Scott Rosenberg: 12/22/15

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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Scott Rosenberg, the writer best known for his movies Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Beautiful Girls, and Con Air. The two discuss the impact of Scott's father passing away, creating languages in movies, and the themes that run through many of his films. Plus, Scott talks about how the Hollywood machine turned Gone in 60 Seconds into a different movie and why the true emotion of Scott's screenplays have rarely (if ever) been captured on screen.

Topics mentioned:
Things to Do When You’re Dead in Denver
Beautiful Girls
Con Air
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Rounders
Boston University
University of Southern California
The Moment with Tony Gilroy: 10/28/14
Sunset Boulevard
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
October Road
A Clockwork Orange
House of Games
Marathon Man
Chinatown
Lethal Weapon
Leaving Las Vegas
Jumanji
Grease
Electra Glide in Blue
The Wanderers by Richard Price
Ladies Man by Richard Price
Magnum Force
The Longest Yard
The Deer Hunter
Grosse Pointe Blank
Solitary Man
Disturbing Behavior
Zoo
Kangaroo Jack

People mentioned:
Gary Fleder
Leslie Epstein
Joel Silver
Mike De Luca
Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Weinstein
Shane Black
Jon Favreau
Steve Gaghan
Peter Berg
William Goldman
Stephen King
Salman Rushdie
Donald Westlake
Donna Langley
Dennis Lehane
Bruce Springsteen
Vin Diesel
James Patterson
Ted Demme

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