Posts: 436
From:Richmond, VA
Registered: May 2000

posted May 23, 2000 08:48 PM            

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Maybe your ideas aren't very good, dictionary. It's not always the studio's fault. It's possible you could suck.

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From:Burbank, CA
Registered: May 2000

posted May 31, 2000 11:59 PM            

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A quick word about the contest. It is true, it is a first draft competition. At Manka it's first thought, best thought and we want your raw writing. It's cheap to enter and it can catapult you straight to the top of the Hollywood food chain. Think about it writers. Deadline is November 1st.

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From:Phoenix, AZ
Registered: May 2000

posted June 21, 2000 02:01 PM            

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Thank you, Robin for your response... finally. So what's the deal with the Screenplay Competition? When you START accepting submissions? What's the cost, etc.?

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From:Sherman Oaks, CA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted June 21, 2000 11:05 PM            

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We're rewriting the rules over the next couple of weeks. We're going to change the format a little so that we encourage people to send in their FIRST DRAFTS. I think the cost will be same as always (which I may say is one of the most affordable contest to enter) $10 a script - no limit on the number of scripts. It's all coming. I promise.

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From:Sherman Oaks, CA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted July 07, 2000 02:31 PM            

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Last year, we had a lot of great ideas submitted about ways to run the contest. If anyone has suggestions on how we can make this contest unique and unlike the other 1,000 or so screenplay contests out there, post them here or e-mail here: RobinRafe@mankabros.com

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From:Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Registered: May 2000

posted July 08, 2000 01:23 AM            

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Yeah. Here's a suggestion. Don't get the award to horrible hacks like EJ Berriz. My God, God's Will is atrocious. Is it a joke?

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From:Sherman Oaks, CA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted July 13, 2000 05:21 PM            

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A.J. Berriz's script for God's Will is probably one of the best scripts I've ever read. I'm sorry you feel that way, canadadry. Perhaps you would like to enter the contest.

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From:Torrance, CA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted July 15, 2000 09:51 PM            

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Thanks, Robin. canadadry, you couldn't have possibly read the whole script. And I would hope you're not making your opinion based on the 1st page. I would hope you would be a little more intelligent than that - especially to have such a strong opinion of my work.

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From:Hollywood USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted July 18, 2000 09:32 AM            

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Okay, boys and girls, it's time to put the screenplay competition into high gear. By the end of the week, we'll be announcing here the rules and submission information for the 9th Annual Manka Bros. Screenplay Competition. Stay tuned.

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posted August 03, 2000 05:47 PM            

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Anybody here read 'Which Lie Did I Tell : More Adventures in the Screen Trade' yet? (Goldman's followup to 'Adventures in the Screen Trade'.)

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From:Reno, Nevada
Registered: Jun 2000

posted August 03, 2000 09:36 PM         

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Dolemite told me to tell you that "Yo Mamma has read that book!"

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From:Burbank, CA
Registered: May 2000

posted September 01, 2000 05:26 PM            

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I'm Lloyd Grohl's assistant here at Manka Bros. and I'm just about to head out the door for a long weekend in my Pine Mountain cabin, but I just wanted to let everyone know, that I am taking over this year's screenplay competition and we'll reall start to crank things up after Labor Day. We've received your e-mails and we're on top of it - and we'll talk to you next week! Have a great weekend!

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From:Sherman Oaks, CA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted October 31, 2000 08:46 AM            

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Because of a restructuring of this contest - we have delayed the 9th Annual Manka Bros. Screenplay Competition until March 2001. Thanks for your patience. It's going to be our best competition ever!

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From:Studio City, CA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted January 13, 2001 12:05 AM            

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This is a great time for storytelling right now. Studios have cast off the "formula" and basically have no clue what works. I have never enjoyed screenwriting more than I have over the last couple months. I know the strike is looming and we're not supposed to "write" after May 1st. But that's only for a paycheck (even though guild says not to even write on spec during that time... like that will hold). I have been completely rejuvenated lately, I'm not sure why... as long as I keep WANTING to write, then I shouldn't ask why. It's only the times you don't want to write that it's a struggle to get words on the page. The key is to love writing... if you don't, forget it. Why try?

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From:Hollywood USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted January 17, 2001 10:25 AM            

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At Manka Bros., we know what works and aren't changing a thing. We haven't changed in 84 years and we're not going to start now. It's the writer's funeral if they go on strike.

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