Logline of Maestro: The life of the legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and his complicated, decades-long marriage to Felicia Montealegre. Script Can Be Found Here Summary of Maestro: Maestro begins with Leonard Bernstein (a.k.a. LB; played by Bradley Cooper) giving an interview to PBS in 1989, playing the piano…
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‘Barbie’: Screenwriting Takeaways
Logline of Barbie: To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. Script Can Be Found Here Barbie Summary: After Helen Mirren narrates the origin story of the beloved doll (Margot Robbie), Barbie begins…
‘The Zone of Interest’: Screenwriting Takeaways
Logline of The Zone of Interest: The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. Script Can Be Found Here The Zone of Interest Summary: The Zone of Interest presents a…
‘American Fiction’: Screenwriting Takeaways
Logline of American Fiction: Fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on offensive tropes, a frustrated novelist decides to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, one that propels him to the heart of the hypocrisy he disdains. Script Can Be Found Here American Fiction…
‘The Holdovers’: Screenwriting Takeaways
Logline of “The Holdovers”: A curmudgeonly instructor at a prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. Script Can Be Found Here Summary of “The Holdovers”: It’s December 1970, and sourpuss teacher Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) at…