"Be that person who's stubborn enough to look in the face of the hurricane and not blink." - Sheldon Turner

Sheldon Turner is the prototype for the smart, brash, ambitious young screenwriter - only he's also got a law degree from NYU and has had his fiction published in the New Yorker. Turner recently broke through with his script for the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, starring Chris Rock and Adam Sandler, and he has half a dozen other scripts in development. He's got insane discipline, writes longhand, and boycotts email. He figured out how to work the system, and he's got more witty axioms for how to play the Hollywood game than a Tropicana craps dealer at 3 am. But you'll just have to hear Turner talk to get it - what being the biggest guy in the room can do for you, how to read an audience, what to say in pitch meetings, and why you should let everyone know that you think Lost in Translation sucks.

DVD Chapters
1. Intro
2. Anger Is A Great Energy
3. Everybody Wants to Say Cool Dialogue
4. You Gotta Kill Your Children
5. The Freaky Guy Hanging Out in the Bathroom
6. They Actually Want to Make This?
7. I Gave The Money Back
8. Content Void
9. The Steak and the Sizzle
10. Take That Goddamn Thorn Out
11. An 18-Karat Control Freak
12. Insert Cry Here
13. A 22-Year-Old Semi-Retarded Kid
14. Most People Don't Read Samples
15. What's Better Than Killing Nazis?

THE DIALOGUE: In these in-depth discussions some of today's most successful screenwriters share their work habits, methods and inspirations, secrets of the trade, and eye-opening stories from life in the trenches of the film business. It's powerful knowledge-straight from the source.

DVD-Video - 89 min - Digital Dolby 2.0