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Writers, performers, producers, directors, development executives and more join host David Ferrier and professional screenwriter Keir Wilkins to talk about their favourite screenplays, with an emphasis on the part that must hook the reader, the first 10 pages.
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Evan's book, On Politics and Stuff is super funny and available now!
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I Am Mother director Grant Sputore joins Dave and Keir to talk about the 1993 classic, Jurassic Park! Lots of chat about making movies in Australia, designing ideas to be "makeable" and the unique first 10 pages of this Spielberg classic.
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David and Keir catch up on the projects they're working on.
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The first 10 pages of Donnie Darko
The first 10 pages of The West Wing pilot episode.
Screenwriter and former classmate of Keir's, Claire Phillips, joins David and Keir to talk about her career and the Oscar winning debut of Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine!
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The first 10 pages of Shaun of the Dead
The first 10 pages of the pilot for Friday Night Lights.
The brilliant and hilarious Naomi Higgins joins Keir and David to talk about Josie and The Pussycats!
Our chat includes...
Co creating and writing her new Netflix and ABC show, Why Are You Like This?
The music she listens to while writing.
Her favourite quote about writing.
Filming during a pandemic.
Her approach to drunk acting.
The line they were forced to cut from the pilot!
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Taken from episode 12 with Mike Sacks!
The First 10 Pages will return with new episodes in 2021!
Happy New Year! Get in the bin 2020.
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The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, New York Times, TIME, McSweeney's, Vice, Mike has written for them all! He's also written a bunch of great books, including his latest: Slouchers. Mike joins Dave and Keir to chat about the 1976 satire, Network, by Paddy Chayefsky.
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The brilliant and insightful Billy Bowring joins us to talk about the cult British gangster film, Sexy Beast.
This is the second of 2 episodes we recorded before the First 10 Pages concept was settled on. It's actually the first episode we recorded with a guest so a heads up!
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"The perfect comedy of errors script" is how Charles Firth describes Dumb and Dumber. This was a really fun chat about this movie and about Charles' career as a prolific writer of news satire with The Chaser, The Chaser's War on 2020 going virtual, the benefits of a diverse writers room, finding clever ways to employ young comics, the origins of the Chaser and the 13 filters of comedy technique that he uses while writing.
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Veteran screenwriter Sarah Walker joins David and Keir to talk about maintaining a career as a screenwriter in Australia, getting established in the US, and the first 10 pages of the pilot episode of The Good Wife.
This is one for the real screenwriter nerds out there!
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Groovy comedians and hosts of the amazing Finding Drago and Finding Desperado podcast, Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James join David and Keir to talk about one of the funniest comedies of all time, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
Check out Alexei and Cameron's pop culture mystery podcast, Finding Desperado, and their other show, Total Reboot, wherever you get your pods! If you can't get enough of Mike Myers, you might also like the boys THIRD podcast, Mike Check, about the filmography of Mike Myers.
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Twilight is the movie that made writer/director Monica Zanetti want to become a film-maker but now she has complicated feelings about the 2008 romantic fantasy film.
Monica's new film, Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) has screenings all around the country before it's Nov 19 release. Check it out -- https://www.ellieandabbie.com.au/
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This is a unique episode of the show! Dave explains why at the top of the show. The guest is comedy writer Melina Wicks who chose the Cohen brothers classic, Fargo!
Watch Melina's new show Reputation Rehab on the ABC. It premieres Wednesday, Oct 28 on the ABC and iView.
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The first 10 pages of the iconic Nora Ephron rom-com, When Harry Met Sally.
You can't talk about Amélie without mentioning...
Must Mentionables segment taken from episode 4, featuring guest, James Colley.
NEW EPISODE out Oct 15!
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The Weekly and Gruen writer James Colley joins David and Keir to talk about the 2017 satire, The Death of Stalin.
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