PAUL HAGGIS Screenwriting Lesson

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Acclaimed writer-director Paul Haggis has been a fixture of television and film for over 25 years. In this wide-ranging interview, the Oscar®-winning co-screenwriter, director, and producer of Crash (Best Picture 2005) discusses a three-decade career that led from writing for sitcoms like Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life to his breakthrough screenplay for Oscar®-winning director Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby (Best Picture 2004). Haggis's matter-of-fact stories of navigating the entertainment industry are an indelible primer for how to manage the screenwriting life, make a successful transition from TV to film, develop a strong story and characters, pitch an idea, and surmount Hollywood's more frustrating obstacles.

The full 90 minutes interview
and 26 additional titles
are now available on DVD.

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DVD Chapters
1. Intro
2. "Show Me Where It's Funny"
3. "If I Was This Screwed Up, Maybe Other People Were Too"
4. "A Piece Of Hate Mail"
5. "It's About Frying An Egg"
6. "If You Let Them Help You, You Will Destroy Yourself"
7. "Always Write Into The Problems"
8. "Sex, Betrayal, and Unionism"
9. "No Studio Is Gonna Make This"
10."Steven Who?"
11."Elvis, You Have No Taste"
12."He Died of a Broken Heart"
13."Five Pages a Day"
14."Jazz Under Stalin, Rock and Roll Under Khrushchev"
15."Dark, Horrible, Mean-Spirited Comedy"