Word: script
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Nevertheless, Veronica Guerin is largely character-driven by virtue of its script, distributing much of its weight on the shoulders of its actors. This proves beneficial for the film as it succeeds in that respect, obscuring to some degree the directorial inadequacies of the film...
...Chris Farley torch of manic physical clowning, but it’s clear that his comedic range is inversely related to his girth. Fortunately, the producers of School of Rock have forged an ideal vehicle for Black’s brand of mischief, and with a sturdy cast and script behind him, he manages to whip up some of the biggest laughs of the year. Black plays Dewey Finn, a guitarist thrown out of his band, rendering him even less capable of paying the rent that he owes his substitute teacher roommate. Posing as his roommate, he assumes the responsibility...
...controversy arises from Gibson’s latest directorial effort, The Passion, a supposedly historically accurate version of the events leading to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Gibson, who co-wrote the script, utilized various sources to compile the series of events, ranging from the four Gospels themselves to the diary of a vehemently anti-Semitic 19th century nun. He had the script translated into Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew and then assembled a cast whose only recognizable names were Jim Caviezel (Frequency) and Monica Bellucci (The Matrix Reloaded...
Fredriksen has been a central figure in the controversy over the film, as one of a handful of scholars accused of illegally obtaining an early version of the script and conspiratorially branding it anti-Semitic. She explains what she says is the legitimate manner through which she obtained the script in her New Republic article, “Mad Mel,” which then systematically details the numerous historical inaccuracies she says pervade the screenplay...
...clearly hasn't visited California lately. But it's true that Roh frequently deviates from South Korea's political script. A liberal former lawmaker and human-rights lawyer, he won last December's election by pitching himself to young Koreans as the sole candidate who could clean up dirty-money politics, stop a drift to war between the U.S. and North Korea over the Stalinist regime's nuclear ambitions, and whip the South's reform-averse industrial conglomerates into shape...