The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues: More Than 100 Monologues from the World's Great Movies

by Marisa Smith (Editor), Amy Schewel (Editor)

Overview

For actors, acting students, and film buffs, this book of more than 100 movie monologues has the juiciest roles that will help you create the perfect audition. Whether you need a long or short part, you'll find great selections of male and female characters for all types across diverse age ranges.

Use this reference for the featured scenes from screenplays of such classics as Adam’s Rib by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, The Goodbye Girl by Neil Simon, The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Harold Pinter, and The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola, among others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140094756
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/02/1986
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	Preface	xv
	Introduction	xvii
	Interview	xxiii
	M, 1931	3
	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932	5
	It Happened One Night, 1934	7
	Muting on the Bounty, 1935	10
	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936	13
	Things to Come, 1936	15
	The Life of Emile Zola, 1937	17
	The Life of Emile Zola	20
	Drums Along the Mohawk, 1939	23
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939	26
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	28
	Knute Rockne, All American, 1940	30
	The Grapes of Wrath, 1940	32
	The Westerner, 1940	34
	The Lady Eve, 1941	36
	Meet John Doe, 1941	38
	Hail the Conquering Hero, 1944	40
	It's a Wonderful Life, 1946	42
	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948	45
	Adam's Rib, 1949	46
	Adam's Rib	48
	A Letter to Three Wives, 1949	50
	All the King's Men, 1949	52
	The African Queen, 1951	56
	The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951	59
	East of Eden, 1954	61
	On the Waterfront, 1954	63
	On the Waterfront	66
	La Strada (The Road), 1954	67
	The Night of the Hunter, 1955	69
	The Goddess, 1958	70
	The Goddess	72
	The Long, Hot Summer, 1958	73
	Hiroshima Mon Amour, 1959	75
	The Apartment, 1960	77
	The Apartment	79
	Elmer Gantry, 1960	80
	Elmer Gantry	82
	Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961	83
	Breakfast at Tiffany's	85
	Jules and Jim, 1961	85
	Jules and Jim	88
	The Hustler, 1961	89
	The Hustler	91
	To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962	92
	To Kill a Mockingbird	93
	Freud, 1963	95
	Freud	96
	Dr. Strangelove, 1963	97
	Inside Daisy Clover, 1965	100
	The Pawnbroker, 1965	102
	Persona, 1966	104
	In the Heat of the Night, 1967	107
	Easy Rider, 1969	108
	Last Summer, 1969	110
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1969	112
	Five Easy Pieces, 1970	114
	Klute, 1971	116
	Who Is Harry Kellerman..., 1971	117
	Last Tango in Paris, 1972	120
	Paper Moon, 1973	122
	The Way We Were, 1973	124
	The Conversation, 1974	125
	Scenes from a Marriage, 1974	128
	Harry and Tonto, 1974	130
	Dog Day Afternoon, 1975	131
	Dog Day Afternoon	133
	Next Stop, Greenwich Village, 1975	134
	Carrie, 1976	136
	All the President's Men, 1976	138
	Network, 1976	139
	An Unmarried Woman, 1977	141
	An Unmarried Woman	143
	Annie Hall, 1977	144
	The Goodbye Girl, 1977	146
	Autumn Sonata, 1978	148
	Interiors, 1978	152
	Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979	154
	Kramer vs. Kramer	156
	Norma Rae, 1979	157
	Norma Rae	159
	Apocalypse Now, 1979	161
	Breaking Away, 1979	163
	The Great Santini, 1979	164
	The Great Santini	165
	Manhattan, 1979	167
	Stardust Memories, 1980	169
	Raging Bull, 1980	171
	The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1981	172
	My Dinner with Andre, 1981	175
	An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982	180
	Fanny and Alexander, 1982	182
	Fanny and Alexander	184
	Fanny and Alexander	185
	Poltergeist, 1982	187
	Diner, 1982	189
	The Verdict, 1982	190
	The Big Chill, 1983	193
	Lianna, 1983	195
	Silkwood, 1983	196
	The Brother from Another Planet, 1984	198
	The Breakfast Club, 1985	201
	Monologue Profile Reference Chart	203
	Afterword	221
	Sources	235
	Index	239