His screenplay was written specifically as a feature, not as a series of short television dramas. |
The rule states that either the most popular or the most significant film gets the Academy award for best screenplay. |
But in spite of some of the absurdism of this screenplay, it's really an intimate, fairly direct examination of self-awareness. |
A lot of people in Hollywood considered The Jacket an unfilmable screenplay. |
Rather it's the incoherent screenplay, direction which jerks from one improbable setting to another and lets itself wander off into teen romance. |
The smart screenplay lends itself to the character quirks that make them seem more human. |