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Title: Girl, Interrupted (Faber and Faber Screenplays) by James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan, Susanna Girl, Interrupted Kaysen ISBN: 0-571-20211-X Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A excellent case study in how a book becomes a film
Comment: I am always interested in novels that are transformed into films to use in my film classes as a case study on screenwriter and the decisions that have to be made by writers, directors and actors. The "Girl, Interrupted" screenplay by James Mangold and Lisa Loomer and Anna Hamilton Phelan (you have to love the proprities of screenwriting credit) based on the book by Susanna Kaysen offers just such a case study. Kaysen's book was set in the 1960s, arguably the most turbulent decade of the last century. After one meeting with a psychiatrist she is sent to a mental institution for troubled young women where she spends a year dealing with ideas of normal and crazy, not only for herself but for others there.

This volume includes not only the screenplay for the film, but also an interview by the film's director, James Mangold, with Tod Lippy that focuses on the film-making process by which this screenplay was transferred to the screen. There are also storyboards for several key scenes: the opening sequence, supermarket flashback, and the death of Daisy. Consequently, the "Girl, Interrupted" screenplay volume is well above-average in terms the extras that will help with this type of case study. The fact that the film has Winona Ryder and Oscar winner Angelina Julie will get students interested, but when they read Kaysen and look at how the story was adapted to the screen, they will be even more impressed.

Rating: 4
Summary: Well Done
Comment: Disturbing, but sensitive and thoughtful. Is it really just a judgement call between "normal" and "insane?"

Rating: 5
Summary: I like this book
Comment: book is good...makes me think about bacon.

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