As Good As It Gets

[Martin]

http://www.allmoviescripts.com/scripts/10272177763f326892cd160.html

 

I'm not saying it's a great script, or that it's not a great script. I'm not saying to rent the video or not to. I feel I know some of the people in "As Good as It Gets". And some of the dialog is (for good or bad) engraved in my memory. Like this----to see the context, scroll down about 45 percent of the page

 

Zoe is a fan of Melvin's romance novels. She been dying to talk to him in person and finally gets her chance. Melvin is a hermit who writes hack purely for the money and hates real-life emoting. You see him trying to get away by pushing the elevator button---and wiping his finger to get rid of the germs he might have picked up from contact with the button.

 

ZOE

 

...... You have no idea what your

work means to me.

 

MELVIN

What's it mean?

 

ZOE

That somebody out there knows what

it's like to be...

(taps her head and heart)

in here.

 

MELVIN

Oh God, this is like a nightmare.

 

ZOE

Aw come on, just a couple of

questions -- how hard is that?

 

As he hits the button, wipes his fingers, hits the button

etc.

 

ZOE

How do you write women so well?

 

MELVIN

(as he turns

toward her)

I think of a man and take away

reason and accountability.

 

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I find the scene memorable yet appalling. I wouldnt say it is a favorite.

Does anyone else remember anything from this film?

[Tesseract]

lol,that seems sexist...

[Phi for All]

I loved the movie, although by the end, Melvin revamps his opinion of all women after he lets Carol into his obsessive-compulsive world. I got the feeling he'd never be able to write trashy romance novels again.

[Martin]

Phi, Glad you like it too, please tell me if a particularly memorable scene comes back to you. with the script we can find passages of good dialog.

 

I got interested in what other films have the script available online. Maybe they all do! I didnt realize that, if its true.

 

In "favorite movies" thread, tesseract mentioned Pulp Fiction. here is the script:

http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/pulp.shtml

 

somebody else mentioned Get Shorty. I wonder if the script is online---

it is Elmore Leonard, should be especially good writing.

 

Yes! here is the Get Shorty script:

http://www.allmoviescripts.com/scripts/6432623013f3d75190272f.html

[atinymonkey]

Oddly, I own a copy of the Get Shorty screenplay.

[Martin]

Oddly, I own a copy of the Get Shorty screenplay.

 

this is not odd

it is a great screenplay

 

a friend of mine was trying to break into the screenwriting business and she owns a copy of Get Shorty and I borrowed it for about 6 months one time. It is really beautiful

 

several times i watched the DVD with the language turned on to be French and english subtitles

 

I like how French gangsters talk. It was very good in french as well.

 

Maybe everybody in Hollywood should be made to talk french and the world would be better

[JaKiri]

Oddly, I own a copy of the Get Shorty screenplay.

 

I own a copy of the Rocky Horror Picture Show screenplay.

[Martin]

I own a copy of the Rocky Horror Picture Show screenplay.

 

screen plays are good

 

I didnt know til now that so many are available online

[Phi for All]

Maybe everybody in Hollywood should be made to talk french and the world would be better

Speaking French is dangerous and can cause glottal asphyxiation! Please, for the love of God, do not try this at home!!!