The Writer's Cut: A Screenwriting Podcast

The Writer's Cut - Episode 86: Paper Moon (1973) 26th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Comedy - Written by Alvin Sargent The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: A Touch of Class

The Writer's Cut - Episode 85: Save the Tiger (1973) 26th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Drama - Written by Steve Shagan The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Paper Moon

The Writer's Cut - Episode 84: The Candidate (1972) 25th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Drama - Written by Jeremy Larner The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Save the Tiger Ed's Note: Apologies for the audio issues in the first half! (I swear the tech issues are sorted after this episode.)

The Writer's Cut - Episode 83: The Godfather (1972) 25th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Drama - Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Candidate Ed's Note: Apologies for the episode upload issues these last few weeks! Should be resolved now.

The Writer's Cut - Episode 82: What's Up, Doc? (1972) 25th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Comedy - Screenplay by Buck Henry, David Newman, and Robert Benton The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Godfather

The Writer's Cut - Episode 81: Cabaret (1972) 25th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Comedy - Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen The Full List on Letterboxd Find Alisa Rosenthal on Instagram: @alisarosenthal and @pluckyrosenthal Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: What's Up, Doc?

The Writer's Cut - Episode 80: The Hospital (1971) 24th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Comedy - Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Cabaret

The Writer's Cut - Episode 79: The French Connection (1971) 24th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Drama - Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Hospital Ed's Notes: Thank you for your patience with the delay!

The Writer's Cut - Episode 78: Kotch (1971) 24th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Comedy - Screenplay by John Paxton The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The French Connection Ed's Notes: Thank you for your patience! Honestly, I forgot to hit "publish" this week. You'd think, as publisher, I'd remember the one thing I have to do.

The Writer's Cut - Episode 77: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) 24th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Drama - Screenplay by Penelope Gilliatt The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Kotch Ed's Notes: The Whatever Gimlet requires 1 part sweet, 2 parts sour, and 3 parts boozy

The Writer's Cut - Episode 76: I Never Sang For My Father (1970) 23rd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Drama - Screenplay by Robert Anderson The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Sunday Bloody Sunday

The Writer's Cut - Episode 75: The Out-of-Towners (1970) 23rd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Comedy - Written by Neil Simon The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: I Never Sang for My Father Ed's Notes: 1) Blind Barrels 2) Siskel Film Center 3) ICIRR

The Writer's Cut - Episode 74: Patton (1970) 23rd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund North The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Out-of-Towners Ed's Notes: 1) foodguessr 2) Normandy Sightseeing Tours

The Writer's Cut - Episode 73: M*A*S*H (1970) 23rd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Comedy - Screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Patton Ed's Notes: Go see live theater! Or watch the Olympics! Oh, and the novel "M*A*S*H" was published in 1968, not 1950-something.

The ten inductees into The Writer's Cut Hall of Fame from the 1960s are...   The Hall of Fame on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/zs3Fy  

The Writer's Cut - Episode 72: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) 22nd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Comedy - Screenplay by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: M*A*S*H Ed's Notes: 1) Afar Bar; 2) Trevor's Chicago Marathon Donation Link

The Writer's Cut - Episode 71: Midnight Cowboy (1969) 22nd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Drama - Screenplay by Waldo Salt The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Ed's Notes: 1) Adam's Theatre Company; 2) Chemex

The Writer's Cut - Episode 70: Goodbye, Columbus (1969) 22nd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Adapted Comedy - Screenplay by Arnold Schulman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Midnight Cowboy Ed's Notes: 1) Westchester County IS in New York, but not on Long Island; it's just north of The Bronx. 2) Go see Arco when it comes out on 1/30. The Music Box will have it! As will The Davis! 3) Probably just watch Sweet Charity instead of this.

The Writer's Cut - Episode 69: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 22nd Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Original Drama - Screenplay by William Goldman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Goodbye, Columbus Ed's Notes: The Screenplay  

The Writer's Cut - Episode 68: The Lion in Winter (1968) 21st Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Screenplay by James Goldman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Ed's Notes: The Screenplay

The Writer's Cut - Episode 67: Funny Girl (1968) 21st Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Screenplay by Isobel Lennert The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky "Funny Girl Sings About Funny Girl" written and performed by Gail Gallagher. Find more from Gail at her website: gailgallaghermusic.com. Thank you, Gail! Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Lion in Winter Ed's Notes: (Oops, forgot to put this here originally.) We will discuss Barbra Streisand again in episode 82 on "What's Up, Doc?"

The Writer's Cut - Episode 66: The Odd Couple (1968) 21st Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by Neil Simon The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Funny Girl Ed's Notes: Very Large Array

The Writer's Cut - Episode 65: The Producers (1968) 21st Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Mel Brooks The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Odd Couple Ed's Notes: 1) Christmas Carol at The Goodman, 2) El Cortez Theater

The Writer's Cut - Episode 64: The Graduate (1967) 20th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Producers Ed's Notes: Brian's Rice Paper Croissants

The Writer's Cut - Episode 63: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 20th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama, Original Screenplay - Screenplay by Robert Benton and David Newman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Graduate Ed's Notes: Go to sleep!

