”That thing that can write great symphonies, that can write great tragedies in this use of time.” Branch Rickey 1956 speech in Atlanta One of the things I learned in the movie 42 was how deliberate Branch Rickey was in integrating professional baseball when he signed Jackie Robinson to a contract—and how much time it [...]
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Author ArchiveIn light of the movie 42 being in theaters and introducing Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey to a whole new young generation, here’s a 1996 TV movie called Soul of the Game written by David Himmelstein (story by Gary Hoffman) and directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan that gives another dimension to that era. Found the [...]
Apr
23
2013
 
Jackie, Spike & Sanford, FloridaPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I have learned that I remain a black in a white world.” Jackie Robinson I waited a long time for an updated movie version to come out about Jackie Robinson. Seems like 10 or 15 years ago Spike Lee was talking about doing a film on Robinson. As I watched the movie 42, I found [...]
Apr
23
2013
Postcard #32 (“The Planets”)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI wanted to write another post on Jackie Robinson and/or the movie 42 but was busy finishing editing a project today so I’ll push the Robinson/42 post back at least a day. The project I finished editing today is The Planets—Reimagined featuring the artwork of Gary Kelley. Below is a photo what the project looked [...]
Apr
20
2013
Off-Screen Quote #26 (Jackie Robinson)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThere are many layers to Jackie Robinson’s life story, but here’s a quote from him that at first doesn’t seem inspirational but I think fits this blog well: “In those days [1941] no major football or basketball clubs hired black players. The only job offered me [after a great athletic career at UCLA] was with the [...]
Apr
18
2013
Screenwriting Quote #181 (John Jarrell)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Twenty years ago screenwriter Larry Marcus (“The Stuntman”) told me that if you have a great script it may take a week, a year, or even ten years, but if you’ve written something undeniably fantastic, someone will find it. Why? Because there simply aren’t that many great scripts out there. It’s straight-up supply and demand….This [...]
Apr
17
2013
Writing Quote #38 (Steven Pressfield)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” Steven Pressfield The War of Art Tagged: Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
Apr
16
2013
“A Little Good Good New Today”Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaToday I thought about the song A Little Good News Today. That song was released by Anne Murray 30-years ago, but the lyrics written by Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, and Rory Michael Bourke hold up pretty well. A Little Good News Today I rolled out this morning Kids had the mornin’ news show on Bryant Gumbel was [...]
Apr
15
2013
Jonathan Winters (1925—2013)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Everybody wants to be funny.” Jonathan Winters “In 1981, my sitcom ‘Mork & Mindy’ was about to enter its fourth and final season. The show had run its course and we wanted to go out swinging. The producers suggested hiring Jonathan [Winters] to play my son, who ages backward. That woke me out of a [...]
Apr
12
2013
Postcard #31 (Shingle Creek)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaSeveral years ago I added the section of postcards to this blog as a shorthand way of keeping this blog rolling when things get really busy. And they mix it up a little, but sometimes I find that even in a simple photo I can find a tie in to one of the themes of [...] |
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