Robert Bolt, who wrote Lawrence, quickly followed with Doctor Zhivago<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/>, A Man for All Seasons <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374856/> (from his earlier play), and Ryan's Daughter <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066319/>, a pretty amazing string of wonderful screenplays.
Of course he didn't manage to include a tagline as great as "Get off my lawn!" in any of them, but he did his best. Bruce On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com> wrote: > Odd, we nearly always think of LAWRENCE in terms of its epic scope and > spectacular visuals, but it has one of the most literate and > precise screenplays of almost any film I can think of. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Sent:* Saturday, June 12, 2010 2:06 PM > *Subject:* [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR > > Tony Hayward: I am reminded of the wonderful line Claude Rains (Dryden) > gets in LAWRENCE: > > > *Prince Feisal <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/>*: You, I suspect, are > chief architect of this compromise. What do you think? > *Mr. Dryden <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001647/>*: Me, your Highness? On > the whole, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells. > > > * > * > http://www.theonion.com/articles/massive-flow-of-bullshit-continues-to-gush-from-bp,17564/ > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
