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Shawshank Redemption: #22 all-time best screenplay

edited April 2006 in General news
(Squeezed between 21) North by Northwest and 23) Gone With the Wind)



Screenwriters should know a good movie script when they see one, and "Casablanca" has been crowned the best screenplay ever.



The members of the Writers Guild of America voted Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch's "Casablanca" into the top spot of the guild's 101 greatest screenplays.



Francis Ford Coppola's collaborations with Mario Puzo on the first two "Godfather" scripts were both voted into the top 10 - although "Godfather III" somehow didn't make the cut.



Among living screenwriters, Woody Allen tied with Coppola (who also was honored for his work on "Patton" and "Apocalypse Now") for the most mentions, with four: "Hannah and Her Sisters" (No. 95), "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (No. 57), "Manhattan" (No. 54) and "Annie Hall" (No. 6).



Charlie Kaufman ("Adaptation," "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") and William Goldman ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "All the President's Men" and "The Princess Bride") each earned three recognitions.



Neither the script for "Crash" nor "Brokeback Mountain," which won this year's WGA and Academy Award screenplay awards, landed on the list.





Here is the complete list from the Writer's Guild of America.

Comments

  • *sigh* I just ADORE the Shawshank Redemption.... :)
  • Well as a nonscreenplay writer I subjectively would have Shawshank much higher on that list. Tootsie is considered a great screeenplay? :o
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