Three Dollars: Screenplay Based on the Novel by Elliot Perlman [Currency Screenplays].

Connolly, Robert; Perlman, Elliot; Ellis, Bob (foreword).

ISBN 10: 0868197696 / ISBN 13: 9780868197692

Published by Currency Press, Sydney, 2005

About this Item

Paperback large trade, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. 108 pp. This screenplay by Robert Connolly and Elliot Perlman is adapted from the celebrated novel by Perlman. Includes an essay by Perlman on the dangers of economic rationalism, which is the theme of the play as a family struggles to survive. There are a selection of stills from the film.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Dollars: Screenplay Based on the Novel by Elliot Perlman [Currency Screenplays].
• Publisher: Currency Press, Sydney
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0868197696
• ISBN 13: 9780868197692
• Binding: Soft cover
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Synopsis

Based on Elliot Perlmans critically acclaimed best seller, Three Dollars is a comedic and ironic tale of the honest and compassionate Eddie who at the age of thirty-eight finds himself with a wife, a child, a childhood love and three dollars.

Synopsis

Eddie Harnovey is an intelligent and honest man who finds himself, at the age of 38, with a wife, a young child and three dollars. As Eddie struggles to retain his integrity and compassion, the human cost of economic rationalism is exposed in this riveting and suspenseful tale of living and loving in changing times. Adapted by Elliot Perlman (from his celebrated novel) and the film's director Robert Connelly (writer/director "The Bank") the published screenplay includes an essay by Elliot Perlman, "The Human Cost of Economic Rationalism", a foreword by Bob Ellis, colour stills from the film and full film credits.