The Writer's Cut - Episode 62: Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) 19th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Screenplay by Richard Morris The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Thoroughly Modern Andrea and Thoroughly Modern Trevor, Composed by Thoroughly Modern Rob Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Bonnie and Clyde Ed's Notes: Sutton Foster's "Gimme Gimme"

The Writer's Cut - Episode 61: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 19th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Screenplay by Ernest Lehman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Thoroughly Modern Millie Ed's Notes: 1) Evergreen Studios, 2) Russian Tea Time  

The Writer's Cut - Episode 60: The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! (1966) 19th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by William Rose The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ed's Notes: ICIRR Trevor's Film Festival Corner: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, The Voice of Hind Rajab, The Mastermind, Arco

The Writer's Cut - Episode 59: A Thousand Clowns (1965) 18th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by Herb Gardner The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Ed's Notes: ICIRR

The Writer's Cut - Episode 58: The Sound of Music (1965) 18th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Screenplay by Ernest Lehman The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: A Thousand Clowns Ed's Notes: 1) SNL's Rolf and Liesl, 2) Dream a Little Dream by Pink Martini & The Von Trapps, 3) Resident Lightweight, 4) Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Also, apologies for the tardiness of the episode, folks. I'd made a mistake in setting the publishing date a week later than it should've been. Episode 59 will publish on Nov. 4th, as intended.

The Writer's Cut - Episode 57: The Pawnbroker (1965) 18th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Screenplay by Morton Fine and David Friedkin The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Sound of Music Ed's Notes: Be excellent to each other.

The Writer's Cut - Episode 56: Mary Poppins (1964) 17th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Pawnbroker Ed's Notes: 1) SNL's Mary Poppins 2) Funny or Die's Mary Poppins 3) Transcription software does indeed struggle with "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".

The Writer's Cut - Episode 55: Becket (1964) 17th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Screenplay by Edward Anhalt The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Mary Poppins Ed's Notes: 1) Breast in Show 7: Killer Breasts from Outer Space! 2) Armond White's review and a PDF copy of the DVD re-release insert

The Writer's Cut - Birthday Bonus Episode: tick, tick...BOOM! (2021) Written by Steven Levenson The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Becket Ed's Note: Please write in if you can guess the number of Tony's won by the performers in "Sunday"!

The Writer's Cut - Episode 54: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 17th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern Guest: Tommy Callan (Letterboxd) The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: tick, tick...BOOM!  Ed's Notes: Chicago Billiard Cafe

The Writer's Cut - Episode 53: Lilies of the Field (1963) 16th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Written by James Poe The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  Ed's Notes: Ashland Avenue at the Goodman (Now playing!) || The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long at the Music Box (Tickets on sale 9/17!)

The Writer's Cut - Episode 52: Hud (1963) 16th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Written by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Lilies of the Field  Ed's Notes: PAWS Chicago || Treehouse Chicago

The Writer's Cut - Birthday Bonus Episode: Flow (2024) Written by Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Hud

The Writer's Cut - Episode 51: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 15th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Written by Horton Foote The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Flow (2024) - Trevor's Birthday Bonus Episode  Ed's Notes: No notes for today (although Trevor does realize he said Tom Robinson originally and didn't need to bring Tim Robinson up at all.)

The Writer's Cut - Episode 50: The Music Man (1962) 15th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Written by Marion Hargrove The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: To Kill a Mockingbird Ed's Notes: Trevor says "The Rubaiyyat of Omar al-Khayyam" but meant to say "Omar Khayyam". He also should have known that Neil is a Black Swallowtail butterfly. Neil has since been joined by three compatriots: Jim, John, and Fred, named after the crew of Apollo 13. He hopes their journey is more successful.

The Writer's Cut - Episode 49: That Touch of Mink (1962) 15th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Written by Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Music Man

The Writer's Cut - Episode 48: West Side Story (1961) 14th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Written by Ernest Lehman Adriana Laplanche on Twitter The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: West Side Story Ed's Notes: Andrea says "Comedy" but meant to say "Musical" and none of us caught it at the time

The Writer's Cut - Episode 47: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 14th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Written by George Axelrod The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: West Side Story Ed's Notes: screenpit.org

The Writer's Cut - Episode 46: The Hustler (1961) 14th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Written by Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Writer's Cut - Episode 45: Elmer Gantry (1960) 13th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Written by Richard Brooks The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Hustler Ed's Notes: Tasting India

Trevor convinced Andrea to see a movie! In a movie theater! (Although it didn't take much convincing at all because it was The Birdcage! And that's one of her favorites!) See a movie at The Davis!

The Writer's Cut - Episode 44: Bells are Ringing (1960) 13th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Musical - Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Elmer Gantry Ed's Notes: Recovery on Water and Metavivor

The Writer's Cut - Episode 43: The Apartment (1960) 13th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Written by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Bells Are Ringing

The ten inductees into The Writer's Cut Hall of Fame from the 1950s are...   The Hall of Fame on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/zs3Fy

The Writer's Cut - Episode 42: Some Like It Hot (1959) 12th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Comedy - Written by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: The Apartment