Monday, April 21, 2008

Abridged Scripts are 10 times shorter and 100 times funnier

I found this really cool site called The-Editing-Room.com, where a guy named Rod Hilton takes a script and abridges it.  Very funny stuff.  He has abridged versions of Juno, I am Legend, and Rambo among others.  I have included a snippet from his take on 21.

Kevin Spacey
You’re looking at the infamous MIT Blackjack Team.

JIM STURGESS
No I’m not. The MIT Blackjack Team was a whole bunch of male Asian kids. You’re a group of ethnically and sexually diverse students headed by two white kids.

KATE BOSWORTH
Welcome to Hollywood.

KEVIN SPACEY
Join our team as we count cards and make millions of dollars.

JIM STURGESS
No.
(pause)
Okay. But only until I learn a valuable lesson.

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