,
6.1
,
6.2
Magician in,
6.1
,
6.2
rattlesnakes in,
6.1
,
6.2
second to fourth drafts of,
6.1
,
6.2
media:
directors loved by,
8.1
,
9.1
and disasters,
5.1
,
13.1
,
16.1
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
(film),
2.1
,
2.2
Me Myself and Irene
(film),
9.1
,
18.1
MGM:
Midler, Bette, and
Misery,
4.1
Ankle-Breaking Scene in,
4.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
17.1
and Bates,
4.1
,
11.1
and Caan,
4.1
,
4.2
,
11.1
,
16.1
Misery
(film)
(continued)
and King,
4.1
,
4.2
,
11.1
,
16.1
plot of,
4.1
,
16.1
spine of,
11.1
,
11.2
Misery
(King),
4.1
,
4.2
adaptation of,
11.1
,
11.2
hobbling scene in,
4.1
,
11.1
Mr. Horn
(film),
14.1
,
14.2
Morgenstern, S.,
3.1
,
14.1
moviemaking:
the bank in,
1.1
,
1.2
casting in,
4.1
,
15.1
by cinematographers,
13.1
,
13.2
costs of,
1.1
,
8.1
crucial work of,
3.1
,
7.1
decision makers in,
2.1
,
4.1
,
13.1
importance of casting in,
3.1
,
7.1
importance of script in,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
industry of,
see
Hollywood
the money part in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
18.1
postproduction in,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
profit motive in,
1.1
,
14.1
selling vs.,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
sneak previews in,
3.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
special effects in,
13.1
,
13.2
,
14.1
,
15.1
studio executives and,
see
studio executives
time leaps in,
5.1
,
7.1
,
15.1
movies:
action,
7.1
,
11.1
,
15.1
doctoring of,
2.1
,
18.1
endings for,
8.1
,
13.1
fragility of,
6.1
,
7.1
Hollywood generic vs. Independent,
14.1
,
14.2
ideas for,
14.1
,
17.1
,
18.1
making vs. selling of,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
numbers of characters in,
8.1
,
8.2
openers of,
6.1
,
13.1
pitching of,
7.1
,
14.1
quality of,
10.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
16.1
vs. reality,
12.1
,
12.2
,
15.1
spines for,
6.1
,
10.1
stars in,
see
stars
Murphy, Eddie,
2.1
,
8.1
mythology:
Newman, Paul:
and
Butch Cassidy,
5.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
14.1
and
Harper,
16.1
as star,
8.1
,
14.1
New York City:
New York Daily News,
13.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
“New York, New York” (Kander),
14.1
,
14.2
Nicholson, Jack,
7.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
Crop-Dusting Scene in,
11.1
,
11.2
Lehman and,
11.1
,
11.2
No Way to Treat a Lady
(film):
No Way to Treat a Lady
(Goldman),
14.1
,
14.2
Oberlin College:
author’s studies in,
4.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
seminar in, ix
Olivier, Sir Laurence,
2.1
,
3.1
,
8.1
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
(film),
7.1
,
7.2
Orgasm Scene,
When Harry Met Sally,
6.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
original screenplays,
5.1
,
6.1
,
14.1

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