From Chariots of fire to The king's speech : writing biopics and docudramas /

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Author / Creator:Rosenthal, Alan.
Imprint:Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217414
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ISBN:9780809332991
080933299X
080933299X
1306370221
9781306370226
9780809332984
0809332981
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Over the past decade, movie audiences have become hungry for films based on real people and historical events. Never was this more evident than during the best-picture showdown between The King's Speech and The Social Network during the 2011 Academy Awards, a scene then repeated, with Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty in the 2013 awards. While Hollywood moguls have come to recognize the box-office revenue and critical acclaim that accompany such films and are now fast-tracking many docudramas into theaters, there remains a need for more reality-based film scripts. In From "Chariots of Fire" t.
Other form:Print version: Rosenthal, Alan. From Chariots of fire to The king's speech 9780809332984