Batman Begins: The Screenplay

9 best books like Batman Begins: The Screenplay (Christopher J. Nolan): Planet of the Apes, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty: The Shooting Script, The Dark Knight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction: A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay, The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script, The Devil's Advocate

Planet of the Apes

Author	Pierre Boulle
ISBN	0345447980

"I am confiding this manuscript to space, not with the intention of saving myself, but to help, perhaps, to avert the appalling scourge that is menacing the human race. Lord have pity on us!"

With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles the reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world,...

Dead Poets Society

Author	N.H. Kleinbaum
ISBN	0553282980

Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary! " Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free...

American Beauty: The Shooting Script

Author	Alan Ball
ISBN	1557044236

On a typical suburban street in a typical suburban town, there is an ordinary family living the American dream. But look closer. Lester Burnham's wife, Carolyn, regards him with contempt, his daughter, Jane, thinks he's a loser, and his boss is positioning him for the ax.

Captivated by Jane's...

The Dark Knight

Author	Dennis O'Neil
ISBN	0425222861

Based on the blockbuster Warner Bros. Pictures film starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.

Allied with both the police department and the district attorney's office, the vigilante known as Batman continues to bring justice and hope to Gotham City.

But one man dares to mock Batman's...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

Author	Charlie Kaufman
ISBN	1557046107

In this illuminating script book, Charlie Kaufman, the Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, shares the logistical challenges of writing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in a fascinating interview.

Kaufman also provides commentary on...

Good Will Hunting

Author

Matt Damon

As director Gus Van Sant observes in the introduction to Matt Damon's and Ben Affleck's screenplay Good Will Hunting, the two young actors somewhat resemble the characters they play in the film: they're best friends, and Affleck (who plays Chuckie) habitually chauffeurs Damon (Will), who doesn't...

Pulp Fiction: A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay

Author	Quentin Tarantino
ISBN	0786881046

Quentin Tarantino - director of "Reservoir Dogs" and writer of "True Romance" - won the Palme d'Or for best film at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival for "Pulp Fiction, " his unique vision of the underworld, starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Samuel Jackson, and Harvey Keitel. Taking his...

The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script

Author	Frank Darabont
ISBN	1557042462

This modern film classic, an extraordinary tale of hope and survival inside a maximum security prison, follows the complex twenty-year relationship between two convicts who have little in common—except friendship. Based on the novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King,...

The Devil's Advocate

Author	Andrew Neiderman
ISBN	0671014102

DEFENDER OF THE DAMNED... When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton and Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired-- a chauffeur-driven limo, a stunning home in the very building that Mr. Milton himself lives in. Little...