Definition of screenplay
:the script and often shooting directions of a story prepared for motion-picture production
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an award for best screenplay
each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study
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Directed by Gregory Caruso, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Nader.
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The movie, produced by Berry, offers the star a chance to prove her physical might in a low-budget genre piece, but there must have been better screenplays out there than this.
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Craig Fairbrass wrote the screenplay and stars in this direct-to-video crime thriller set in London and Marabella, Spain.
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The source of Birch’s screenplay, a short story by 19th-century Russian writer Nikolai Leskov, has the robust wisdom of a peasant myth.
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The lyrics don't bear any weight on the screenplay itself except for the idea of this folkloric character.
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This Israeli romantic comedy, playing the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, was a big winner at the Israeli equivalent of the Academy Awards, taking honors for best actress, screenplay, and costume design.
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Directed by Jon Watts, from a screenplay by Watts, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Chris McKenna, Christopher Ford and Erik Sommers.
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Benioff was best known for having adapted his novel The 25th Hour into a screenplay directed by Spike Lee.
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First Known Use of screenplay
1920
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