On the Waterfront: The Final Shooting Script
The Final Shooting Script
Published on 31. July 2012
158 pages
978-1-4532-6180-4 (ISBN)
Description
Schulberg's Academy Awardwinning screenplay about ex-boxer and dock worker Terry Malloy, whose talent made him a contender and whose courage will make him a heroThe film On the Waterfront garnered eight Oscars, the leading role of Terry Malloy was perhaps Marlon Brando's tour de force. But none of these achievements would have been possible without the explosive, inspired script written by Budd Schulberg. The story of stevedores sweating and dying for a corrupt, Mob-run union, and one former boxer's quixotic fight for dignity, stands among the most iconic narratives of American cinema. Deeply influenced by Schulberg's own reporting on New York and New Jersey crime families, unions, and the boxing world, as well as on earlier reporting by Malcolm Johnson, this screenplay represents a singular confluence of American artistry and political history.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Budd Schulberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.
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Person
Budd Schulberg (1914-2009) was a screenwriter, novelist, and journalist who is best remembered for the classic novels
What Makes Sammy Run?,
The Harder They Fall,and the story
On the Waterfront, which he adapted as a novel, play, and an Academy Award-winning film script. Born in New York City, Schulberg grew up in Hollywood, where his father, B. P. Schulberg, was head of production at Paramount, among other studios. Throughout his career, Schulberg worked as a journalist and essayist, often writing about boxing, a lifelong passion. Many of his writings on the sport are collected in
Sparring with Hemingway (1995). Other highlights from Schulberg's nonfiction career include
Moving Pictures (1981), an account of his upbringing in Hollywood, and
Writers in America (1973), a glimpse of some of the famous novelists he met early in his career. He died in 2009.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- On the Waterfront, A Screenplay by Budd Schulberg
- Afterword by Budd Schulberg
- Textual Note
- Acknowledgments
- A Biography of Budd Schulberg
- Copyright
