Film Scripts Two ─ High Noon, Twelve Angry Men, The Defiant Ones

(Applause Books). The Film Scripts series bring back into print some of the greatest screenplays ever written. The series is a reissue of four volumes originally edited by George P. Garrett. Each volume contains three classic shooting scripts written by some of the finest writers to ever work in Hollywood, including William Faulkner ( The Big Sleep ), Tennessee Williams ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), and Gore Vidal ( The Best Man ). Each volume runs close to 500 pages and contains a highly informative introduction, a glossary of technical terms, an extensive bibliography, and the credits for each film. These enduring screenplays will be of great interest to the general film buff, the aspiring screenwriter, and the professional filmmaker. Of particular value to the screenwriter and filmmaker is the fact that all scripts are printed in standard screenplay format. Film Scripts Two features: High Noon (1952, United Artists); Script by Carl Foreman; Directed by Fred Zinnemann; Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly; Winner Academy Awards for Gary Cooper (best actor), best film editing, best music song, and best music score; Academy Awards nominations for best picture, best director, and best writing 12 Angry Men (1957, United Artist); Script by Reginald Rose; Directed by Sydney Lumet; Starring Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman and Henry Fonda; Academy Award nominations for best picture, best director, best writing The Defiant Ones (1958, United Artists); Script by Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith; Directed by Nedrick Young; Starring Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel and Lon Chaney; Academy Awards for best writing, best cinematography; Academy Award nominations for best actor, best picture, best supporting actor, best director, and best film editing