This Is 40: The Shooting Script

Synopsis

Five Years After Judd Apatow Introduced Pete And Debbie In Knocked Up-which Grossed Over $200 Million Worldwide-paul Rudd And Leslie Mann Reprise Their Roles As The Couple In The Writer/director's This Is 40, A Comedic Look At The Everyday Life Of An American Family. What Emerges Is A Portrait Of The Challenges And Rewards Of Marriage And Parenthood: Sex And Romance, Career Triumphs And Financial Hardships, Aging Parents And Maturing Children And Everything In Between. This Is 40 Captures What It Takes For A Family To Flourish In The Middle Of A Lifetime Together, Rendered With The Unique Intimacy Of A Filmmaker Collaborating With His Own Wife And Children. The Newmarket Shooting Script Book Includes The Complete Screenplay By Judd Apatow, An Original Introduction On By Writer/actor Lena Dunham (girls) Describing Apatow's Creative Process As She Witnessed It Over A Two And A Half Year Period; A Q&a With Apatow Answers To Five Obvious Questions Along With His Own Description Of His Writing/directing Process, And 35 Movie Stills In A Special 16-page Photo Section. Newmarket Shooting Script Series Also Includes Apatow's Knocked Up And Funny People. Screenplay By Judd Apatow ; Introduction By Lena Dunham.