Script To Screen: “Heathers”

The final sequence in the 1988 Heathers, written by Daniel Waters.

Logline: A girl who half-heartedly tries to be part of the “in crowd” of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics.

The movie version of the scene:

This is a fine movie with an interesting concept, strong script and excellent performances. There are many differences between the script and screen, some pretty subtle. What do you see?

See you in comments for your thoughts about the movie Heathers.

One of the single best things you can do to learn the craft of screenwriting is to read the script while watching the movie. After all a screenplay is a blueprint to make a movie and it’s that magic of what happens between printed page and final print that can inform how you approach writing scenes. That is the purpose of Script to Screen, a Go Into The Story series where we analyze a memorable movie scene and the script pages that inspired it.

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