Contemporary Movie Monologues 1960-1989: For Audition and Study: A Sourcebook for Actors (Monologue Audition Series) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Some of the freshest, most powerful writing of the last few decades has been done for film. Now, Contemporary Movie Monologues collects a wide range of pieces from American screenplays produced during the 60s, 70s, and 80s, including some of the most unforgettable dramatic and comic speeches in the history of cinema.You’ll find a great variety of roles from films that range from Academy award–winners to box office smashes to cult classics, including: The Manchurian Candidate Platoon Harold and Maude Broadcast News Jaws Fatal Attraction Blade Runner Ferris Bueller’s Day Off All of Me The Whales of August Kiss of the Spider Woman Bull Durham Contemporary Movie Monologues also provides a detailed Table of Contents that specifies age and gender of character, and genre (drama, seriocomedy, or comedy) so that you can quickly find a monologue that suits your need.MARISA SMITH is the Owner and Publisher of Smith and Kraus, a leading publisher of theater books since 1990. She has edited many books for Smith and Kraus and is the author/playwright of “Book Group” and “The Devine Comedy”, recently presented at Eclipse Grange theater by Signal and Noise Productions.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Playwright/Editor JOCELYN A. BEARD, a veteran of NYU's film school and the Yale School of Drama, has edited almost forty monologue books for Smith and Kraus. Her Screenplay, Igor and the Lunatics, was made into a feature film and subsequently listed in Heavy Metal magazine as "One of the 10 Sleaziest Movies Ever Made!" Notwithstanding, Jocelyn lives in an old haunted house in the Hudson River Valley with her husband, Kevin Kitowski, their beautiful daughter, Blythe, and lots of dogs.