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The Class (2008)

December 13, 2006
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True Life stories have been very popular in books and films for many years, and are becoming more so. This genre would seem to be the easiest of all forms to write. After all, the plot is already done; all you have to do is list the events as they happened.  But this genre is actually
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Disney’s Earth (2007)

December 13, 2005
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Earth, the most ambitious nature documentary ever made, is coming out, appropriately, on Earth Day, and I had the great pleasure to have worked on it as story consultant. A project like this is quite rare, first because it had the potential to be an historic film, and second, because
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)

December 13, 2004
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he trickster is the most popular of all characters. In Catch Me If You Can, the con-man character generates a number of fun scenes. But the script has no idea how to tie them together.  This movie uses the James Bond approach. But instead of stringing stunts, it strings cons.  The wri
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Ali (2001)

December 13, 2003
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This film exhibits all the problems of telling real events in a dramatic form.  Will Smith does a fine job of imitating Ali but the script has no structure. It simply strings together events over a fifteen-year period.  Ali goes through change but not character change. For example, he
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Erin Brockovich (2000)

December 13, 2002
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I’m not sure how this tv movie got made into a feature. Which is not a put down of tv movies. The best drama writing these days is on television, and it’s not even close.  But the fact is, this is a standard injustice movie where an idealistic crusader helps the little guy
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