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If you’ve ever watched a movie and thought, “Who wrote that brilliant line?” or scrolled through credits wondering, “How did that writer get their start?” —you’ve already had a reason to use the WGA Database .
If you are a writer: Your goal should be to get into this database. That requires selling a script to a WGA signatory company or working enough hours on a union show. wga database
If you are a fan: Stick to IMDb or Wikipedia. But understand that when you see "Written by" on screen—that name exists in a vault of professional history, stored safely in the WGA Database. If you’ve ever watched a movie and thought,
Formally known as the (or the WGA Registered Works Database), this is not just a list of names. It is the unofficial "Library of Congress" for the American film and television industry. Whether you are an aspiring screenwriter, a producer looking for new talent, or a film nerd tracing the lineage of a franchise, the WGA Database is an indispensable tool. If you are a fan: Stick to IMDb or Wikipedia
“this is alas just another film that panders to the image Thompson himself tried to shirk – the reckless buffoon that is more at home on fraternity posters than library shelves. It is a missed opportunity to take the man seriously.”
This is an excellent summary on the attitude of the seeming majority of HST ‘admirers’.
It just makes me think that they read Fear and Loathing, looked up similar stories of HST’s unhinged behaviour and didn’t bother with the rest of his work.
There is such a raw, human element of Thompsons work, showing an amazing mind, sense of humour, critical thinking and an uncanny ability to have his finger on the pulse of many issues of his time.
Booze feature prominently in most of his writing and he is always flirting with ‘the edge’, but this obsession with remembering him more as Raoul Duke and less as Hunter Thompson, is a sad reflection of most ‘fans’; even if it was a self inflicted wound by Thompson himself.