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Moonlight And Magnolias
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht...more
Paperback, 60 pages
Published
December 30th 2005
by Dramatist's Play Service Inc
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This play revolves around the making of Gone With the Wind. The studio was going to scrap the project (true), and this play is the story of the three men that the producer locked in a room until they came up with a workable script and a plan for production. At the time, the studio already had many millions invested. The play only works if you have three very versatile actors; they, in turn, play out all the characters in the movie, including the women, and could be pretty funny if 1) You know &...more
A semi-factual farce based on a supposed 5 day lock-in of producer, director and script-doctor in a valiant attempt to re-write the script for a blockbuster movie. The producer thinks that the movie will be a sure fire hit but the writer and director have their reservations. The movie shoot has been put on hold by the producer while the new script is being prepared. 5 days locked in an office with only a bathroom, a typewriter and peanuts and bananas, the writer who hasn't even read the book, wa...more
Aug 02, 2011
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i did not like this play. perhaps the farce aspect was beyond me while i read, but it just did not seem funny or smart. the GWW inside information was interesting, but overall the characters talk around the same issues throughout. and there are bizarre moments, blatant racism, an out-of-place human rights arc . . . i found this play frustrating. the one character i wanted to know more about (the secretary) was included the least. thought her short stage time and lack of lines would be a good cha...more
I just got cast as Ben Hecht, the writer brought in to fix the script of Gone With The Wind, in the middle of production. I'm very excited, and will get to share the stage with Scott Treadway and Charlie Flynn-McIver, two giants of Western NC theatre, as David O Selznick and Victor Flemming.
The play is partly fluff and farce, but it has a backbone and since my character has never read Mitchell's book, he gets to question a lot of the stereotypes and racism, as well as relate things to the "curre...more
The play is partly fluff and farce, but it has a backbone and since my character has never read Mitchell's book, he gets to question a lot of the stereotypes and racism, as well as relate things to the "curre...more
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A lot of things would have to land just right for this play to work. It feels a little manic and rushed. It's a little crude and almost campy. Still, I liked it.
BRILLIANT!!
The comedic telling of how they wrote Gone With the Wind, but as I'm not a fan of the movie it was boooring.
Funny. I doubt as to whether or not Fleming and O'Selznick were really like this but it's a play and not meant to be taken seriously. Our set for this is....interesting.
I enjoyed all the references to Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. Interested to see how it would translate to the stage.
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