A Movie Lover's Guide to Academy Award Winning Screenplays, Vol. 4: The Best Original Screenplays of the 1970s like Patton, Annie Hall, The Sting and More

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Without writers there would be no novels, poetry, or films. A screenplay is the backbone of every great movie - and every not so great movie. They're what actors and directors wait for and dream about and every now and again an amazing screenplay comes along.

This series takes a look at the Academy Award winning screenplays over the past 70 years. In this edition, read about the films "Patton," "The Hospital," "The Candidate," "The Sting," "Annie Hall," "Coming Home," "Chinatown," and more.

Also read about the Academy Awards and the history behind the film industry's most prestigious honor.

Look for more editions of "A Movie Lover's Guide to Academy Award Winning Screenplays" to read about some of the greatest films ever made.


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