Any DVDs w/ good screenplay extras?
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Any DVDs w/ good screenplay extras?
I watched Solaris the other day and noticed that as one of the bonus features you could read the screenplay.
I don't tend to delve into the extras all that often, but I thought it would be interesting to read the sceenplay and then see how that was translated to the screen itself.
So I was wondering, does anyone know of any other DVDs that feature a screenplay extra? Preferably, of course, of movies with good actual screenplays.
And what I would find really interesting is a feature that rolled the screenplay as the movie was going so you could see the film translation as you read it - kind of like a commentary track without the commentary.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
I don't tend to delve into the extras all that often, but I thought it would be interesting to read the sceenplay and then see how that was translated to the screen itself.
So I was wondering, does anyone know of any other DVDs that feature a screenplay extra? Preferably, of course, of movies with good actual screenplays.
And what I would find really interesting is a feature that rolled the screenplay as the movie was going so you could see the film translation as you read it - kind of like a commentary track without the commentary.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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West Side Story (collector's set) - Reprint included
Help! (Deluxe SE box) - Reprint included
Rear Window (2002 DVD, not remaster) - PDF file
The Twilight Zone (Definitive Edition season sets) - Many scripts included as PDFs
The Third Man (1-disc and 2-disc) - Graham Greene treatment (audio track)
A Hard Day's Night (Miramax) - PDF file
Any others include a PDF of the script?
Help! (Deluxe SE box) - Reprint included
Rear Window (2002 DVD, not remaster) - PDF file
The Twilight Zone (Definitive Edition season sets) - Many scripts included as PDFs
The Third Man (1-disc and 2-disc) - Graham Greene treatment (audio track)
A Hard Day's Night (Miramax) - PDF file
Any others include a PDF of the script?
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Disc 9 of the Alien Quadrilogy has scripts for all of the movies, I *believe* (it's been a while since I watched it). I think it also has James Cameron's treatment for Aliens.
Edit: Disc 2 has Dan O'Bannon's first draft screenplay for Alien
Disc 4 has the original treatment by James Cameron for Aliens
Disc 9 has Joss Whedon's first draft screenplay for Alien: Resurrection
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=4361
Those treatments and first drafts are awesome because they give you a lot of insight into how the script changes.
Edit: Disc 2 has Dan O'Bannon's first draft screenplay for Alien
Disc 4 has the original treatment by James Cameron for Aliens
Disc 9 has Joss Whedon's first draft screenplay for Alien: Resurrection
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=4361
Those treatments and first drafts are awesome because they give you a lot of insight into how the script changes.
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Re: Any DVDs w/ good screenplay extras?
I've been going through my library lately looking at DVD-ROM content and why, oh, why was I not surprised that a DVD Talk thread turned up in my search results when I went looking online for a list of DVDs with screenplays?
Here's what I've turned up so far, just from my own shelves:
BCI Eclipse's three volumes of She-Ra, Princess of Power each include some scripts; Season One, Volume One only has two but Season Three has, I think, a script for every episode it contains.
Nurse Betty
Return to the Batcave: The MisAdventures of Adam and Burt
I just checked Daredevil and couldn't find a screenplay. There are four wallpapers (each available in three sizes). [The Dot Comic link opens to a "no longer available" page on Marvel's website.]
Grey Owl includes the script, but it's a fairly convoluted process to access it; it's not a handy .pdf like the others.
Here's what I've turned up so far, just from my own shelves:BCI Eclipse's three volumes of She-Ra, Princess of Power each include some scripts; Season One, Volume One only has two but Season Three has, I think, a script for every episode it contains.
Nurse Betty
Return to the Batcave: The MisAdventures of Adam and Burt
I just checked Daredevil and couldn't find a screenplay. There are four wallpapers (each available in three sizes). [The Dot Comic link opens to a "no longer available" page on Marvel's website.]
Grey Owl includes the script, but it's a fairly convoluted process to access it; it's not a handy .pdf like the others.




