Script Apart with Al Horner

Script Apart with Al Horner

Script Apart

Episodes 178
Avg. Duration 58m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.7 (210)
Since Jun 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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A podcast about the first-draft secrets behind great movies and TV shows. Each episode, the screenwriter behind a beloved film shares with us their initial screenplay for that movie. We then talk through what changed, what didn’t and why on its journey to the big screen. Hosted by Al Horner and produced by Kamil Dymek.

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Project Hail Mary with Drew Goddard, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

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Ground control to Script Apart listeners – today on the show, we’re blasting off into the cosmos with three formidable sci-fi storytelling talents. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the…

Bugonia with Will Tracy

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Today on the show – a conversation about Bugonia, with the film’s writer, Will Tracy. Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the upcoming Academy Awards, the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film is an…

Avatar: Fire and Ash with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver

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Pandora beckons once more, guys. Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa are back on the show today, spilling secrets from their screenplay for the recent third film in the Avatar franchise, Fire & Ash. The…

Train Dreams with Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Mar 12, 2026 59m

Today on the show, our short run of episodes about Oscar 2026 awards contenders continues with a story about grief and growth amid the final flickers of the old West. Train Dreams – adapted from a…

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The Smashing Machine with Benny Safdie

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery with Rian Johnson

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The Running Man with Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall

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Wicked: For Good with Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox

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Today on Script Apart, we’re off to see the wizards – the wonderful storytelling wizards, that is, behind the first ever musical we’ve covered on the show. In the early ‘00s, New York-born-and-raised…

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Script Apart with Al Horner has published 178 episodes since June 2020, covering topics in Fiction, Film Interviews.

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