Adam je melanholični scenarist, ki živi v skoraj prazni stolpnici na obrobju Londona. Neke noči po naključju spozna Harryja, še enega osamljenega prebivalca stavbe. Medtem ko se med moškima razvija strastno razmerje, Adama vse bolj vleče v predmestje, kjer je odraščal. V hiši, kjer je vse videti kot nekoč, ga pričakata starša, ki sta umrla pred tridesetimi leti …
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Z oskarjem nagrajeni režiser in scenarist komične kriminalke Morilca na kolektivca predstavlja nove zabavne zagate nespretnih kriminalcev. Neuspešni scenarist Marty išče navdih za novo zgodbo, zato se poveže s prijateljem Billyjem in njegovim zločinskim partnerjem, ki ugrabljata domače ljubljenčke in jih nato vrneta v zameno za bogato nagrado. Stvari se zapletejo, ko ujamejo psa nepredvidljivega gangsterja, ki je pripravljen za svojega ljubljenčka sprožiti pravo mafijsko vojno z obilico nepredvidljivega komičnega kaosa.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Newyorški intelektualec, pisec nagrajevanih dramskih besedil, raztreseni Barton Fink, se odzove vabilu mogočnega producenta in odpotuje v Hollywood, da bi tam napisal scenarij za prostaško pretepaško dramo. Nastani se v skrivnostnem hotelu, tam pa ga pesti resna kreativna blokada. Njegov sosed, debeli trgovski potnik, mu skuša pomagati, vendar niz bizarnih pripetljajev Bartona vse bolj odvrača od pisanja.
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
Režiser usodnih ljubezenskih zgodb Ljubezen v Barceloni in Zadnji udarec sledi mladima ameriškima zaročencema Gilu in Inez na službeni poti v Parizu. Inez se osredotoča na turistično podobo mesta, pisatelj Gil pa med polnočnimi sprehodi išče navdih za svojo novo knjigo. Nenavadno odkritje ga popelje v osrčje zlate dobe večnega mesta romantike, kjer spozna številne literarne in druge umetniške ikone. Toda nova življenjska spoznanja vedno bolj bremenijo Gilov odnos z Inez.
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
A middle-aged filmmaker on the verge of a breakthrough. Two kids in search of a lost backpack. A small dog a long way from home.
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
An screenwriter with a violence record is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...