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Brainstorming A Good Idea With A Couple Of Chums

” in 1978, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and the screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan worked through an idea…”

If you weren’t in the room, here’s your chance to read how it was done.  The  transcript of 

“RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK”
Story Conference Transcript
January 23, 1978 thru January 27, 1978 George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Larry Kasdan 

And Phllip Kaufman joins at the end for good measure.

http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/raidersstoryconference1978.pdf

And here’s the New Yorker blog post that tipped us off.

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