This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Scott Rosenberg, the writer best known for his movies Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Beautiful Girls, and Con Air. The two discuss the impact of Scott's father passing away, creating languages in movies, and the themes that run through many of his films. Plus, Scott talks about how the Hollywood machine turned Gone in 60 Seconds into a different movie and why the true emotion of Scott's screenplays have rarely (if ever) been captured on screen.

Topics mentioned:

Things to Do When You're Dead in Denver

Beautiful Girls

Con Air

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Rounders

Boston University

University of Southern California

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Sunset Boulevard

The Black Ice by Michael Connelly

October Road

A Clockwork Orange

House of Games

Marathon Man

Chinatown

Lethal Weapon

Leaving Las Vegas

Jumanji

Grease

Electra Glide in Blue

The Wanderers by Richard Price

Ladies Man by Richard Price

Magnum Force

The Longest Yard

The Deer Hunter

Grosse Pointe Blank

Solitary Man

Disturbing Behavior

Zoo

Kangaroo Jack

People mentioned:

Gary Fleder

Leslie Epstein

Joel Silver

Mike De Luca

Quentin Tarantino

Harvey Weinstein

Shane Black

Jon Favreau

Steve Gaghan

Peter Berg

William Goldman

Stephen King

Salman Rushdie

Donald Westlake

Donna Langley

Dennis Lehane

Bruce Springsteen

Vin Diesel

James Patterson

Ted Demme

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