Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Citizen Kane (1941) Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles -- Casablanca (1942) Murray Burnett, Joan Alison, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson -- Sunset Boulevard (1950) Billy Wilder -- North by northwest (1959) Ernest Lehman -- Jules & Jim (1962) Francois Truffaut, Jean Gruault -- Lolita (1963) Vladimir Nabokov, Stanley Kubrick -- Goldfinger (1964) Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn -- The graduate (1969) Calder Willingham, Buck Henry -- Midnight cowboy (1969) Waldo Salt -- Chinatown (1973) Robert Towne -- Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman -- Breaking away (1979) Steve Tesich -- When Harry met Sally (1989) Nora Ephron -- The fisher king (1991) Richard Lagravanese -- Thelma & Louise (1991) Callie Khouri -- Toy story (1995) John Lasseter -- Good Will hunting (1997) Matt Damon, Ben Affleck/ Ordinary people (1980) Alvin Sargent -- American beauty (1999) Alan Ball -- Midnight in Paris (2010) Woody Allen.