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Script writers have voted Casablanca top of a list of the best ever movie screenplays.
The World War II classic, made in 1942, came first in the survey of Writers Guild of America members. Written by Julius and Philip Epstein, it starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather came second and Chinatown - written by Robert Towne and directed by Roman Polanski - third.
Top overall writers were Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Billy Wilder each with four entries then Charlie Kaufman, William Goldman and John Huston with three.
The top 10 in full:
1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather
3.Chinatown
4. Citizen Kane
5. All About Eve
6. Annie Hall
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Network
9. Some Like It Hot
10. The Godfather II
The World War II classic, made in 1942, came first in the survey of Writers Guild of America members. Written by Julius and Philip Epstein, it starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather came second and Chinatown - written by Robert Towne and directed by Roman Polanski - third.
Top overall writers were Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Billy Wilder each with four entries then Charlie Kaufman, William Goldman and John Huston with three.
The top 10 in full:
1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather
3.Chinatown
4. Citizen Kane
5. All About Eve
6. Annie Hall
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Network
9. Some Like It Hot
10. The Godfather II
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