Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: Galaxy Quest
We’ve had a successful relaunch of the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series. I say relaunch because we have done this type of thing before. For the next month, I will be spotlighting previous movie scripts we have studied.
Today: Galaxy Quest (1999)
Screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon, story by David Howard
IMDb plot summary: The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help.
Links to the entire April 2012 series:
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Structure
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
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In doing some research on Galaxy Quest, I found this article which features Go Into The Story’s analysis of the movie.
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.