Next Stop Hollywood: Short Stories Bound for the Screen

By Barry Simiana and Steve Cohen

Historically, short stories were a rich source of successful movies and significant films. Classics such as Rear Window, High Noon, Psycho, All About Eve, and Blade Runner began as short stories. Unfortunately, many of the major venues for discovering new talent-- The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and Mademoiselle --are gone. Today, short stories are again becoming an important basis for major motion pictures and television, with films such as Brokeback Mountain , Good Will Hunting, and Minority Report. One reason short stories are making a Hollywood comeback is Next Stop Hollywood, an organization dedicated to finding both new talent and terrific material. This volume, selected by more than sixty movie-buff readers and advised by an editorial board of Hollywood insiders, picks up where those magazines left off. These very same stories may be at a theater near you in the near future. For anyone who has been disappointed by the movies of our day compared to those of the Golden Era of Hollywood, refresh yourself with these exciting short stories, and the possibilities they hold.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312357893
• ISBN13: 9780312357894
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A book of gems

For the short story lover this book is a treat! My absolute favorite is Dirk Snigby,s Guide to the Afterlife. E.E. King's delightfully irreverant approach to the hereafter could only insult those completely lacking in a sense of humour. Cant wait to see the movie!

Will Ferrell HAS GOT to read the Dirk Snigby short!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THe "dirk" short is simply too clever of an idea not to get picked up. After seeing "Stranger Than Fiction" I think Will is the man for this role! All the gloves off......this could be HYSTERICAL.

Great stories that entertain

I really enjoyed this book and found all the stories delightful, especially Dirk Snigby. Cudos to all the writers for their imaginative work.

Dirk Rules

This collection of short stories is brilliant. I can see why they are heading to Hollywood. I am especially looking forward to seeing Dirk Snigby on the big screen. Way to go E.E. King!

A great idea, well executed!

This amazing short-story collection both promises to give Hollywood green-lighters terrific material, each of the stories is an entertaining read in and of itself. Kudos all around!