Sentence examples for smart screenplay from inspiring English sources

It is, indeed, a very smart screenplay.

Mr. Noonan and George Miller wrote the smart screenplay, based on Dick King-Smith's novel "The Sheep Pig" -- Saturday at 6 p.m. on USA.

Diablo Cody, who won an Oscar for her smart screenplay to Juno, is attached to write a big-screen adaptation of Sweet Valley High, the long-running series of teen-oriented books which was also made into a TV show.

Directed with an unsentimental hand by Jean-Marc Vallée, from Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack's smart screenplay, this cut at the AIDS crisis is marked by unexpected humor and roughneck rebellion as well as heart-wrenching humanity.

The film was a huge hit with our test audience, with a smart screenplay by Peter Morgan, who also wrote "The Queen" and "The Last King of Scotland," two other Academy-award winning films.

As Mr. Drumming's whip-smart screenplay effects an uncomfortable group reunion, the film's playlike structure and relaxed rhythms perfectly frame conversations infused with pre-gentrification memories and music industry nostalgia.

From a story by Lucas and Philip Kaufman, with a whip-smart screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan (a writer of "The Empire Strikes Back"), produced by Lucas and directed by Spielberg, it was a film made by my cinematic dream team.

Making the most of his smart, spare screenplay written with Edgar San Juan, Mr. Perezcano creates a textured sense of place with his unassuming locales, including a street that dead-ends with the towering American fence that cuts Andrés off from a world of possibility.

Two young actors with soaring reputations have written themselves a smart and touching screenplay, then seen it directed with style, shrewdness and clarity by Gus Van Sant.

Mr. Damon and Mr. Affleck, two young actors with soaring reputations, have written themselves a smart and touching screenplay, then seen it directed with style, shrewdness and clarity by Mr. Van Sant.

Mansfield Park The setting in Patricia Rozema's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel seems familiar, but her smart, politically pointed screenplay features a protofeminist heroine and includes such modern touches as lesbianism and blatant drug addiction.