{"product_id":"rewrite-man-alison-macor-9780292759459","title":"Rewrite Man: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRewrite Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Alison Macor tells an engrossing story about the challenges faced by a top screenwriter at the crossroads of mixed and conflicting agendas in Hollywood. Whether writing love scenes for Tom Cruise on the set of \u003ci\u003eTop Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, running lines with Michael Keaton on \u003ci\u003eBeetlejuice\u003c\/i\u003e, or crafting Nietzschean dialogue for Jack Nicholson on \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e, Warren Skaaren collaborated with many of New Hollywood's most powerful stars, producers, and directors. By the time of his premature death in 1990, Skaaren was one of Hollywood's highest-paid writers, although he rarely left Austin, where he lived and worked. Yet he had to battle for shared screenwriting credit on these films, and his struggles yield a new understanding of the secretive screen credit arbitration process--a process that has only become more intense, more litigious, and more public for screenwriters and their union, the Writers Guild of America, since Skaaren's time. His story, told through a wealth of archival material, illuminates crucial issues of film authorship that have seldom been explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Macor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292759452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292759459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2017","brand":"Alison Macor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075996283135,"sku":"9780292759459","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abc58207-791f-442c-b4e0-1b9fe096c601.jpg?v=1685462596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rewrite-man-alison-macor-9780292759459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}