The 3rd Annual Screenwriters Forum

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Monday, October 23, 2000
Cinegrill Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 7000 Hollywood Blvd.

"In my opinion, the writer should have the first and last word in filmmaking." - Orson Welles

8:30 am - 9:30 am	Check-in and Continental Breakfast
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Breakfast Speaker
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	The American Teenager: Raging Hormones and Clueless in America An exploration of prevailing themes in teenage life; rebellion against authority, sexual and romantic firsts, uncompromising idealism and irresponsible experimentation with sex, drugs and rock and roll. Teen angst = big box office.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch Break Courtyard of the Egyptian Theatre Sponsored by Canyon Cafe
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Whose Script is it, Anyway? Multiple Writers and Development Hell Join some of today's top writers and development executives as they navigate the murky waters of drafts, polishes, rewrites and final credit. Does collaboration work?
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Screenwriters Book Fair & Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Uncompromising Vision-Writers Who Direct From the kernel of an idea to final cut-join this distinguished panel of writer-directors who shepherd their projects from the page to the screen.
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm	Dinner Break/Mixer
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	"An Evening With Alan Ball and Dan Jinks" Egyptian Theatre Special Screening of the 1999 Academy Award-winning film, AMERICAN BEAUTY, followed by Q & A with Special Guests Alan Ball (writer) and Dan Jinks (producer).
9:30 pm	Cocktail Party Cinema Lounge, Egyptian Theatre

Panelists and moderators confirmed to date include:
Jessica Bendinger (BRING IT ON), Mark Gill (President, L.A. Office, Miramax Films), Patrick Goldstein (Los Angeles Times), Carla Hacken (sr. VP, Fox 2000), Adam Herz (AMERICAN PIE), W. Peter Iliff (UNDER SUSPICION, VARSITY BLUES, POINT BREAK), Dan Jinks (Producer, AMERICAN BEAUTY), Rod Lurie (THE CONTENDER), James Mangold (HEAVY; COPLAND; GIRL, INTERRUPTED), David O'Connor (CAA), Gavin O'Connor (TUMBLEWEEDS), Gina Prince-Bythewood (LOVE AND BASKETBALL) Eric Roth (THE INSIDER, FORREST GUMP), David O. Russell (SPANKING THE MONKEY, FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, THREE KINGS), Amy Wallace (Los Angeles Times) and Kevin Williamson (SCREAM, DAWSON'S CREEK).

For panelist updates check back here.