Here it is, a link to the holy grail of screenwriting. Rumored to be the greatest screenplay ever written, Edward Ford was written by Lem Dobbs, author of The Limey and Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka. One of the best things about reading unproduced screenplays is that you get to imagine them yourself instead of seeing how someone else put it together. Wrap your head around this! (link fixed)
Screenwriters Utopia is a wonderful resource for screenwriters. You can find scripts, workshops, script evaluators and other great resources. They also have an article on the The Ten Best Unproduced Screenplays … Edward Ford is, of course, number one.
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1 Karen // Dec 31, 1969 at 7:00 pm
Do they have a place for “The Ten Best Unwritten Screenplays” too … seems like a few of CLG’s concepts would make this list!
2 Linz // May 31, 2004 at 7:11 pm
Edward Ford Link doesn’t work. Bummer!
3 Linz // May 31, 2004 at 7:11 pm
Edward Ford Link doesn’t work. Bummer!
4 dispatx // Aug 18, 2004 at 9:47 am
I have also heard great things about the venerable JP Donleavy’s script, I beleive it was called The Hungry Goat, which as yet has never been produced. Apparently Orson Welles said it was one of the best scripts he ever read. I kid you not. Anyone familiar with Mr Donleavy will know it was probably hysterically funny - in fact we’re still awaiting the big screen adaptation (and inevitable reduction) of The Ginger Man.Anyhow - someone should put money on the table,let the man see it done…
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