1.   Graves has several screenplays in circulation and is considering an offer to direct.

2.   He propositions reluctant actresses, pretending to have a screenplay that might interest them.

3.   Inspired by him, she has two screenplays in the works.

4.   Weinstein already had a screenplay of the novel under way and wanted Ms. Rozema to take over the project.

5.   But Almodovar wants to get back to writing and directing cinema -- he has three screenplays in the works -- and also to the pleasures of doing nothing.

6.   Carnelia, another longtime fan of the movie, reveled in the tough language of the film, which had a screenplay by playwright Clifford Odets and Lehman.