The Editing RoomThis is the full feed for The Editing Room. If you want a feed for only the Abridged Script features, you want http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheEditingRoomScriptsOnly2008-11-17T15:06:19ZWordPresshttp://www.the-editing-room.com/feed/atomTheEditingRoomhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis feed is for all content on The Editing Room. For just Abridged Scripts, you want: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheEditingRoomScriptsOnlyRod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[W.: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=7562008-11-17T15:06:19Z2008-11-04T18:08:21ZEvery other web site on the fucking internet is telling Americans to go vote today. Instead, I’m offering up this politically themed Abridged Script. Now, let the idiotic political flamewar in the comments commence!
FADE IN:
INT. WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2002
JOSH BROLIN, RICHARD DREYFUSS, TOBY JONES, JEFFREY WRIGHT, THANDIE NEWTON, SCOTT GLEN, [...]
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</div>39Courtney Enlowhttp://www.hobotrashcan.com/<![CDATA[Mamma Mia: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=5802008-10-28T15:42:52Z2008-10-28T15:42:52Z[Editor's Note: Completing the month of contributed scripts is Courtney Enlow, who writes for Hobo Trashcan and Rifftrax. Courtney tolerated a musical about a wedding, which I believe garners her an automatic nomination for sainthood. -Rod]
Courtney Enlow is a writer living in Chicago and working as a corporate shill to pay the bills. [...]
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</div>28Rod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[Righteous Kill: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=6322008-10-09T15:08:34Z2008-10-09T13:46:04ZFADE IN:
INT. JON AVNET’S OFFICE
AL PACINO walks into the office of PROFESSIONAL PRODUCER (AND OCCASIONAL DIRECTOR WHEN NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO DIRECT ONE OF HIS MOVIES) JON AVNET.
AL PACINO
Jon! I enjoyed working with you so much on the universally despised box-office bomb ‘88 Minutes’ that I’ve decided to bring you a brilliant idea I [...]
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</div>38Graham McMorrowhttp://www.cityoffilms.com<![CDATA[X-Files: I Want To Believe: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=5882008-10-02T15:27:58Z2008-10-02T15:25:04Z[Editor's Note: The month of guest writing continues with Graham McMorrow, who patiently watched Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny try to save their careers with a sequel nobody asked for: X-Files 2: Electric Boogaloo. Graham writes for CityofFilms.com normally, so go check that out. -Rod]
CityofFilms.com started just over four years ago and to be [...]
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</div>56Tina Alexanderhttp://www.howitshouldhaveended.com<![CDATA[Hellboy 2: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=5952008-09-24T15:32:20Z2008-09-24T13:49:07Z[Editor's Note: I'm honored to be featuring a guest script by Tina Alexander, a writer for howitshouldhaveended.com. Tina endured that which I could not: Hellboy 2. What a trooper! -Rod]
A huge thanks to Rod Hilton for inviting me to guest write…this was definitely challenging and I look forward to returning to my behind [...]
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</div>41Rod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[The Dark Knight: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=5212008-09-10T20:32:51Z2008-08-26T15:13:49ZFADE IN:
INT. BANK - GHICAGO
A GANG of CLOWNS breaks into a bank. The AUDIENCE impatiently tolerates the scene, despite having already watched it in front of I Am Legend as well as thirty times when it leaked ONLINE.
RANDOM CLOWN #1
Robbing this bank was a great idea. Anyone know why they call the guy [...]
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</div>332Rod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[Write an Abridged Script!]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=5492008-09-27T05:00:15Z2008-08-25T18:23:24ZHey!
Want to write an Abridged Script, to be featured on this extremely awesome web site? Do you run a movie-related web site that falls somewhere between moderately popular and wildly popular?
If so, read on. I’d like to try out a Guest Writer for a week.
Write an Abridged Script for The Editing [...]
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</div>20Rod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=5232008-09-18T17:14:22Z2008-08-25T16:53:52ZFADE IN:
EXT. SPACE
The movie begins. Instead of the traditional ‘STAR WARS’ logo disappearing into the distance, we see a modernized ‘CLONE WARS’ logo.
AUDIENCE
What …
Instead of the classic Star Wars theme, we hear a remix of the theme.
AUDIENCE
… The …
Instead of an opening text crawl, we are treated to a cheesy NARRATOR that sounds like [...]
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</div>46Rod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[Wanted: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=4772008-08-20T14:56:59Z2008-08-05T15:37:26ZFADE IN:
INT. OFFICE
JAMES MCAVOY adds numbers using EXCEL and whines incessantly in voiceover.
JAMES MCAVOY (V.O.)
Hi. My name is James McAvoy. I’m a boring loser who has a full-time job, which apparently is beneath me even though everyone else has to do it without being a whiny little bitch.
(pause)
Oh look, here comes my obnoxious, [...]
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</div>96Rod Hiltonhttp://www.the-editing-room.com<![CDATA[Hancock: The Abridged Script]]>http://www.the-editing-room.com/?p=4512008-10-22T16:28:28Z2008-07-26T13:30:23ZThis script was featured as a Cracked.com guest column. To read it there, go here.
FADE IN:
EXT. LOS ANGELES
A VEHICLE full of STOCK BAD GUYS drives down the highway, shooting COPS and WREAKING HAVOC while trying to outrun a FIVE-STAR WANTED LEVEL. WILL SMITH drunkenly flies to them and hops into their car.
WILL SMITH
Hey [...]
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