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Great Script! Wish it was available to read

posted 18 years ago by abbyfarber
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Just saw this again on TCM last night - what a GREAT movie. So funny, such black humor, great actors and actresses.(Scott, Rigg, Hughes (in two roles) Nancy Marchand, Frances Sternhagen. Great camerawork too - Hiller uses a lot of long tracking shots that are terrific, makes it seem so natural. There are so many good speeches I wish the script was available to read. Several long monologues - Scott of course, but also Rigg's when she talks about her life - I kept thinking, "wow, what great writing". TCM ran the movie uncut so you get the full flavor of the language. Definitely a keeper, must get this one on DVD. Movies like these, with intelligent language just reminds you what paltry trash is being foisted on us.

[–] chris-lince 18 years ago

The script was published in "The Collected works of Paddy Chayefsky : The Screenplays Vol. II" (ISBN 1-55783-194-7), along with the scripts for 'Network' and 'Altered States'.

[–] yourauntgussie 17 years ago

Nifty citation. My bet is that you're a book person.

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-- <If I could make this rectangular & 3-d, we could pretend it was a book smilie. Or not. I dunno.>

Anyway, good cite.

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[–] peterduray-bito 17 years ago

The dialogue during the extended scene between Scott and Rigg is AS GOOD AS IT GETS.

[–] pontifikator 17 years ago

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/hospital-script-transcrip t-paddy-chayefsky.html

[–] sim7396 (121) 4 years ago

You can read it here (link works as of May 3rd 2021):

https://imsdb.com/scripts/Hospital,-The.html