On Adapting Stories: A Conversation with Eric Roth
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This week, screenwriter Eric Roth, Academy Award winner for Forrest Gump, Dune (2021), Munich, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button talks about his process of adapting stories from beloved properties. Not to mention, a taste of the upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon directed by Martin Scorsese.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 47 seconds

Episode Number: 1209

About On Story:

Austin Film Festival's ON STORY is a half-hour series that gives a behind the scenes look at the creative process of the country's most beloved movies and TV shows.

The show is a mash-up of footage of screenwriter and filmmakers discussing their craft and films.

Each episode is thematically paired with one or two short films, with an introduction from the film's writer or director.

LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan says: "On Story" is film school in a box, a lifetime's worth of filmmaking knowledge squeezed into half-hour packages."


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Sun, Dec 3 6:00 A.M. A Conversation with Brian Helgeland     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 10 6:00 A.M. A Conversation with Liz Hannah     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 10 4:30 P.M. A Conversation with Liz Hannah     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 17 6:00 A.M. A Conversation with Peter Hedges     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 17 4:30 P.M. A Conversation with Peter Hedges     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 24 6:00 A.M. A Conversation with Jason Reitman     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 24 4:30 P.M. A Conversation with Jason Reitman     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 31 6:00 A.M. LBJ: A Conversation with Woody Harrelson & Rob Reiner     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Dec 31 4:30 P.M. LBJ: A Conversation with Woody Harrelson & Rob Reiner     NH World (11.3)


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