{"product_id":"three-visionary-screenplays-9781942782384","title":"Three Visionary Screenplays","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor every screenplay that becomes a movie, there are hundreds of spec scripts that never see the light of day. Even Oscar-winning screenwriters have their share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Hollywood career spanning four decades, Bruce Joel Rubin originated the films \u003cem\u003eGhost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJacob's Ladder\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrainstorm\u003c\/em\u003e. But those celebrated works are not the only stories to emerge from his visionary imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuasar\u003c\/em\u003e, written with David Bienstock, is a mind-bending science fiction epic for the era of Timothy Leary, \u003cem\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e and the Human Potential Movement, about a scientist who sees the origins of life as we know it and a society on the verge of an evolutionary leap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeratoma\u003c\/em\u003e is a gut wrenching horror story that combines body horror with spiritual drama, charting the outbreak of a global epidemic and a soul-searching war between hope and fear, angels and devils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecrets of the Astral Plane\u003c\/em\u003e is a metaphysical thriller set during the waning days of the Cold War, pitting a ragtag team of American psychics against a Soviet supervillain The fate of the Western world will be determined behind the cosmic curtain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, these three unproduced scripts offer insight into their respective genres, the times in which they were written, and the existential questions of a writer who has inspired many.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRubin, Bruce Joel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bruce Joel Rubin, who has taught meditation for more than five decades, is the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Ghost and Jacob's Ladder and the author of a memoir, It's Only a Movie. His website is www.brucejoelrubin.com.","brand":"Sticking Place Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526524047634,"sku":"9781942782384","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ccc1e8fb-808a-48ad-918c-05e813a1f613.jpg?v=1760432465","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-visionary-screenplays-9781942782384","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}