Polley’s film centers on Margot ( Michelle Williams), a Toronto-based writer who’s happily married to cookbook author husband Lou ( Seth Rogen), but starts to long for something more passionate, in the form of rickshaw driver Daniel ( Luke Kirby). In 2007, cult Canadian actress Sarah Polley made her first venture into directing, aged only 28, with the enormously powerful, mature-beyond-her-years “ Away From Her.” “ Take This Waltz” was her follow-up, a more personal story that packed an emotional punch of its own, and while there are a few missteps in the execution, the potential of her script was mostly beautifully realized.
“Take This Waltz” by Sarah Polley (2012)īlack List Appearance: The 2009 list, with 10 mentions, tied with future Ryan Reynolds vehicle “ Buried,” the films that became “ Red Riding Hood” and “ The Guilt Trip,” and much-derided Gus Van Sant drama “ Restless.”
You can take a look at our lists below (we did excluded films that only had one mention on the Black List), and weigh in for yourself in the comments section.ġ0. The Black List has done a lot of good over the years, but it’s a reminder of the difficulties of the Hollywood development process that its hit-rate remains, even when you exclude many of the unmade scripts (some of which are featured here), around the 50% mark at best in terms of films that turn out halfway decent. From the results, it seems clearer than ever that William Goldman‘s maxim of “nobody knows anything” still applies: scripts near the top have been made into terrible movies, and those in the lower reaches have proven to be among the best (it should also be pointed out that a good script is only the start: as we’ll see, the blueprints can be departed from in ways that prove ultimately disastrous). We’ll see how “Draft Day” goes down in the coming days, but we thought we’d use its release to examine the track record of the Black List, by picking out the ten best and ten worst movies based on scripts that have been featured on the esteemed list. Of the four that have been made, they haven’t led to immediate success-HBO drama “ Recount” was widely praised, but Susanne Bier’s “ Things We Lost In The Fire” was underseen and Jodie Foster‘s “ The Beaver” was marred by the bad press surrounding Mel Gibson. The list has showcased Oscar-winners and blockbuster hits, but of the nine scripts that have actually topped the list, four remain unproduced: Western “ The Brigands Of Rattleborge” which Park Chan-Wook is attached to Jim Henson biopic “ The Muppet Man“ GOP higher education comedy/drama “ College Republicans,” which the “ Kill Your Darlings” team are making and last year’s winner “ Holland/Michigan,” which Errol Morris will shoot later in the year), while Benedict Cumberbatch starrer “ The Imitation Game” is due for release later this year.
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