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The One with Lawrence Kasdan

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April 26, 2016 Film Industry, QandA, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot

John and Craig sit down with screenwriting legend Lawrence Kasdan to discuss Star Wars, Raiders, The Bodyguard and how he’s shaped some of the most iconic big-screen stories and characters of our lifetime.

This 90-minute interview comes as part of WGFestival 2016 Craft Day, and features audience questions as well. Our thanks to the Writers Guild Foundation and the Academy for hosting us.

Links:

  • The Writers Guild Foundation
  • Lawrence Kasdan on IMDb and Wikipedia
  • Scriptnotes, 73: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Raiders story conference transcripts
  • Scriptnotes, 235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys
  • Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Seven Samurai on Hulu
  • William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays (including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) on Amazon
  • Lawrence of Arabia by Robert Bolt
  • Casablanca Blu-ray on Amazon
  • Grand Canyon on Amazon
  • Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 4-29-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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