The Misfits [screenplay]
by Arthur Miller
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They might have been born misfits, but that doesn't stop them from finding love.Hybrid Misfit ~ A stripper with special DNA finds out the fate of the world depends on her. Good thing she's got two men to help her out in and out of bed.
Siren Misfit ~ A mermaid terrified of the ocean with a killer voice. Literally. She thinks she's doomed until a brash Viking comes into her life.
Bunny Misfit ~ Being a bunny in a family of wolves leads to Claire running away from home. But when her BFF needs show more someone to investigate a possible lead on her missing parents, Claire hops to the rescue.
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Ezek a fickók jól megértenék magukat Móricz pusztai csámborgóival. Állnának egymás mellett, arcuk szélről-naptól cserzett, ráncaikba belegyógyult már a por. Néha mondanának egymásnak valamit a marhákról, a lovakról vagy az esőről, de különben hallgatnának nagyokat. Elnéznének a messzeségbe, és arról elmélkednének magukban, hogy azok a városi nők, nos, azok huncut egy fajták. Nem lehet megérteni őket, de a szaguk: az jó. És időnként egymásra sandítanának, hogy a másik is ugyanarra a városi nőre gondol-e. Ez a pillanat, ez az egymásra tekintés - alighanem ez a konfliktus.
(Van az a szabály, hogy ha egy könyvborítón van egy pisztoly, akkor annak el is kell sülnie. Tegyük hozzá, ez a show more szabály a RaRe sorozat esetében nem feltétlenül érvényes. A RaRe sorozat könyvborítói ugyanis alkalmasint olyan borítótervezők produktumai, akik túl sokat ittak gyógyszerre, és ezért elkezdték kortárs montázsművésznek tekinteni magukat.) show less
(Van az a szabály, hogy ha egy könyvborítón van egy pisztoly, akkor annak el is kell sülnie. Tegyük hozzá, ez a show more szabály a RaRe sorozat esetében nem feltétlenül érvényes. A RaRe sorozat könyvborítói ugyanis alkalmasint olyan borítótervezők produktumai, akik túl sokat ittak gyógyszerre, és ezért elkezdték kortárs montázsművésznek tekinteni magukat.) show less
The Misfits is the story of three cowboys, trying to live a dying way of life out in the Nevada desert, and Roslyn, a beautiful divorcee who enchants them.
The cowboys convince Roslyn to come with them when they round up wild horses. Once she finds out they intend to sell the horses for dog food, Roslyn lashes out, not understanding how men who seem so kind and loving on the surface could do something as cruel as to kill the animals, simply so they do not have to deal with wages (ie getting a job).
The ending is one full of hope, however, as Roslyn comes to realize that the cowboys, the horses, their life in Nevada and even herself, are all misfits.
FYI to the reader, this book is written in a fiction book format rather than as a script show more (as one would have assumed Arthur Miller would have done since he wrote this for the screen)-but this does not detract from the beauty of the story at all, so read away and enjoy the superb storytelling. show less
The cowboys convince Roslyn to come with them when they round up wild horses. Once she finds out they intend to sell the horses for dog food, Roslyn lashes out, not understanding how men who seem so kind and loving on the surface could do something as cruel as to kill the animals, simply so they do not have to deal with wages (ie getting a job).
The ending is one full of hope, however, as Roslyn comes to realize that the cowboys, the horses, their life in Nevada and even herself, are all misfits.
FYI to the reader, this book is written in a fiction book format rather than as a script show more (as one would have assumed Arthur Miller would have done since he wrote this for the screen)-but this does not detract from the beauty of the story at all, so read away and enjoy the superb storytelling. show less
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The son of a well-to-do New York Jewish family, Miller graduated from high school and then went to work in a warehouse. He was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City. His plays have been called "political," but he considers the areas of literature and politics to be quite separate and has said, "The only sure and valid aim---speaking show more of art as a weapon---is the humanizing of man." The recurring theme of all his plays is the relationship between a man's identity and the image that society demands of him. After two years, he entered the University of Michigan, where he soon started writing plays. All My Sons (1947), a Broadway success that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1947, tells the story of a son, home from the war, who learns that his brother's death was due to defective airplane parts turned out by their profiteering father. Death of a Salesman (1949), Miller's experimental yet classical American tragedy, received both the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1949. It is a poignant statement of a man facing himself and his failure. In The Crucible (1953), a play about bigotry in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, Miller brings into focus the social tragedy of a society gone mad, as well as the agony of a heroic individual. The play was generally considered to be a comment on the McCarthyism of its time. Miller himself appeared before the Congressional Un-American Activities Committee and steadfastly refused to involve his friends and associates when questioned about them. His screenplay for The Misfits (1961), from his short story, was written for his second wife, actress Marilyn Monroe (see Vol. 3); After the Fall (1964) has clear autobiographical overtones and involves the story of this ill-fated marriage as well as further dealing with Miller's experiences with McCarthyism. In the one-act Incident at Vichy (1964), a group of men are picked off the streets one morning during the Nazi occupation of France. The Price (1968) is a psychological drama concerning two brothers, one a police officer, one a wealthy surgeon, whose long-standing conflict is explored over the disposal of their father's furniture. The Creation of the World and Other Business (1973) is a retelling of the story of Genesis, attempted as a comedy. The American Clock (1980) explores the impact of the Depression on the nation and its individual citizens. Among Miller's most recent works is Danger: Memory! (1987), a study of two elderly friends. During the 1980s, almost all of Miller's plays were given major British revivals, and the playwright's work has been more popular in Britain than in the United States of late. Miller died of heart failure after a battle against cancer, pneumonia and congestive heart disease at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) Arthur Miller, American playwright, was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City. He earned an AB from the University of Michigan and began to write plays while still a student. He won the first of his many awards, the Avery Hopwood Prize of the University of Michigan, for his first play, Honors at Dawn. This was followed by many other award-winning plays. One of the best-known of these, Death of a Salesman, won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1949 as well as a Drama Critics Circle Award; it continues to be one of the most frequently performed and adapted plays of this century. Some of his other titles include The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, The Misfits, After the Fall, and Vichy. Miller also wrote several travel pieces, including In Russia and Chinese Encounters (both in collaboration with his third wife, Ingeborg Morath); a novel, Focus; and the autobiography, Timebends: A Life. Arthur Miller was married to Mary Grace Slattery in 1940. They had two children and were divorced in 1952. In 1956, he married actress Marilyn Monroe and they divorced in 1961. He married Morath in 1962 and they have two children together. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Misfits [screenplay]
- Original title
- The Misfits
- Original publication date
- 1961
- People/Characters
- Gaylord Langland; Roslyn Tabor; Perce Howland; Isabelle Steers; Guido; Raymond Tabor (show all 8); Charles Steers; Susan
- Important places
- Reno, Nevada, USA; Nevada, USA
- Related movies
- The Misfits (1961 | IMDb)
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a screenplay to the film. Don't merge with the movie or the short story.
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