Melvin and Howard (1980) One Minute Film School: Get Your Characters talking

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This is the opening sequence from Jonathan Demme's film based on a true story (well Melvin's version anyway) about a milkman in Nevada who has a chance meeting with Howard Hughes who subsequently leaves him his entire fortune. The characters get talking in the 1st 15 minutes of the film and establish plot and character. The rest of the film is a joy, one of my favorites and the film lesson is clear here, get your characters talking to each other early - 10-15 pages is just fine, it will get cut back with edits.

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@soofitnsexy 2 года назад

an absolutely beautiful ,exquisite scene...Bye Bye Blackbird is a gorgeous song and the actors were wonderful here...Time to watch this again!

@BurgerChumps 5 месяцев назад

But have you heard souped up Santa's sleigh?

@soofitnsexy 5 месяцев назад

NOPE@@BurgerChumps

@LucisFerre1 11 лет назад

The bye bye blackbird scene shows just how great an actor Jason Robards was.

@lanadale1479 Год назад

Darn Good Scene..Really enjoyed the Movie..Some Darn Good Acting by Paul Le Mat and Jason Robards!

@eiforget 5 лет назад

Heartwrenching scene when Howard sings Bye Bye Blackbird..❤️

@davidgzesh5312 5 лет назад

Thanks for the post, best scene in a great movie....

@alexalex13131 7 лет назад

Short sequence, but easily the best movie characterizing Hughes in his later years.

@badboyr66 4 года назад

Paul Le Mat..so damn under rated.

@starguy2718 2 года назад

Especially when he's racing Han Solo, on a county road, at the crack of dawn, with "Green Onions" playing in the background.

@ikabodwoogyherd445 4 года назад

One of my favorite movies. I believe it happened. At the end when Melvin was talking to his Attorney that wanted to continue the legal battle Melvin said "I will never see any of that money" Then What happened was, " Howard Hughes sang my song! Santa's supped up sleigh! That's what happened......Melvin was happy with that.

@chrispierce1739 3 года назад

"Howard Hughes sang Melvin Dumars song". That line defined the whole film. Melvin did not get the big prize but he had the memory of a special moment.

@hodah 7 лет назад

RIP Jonathan Demme...

@jessieandtalie 3 года назад

Beautiful scene

@msjosephine2 12 лет назад

Break my heart, this was nice but just made me really want to see the rest

@paulgill8073 Год назад

I think you can watch the rest of the movie 🎥 on RU-vid

@Lightning1369 13 лет назад

Thanks for posting this it would be great if you posted the rest.

@nestoratang 8 лет назад

Every item in the "Mormon Will" points to Howard Hughes.

@zireearl 3 года назад

I've never seen this movie. I didn't know much about Howard Hughes until I saw The Aviator. I realize this is fiction, but still... seems interesting.

@camilofigueroa4802 10 лет назад

Gracias !!!!! estupenda pelicula, muchos recuerdos de mi infacia

@Ropponmatsu2 Год назад

If you listen carefully, he throws the coins on the ground.

@daylightlover 12 лет назад

thank you for jason robards singing bye bye blackbird. i looked for 3 years on you tube, until now. take care. r

@CaptainSpalding72 5 лет назад

Dunmar did get screwed…. evidence surfaced in 2005 that was indeed telling the truth. All for naught as the fortune had already been divided up by the family Hughes hated.

@NormAppleton 4 года назад

Whether Melvin met Hughes is irrelevant. It's a story about if they had, a very nice story.

@paulgill8073 Год назад

I believe that Melvin met Hughes.

@justdonsmail 5 лет назад

I have a similar scene in my story, but can't seem to make it interesting. This scene is interesting mostly because the audience already knows he's Howard Hughes. What if you don't have that advantage? A few other examples may help me. Here I have learned not to be afraid of small talk.

@tawnyschlienz9063 Год назад

I'm deeply in love with Paul Le Mat. He's Beautiful. The only man who could ever make me weak in the knees.

@j.jmcquade5278 9 лет назад

makes you wonder if this really happened. if it did, Melvin Dumars got screwed.

@brauliomachado6872 3 года назад

Yes He did!

@CharlottePrattWilson 3 года назад

Can’t find the whole movie!

@MrBiginvegas 3 года назад

there are a few copies floating around on torrents

@paulgill8073 Год назад

I think 🤔 it’s on RU-vid

@JamieJobb 7 лет назад

It's great to know this fantastic scene will survive ... Also see this regarding this clip: www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-loss-of-jonathan-demme

@goback3spaces 11 лет назад

Hey, FilmSchoolGuy, I agree with you about the wondrous quality of this scene, but getting characters talking isn't a tenth of the battle when it comes to good movies. Watching movies I often find myself absorbed until someone starts speaking. The problem is that screenwriters and filmmakers have nothing to say, therefore their characters have nothing to say, and their films have nothing to say. "Dialogue," per se, doesn't address this issue.

@dynjarren7523 5 лет назад

He finds a freezing Howard Hughes in a field outside of Vegas? Truth can be Stranger than Fiction! I wonder if this really happened? It’s a neat story anyway! Now if he comes out with a new story about seeing Bigfoot then you know it’s a lie! At least he sold the rights to make this movie and made some money 💵 off this story. Hey, wait a minute I think I saw Elvis just down the road away. He looked older but I’m sure it was him! LOL 😝!

@CaptainSpalding72 5 лет назад

This wasn't fiction.... try reading about it.

@ronniebishop2496 5 лет назад

Steel Guitar rag for just a short bar. Lol

@clayirwin574 6 лет назад

Man I wish my music was in the movies Clayton astoforoff on Facebook

@mediterraneandiet2483 4 года назад

Then contact film schools with the offer to collaborate on the score of the students films.

@RADIUMGLASS 2 года назад

It would have been true or Melvin should have wrote fiction for the film industry.

@dynjarren7523 5 лет назад

Some say at the time Howard Hughes was both the richest and the poorest man in the world 🌎! The richest because he was the 🌎 worlds first Billionaire and the poorest because he didn’t have a single friend in the world 🌎!

@starguy2718 2 года назад

Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller became billionaires, before Hughes was one.

@paulgill8073 Год назад

I feel kinda bad that Melvin didn’t get the money 💴 I think Melvin was a good 😊 guy.