

Jeff is a sought-after script doctor and working writer who has taught screenwriting professionally since 1989. JEFF KITCHEN will provide in-depth scrip analysis and lead our discussion. If you plan to see the movie before our meeting, reading the script before watching the film is advised. Release Date: Opens in limited release on November 10 (Fox Searchlight). The film has played at, or is scheduled to be screened at, major festivals in Zurich, Hamburg, Hamptons, San Diego, Mill Valley, London, Chicago, Twin Cities, Philadelphia, and Austin. It also won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award, an award some consider to be the “starting gun” of the Oscar race. Blueprint’s development executive Ben Knight co-produced.įilm Festivals: Three Billboards premiered in competition at the Venice International Film Festival on September 4th where it won the Golden Osello for Best Screenplay. Producers and Production Companies: Writer-director McDonagh produced alongside Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of UK production company Blueprint Pictures ( The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Larry Flynt), Sam Rockwell ( Moon, Matchstick Men), John Hawkes ( Deadwood, Winter’s Bone), Peter Dinklage ( Game of Thrones, The Station Agent), Abbie Cornish ( Sucker Punch, RoboCop), Caleb Landry Jones ( X-Men First Class, Get Out), and Lucas Hedges ( Manchester by the Sea). Three Billboards stars Frances McDormand ( Fargo, Blood Simple), Woody Harrelson ( Cheers, True Crime, The People vs. In 2012 the writer-producer-director released Seven Psychopaths starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, and Christopher Walken. He followed that up with 2008’s highly acclaimed In Bruges, which won the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for an Oscar in the same category and a Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). His first film, a short called Six Shooter, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 2004. Screenwriter: British filmmaker MARTIN McDONAGH began his career as a playwright, winning the Drama Desk Award for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998, three Laurence Olivier awards, and four Tony Award nominations. Logline: In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit. Meet on the Fox Studios backlot on November 13th for an in-depth analysis and discussion of the screenplay THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI. (registration deadline: Friday, November 10)
