One of the most moving scenes from Marriage Story takes place in the third Act of the film. Previously, after an excruciating, heartbreaking fight, Charlie (Adam Driver) and Sandra (Scarlett Johansson) managed to find an…
“I don’t know what to say really”. The legendary Any Given Sunday speech, the ultra-famous pep talk given by coach Tony D’Amato to his team before a crucial match, begins in a way you wouldn’t…
When telling a story about true events, to what degree is it acceptable to alter facts for the sake of drama? At which point can a writer let his creativity loose to invent facts regarding…
When we think of movie speeches, we usually think of inspirational speeches: for example, the one by coach D’Amato (Al Pacino) in Any Given Sunday, or the one by William Wallace in Braveheart. We tend…
In the first version of the screenplay for First Blood, Rambo was pretty much just a sociopathic killer. However, when Sylvester Stallone came on board, he requested a substantial change to the script: that his…