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Russ Dvonch
Heroic Hollywood: Charlie, the Kid and the Cop
by Russ Dvonch, posted Oct 3rd 2009 at 3:09 pm
Charlie, the Kid and the Cop Best Lesson Ever in Hollywood Screenwriting If you want to write for Hollywood, study this picture. This faded lobby card from Charles Chaplin’s The Kid is the...   (44 Comments)
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Heroic Hollywood: Thinking Inside the Box
by Russ Dvonch, posted Jul 6th 2009 at 4:11 pm
In this post, I want to give some advice to beginning screenwriters who are having difficulty finishing — or even starting — their first screenplay. I’ve been mulling over...   (39 Comments)
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Heroic Hollywood: American Exceptionalism and the Hollywood Hero
by Russ Dvonch, posted Apr 28th 2009 at 1:47 pm
Bitter Gun-Clinger  – and Hollywood Hero For nearly a century now, Hollywood has inspired generations of Americans with the central truth behind the American Dream: in this country, peo...   (84 Comments)
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Heroic Hollywood: The Moral of the Story
by Russ Dvonch, posted Apr 7th 2009 at 4:24 pm
Jurassic Park – a family-friendly nature preserve featuring 7-ton prehistoric carnivores. What could possibly go wrong? If you’re a writer struggling to put together a screenplay, bu...   (46 Comments)
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Heroic Hollywood: Something We Can Believe In – Again
by Russ Dvonch, posted Mar 31st 2009 at 4:40 pm
There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth writing about. I’m going to take the boss at his word that the modest objective of Big Hollywood is “to change...   (112 Comments)
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I’m a Middle-age Lobotomy: Liberalism and My Hollywood Road to Ruin
by Russ Dvonch, posted Mar 26th 2009 at 5:05 am
This is the story of how I got kicked out of Hollywood…and how I hope to kick myself back in again.  From the late 70’s to early 90s I made my living as a Hollywood screenwriter...   (68 Comments)