Summary: Scott Frank is a distinguished screenwriter best known for movies such as Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Minority Report, and A Walk Among the Tombstones. Scott’s new novel, Shaker, is written in the same vein as Elmore Leonard's finest books and is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385350031/?tag=slatmaga-20">out today</a>. This week, Brian and Scott discuss the story of how Shaker came to be after more than 20 years (1:05) and why he has never had a better experience in the arts (56:31). Plus, Scott talks about how he manages a creative collaboration (13:53), battles his writing fears (36:23), and how things are finally lining up on his longtime pet project, Godless (59:30).<br><br>Topics mentioned:<br>Shaker by Scott Frank<br>Little Man Tate<br>Minority Report<br>A Walk Among the Tombstones<br>Out of Sight<br>Get Shorty<br>The Wolverine<br>Dead Again<br>Hoke<br>Marley & Me<br>The Lookout<br>Scott Frank’s BAFTA speech<br>Dog Day Afternoon<br>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<br>The Frontpage by Ben Hecht<br>A Child of the Century by Ben Hecht<br>Monster: Living Off the Big Screen by John Gregory Dunne<br>The Tim Ferriss Show<br><br>People mentioned:<br>Scott Frank<br>Elmore Leonard<br>Donald Westlake<br>Carl Hiaasen<br>Peter Gethers<br>Bill Goldman<br>Lindsay Doran<br>Sydney Pollack<br>Derek Haas<br>Ben Hecht<br>Jodie Foster<br>Steven Soderbergh<br>Steven Spielberg<br>John Gregory Dunne<br>Craig Mazin<br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:themomentbk@gmail.com">themomentbk@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/briankoppelman/with_replies">@BrianKoppelman</a><br>iTunes: <a href="http://itunes.com/themoment">itunes.com/themoment</a>
