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Usenet Posted 18 years ago
Screenwriting
What do one throat and two balls have in common?
The throat cancer kills the balls. (Why would anyone ? other than for the lack of balls ? make ?a deal with god? for a stupid sore throat?)
[nq:1]From http://www.nndb.com/people/515/000022449/: ?Eszterhas says he wasdrunk every day of his life after the age of 14. He was also a ... point he left Hollywood, moved home to Ohio, stopped drinking, stopped smoking, and says he "made a deal with God"[/nq]
So you have 6 more days to ask Eszterhas a question: http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2008/08/14/
Trivia (from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000390/bio): Joe?s $3 million paycheck for Basic Instinct (1992) in 1990 was the highest amount of money every paid for a screenplay at that time. However, Eszterhas was eclipsed in 1996 by Shane Black ($4 million for The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), in 2002 by M. Night Shyamalan ($5 million for Signs (2002)) and again in 2008 by L8 ($6 million for ?Four Letters?)
[nq:1]From http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/eszterhas/[/nq]
Q: Give us the one sentence Hollywood pitch on your book. Joe E.: I don't do pitches. Even back in my sandlot days, I was always a hitter, never a pitcher.
Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words? A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead. "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him. He will know why."
Q: Where do you get ideas for screenplays?
A: From someplace deep inside from my heart and soul and gut and ***. From my nerve endings and memories and fears and nightmares.
[nq:1]From http://www.nndb.com/people/515/000022449/: ?Eszterhas says he wasdrunk every day of his life after the age of 14. He was also a ... point he left Hollywood, moved home to Ohio, stopped drinking, stopped smoking, and says he "made a deal with God"[/nq]
So you have 6 more days to ask Eszterhas a question: http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2008/08/14/
Trivia (from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000390/bio): Joe?s $3 million paycheck for Basic Instinct (1992) in 1990 was the highest amount of money every paid for a screenplay at that time. However, Eszterhas was eclipsed in 1996 by Shane Black ($4 million for The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), in 2002 by M. Night Shyamalan ($5 million for Signs (2002)) and again in 2008 by L8 ($6 million for ?Four Letters?)
[nq:1]From http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/eszterhas/[/nq]
Q: Give us the one sentence Hollywood pitch on your book. Joe E.: I don't do pitches. Even back in my sandlot days, I was always a hitter, never a pitcher.
Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words? A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead. "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him. He will know why."
Q: Where do you get ideas for screenplays?
A: From someplace deep inside from my heart and soul and gut and ***. From my nerve endings and memories and fears and nightmares.
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[nq:1]Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words? A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead. "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him.
- [nq:1]Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words?
- A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead.
- "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him.
- "[/nq] Now that's funny.
- My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years.
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[nq:1]Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words? A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead. "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him. He will know why."[/nq]
Now that's funny. My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years. And if you slapped her, she would assume you had a good reason. To this
Now that's funny. My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years. And if you slapped her, she would assume you had a good reason. To this
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[nq:2]Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words? A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead. "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him. He will know why."[/nq]
[nq:1]Now that's funny. My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years. And if you slapped her, she would assume you had a good reason.
[nq:1]Now that's funny. My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years. And if you slapped her, she would assume you had a good reason.
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[nq:2]Q: Can you teach us any good Hungarian swear words? A: I'll tell you a story about Hungarians instead. "If you see a Hungarian in the street, go up and slap him. He will know why."[/nq]
[nq:1]Now that's funny. My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years. And if you slapped her, she would assume you had a good reason. T
[nq:1]Now that's funny. My ex-mom-in-law is mostly Hungarian, and grew up in Cleveland only speaking Hungarian for her first five years. And if you slapped her, she would assume you had a good reason. T
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