I’m not! I certainly enjoy watching science fiction movies, but I don’t seek them out, and I really don’t read science fiction. Tom Cruise as Chief John Anderton and Samantha Morton as Agatha in Minority Report Scott Frank was gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule to sit down and talk with me about Minority Report, what it’s like working with Cruise and Spielberg, his inner critic, what the future holds for him, and much more. Though he is convinced he’ll never find it, it’s the chase that keeps him going. Wrapped in a shroud of constant self-doubt is a true cinematic dramatist in search of the perfect story.
“But looking back, it was a great experience.” There are only a handful of screenwriters working today who have a distinct style and a unique voice, and Scott Frank is one of them. “It was the hardest script of my life,” confirms Frank. As a result, his character approach to screenwriting would be put to the test. “I did it because it was Steven Spielberg.” Which would explain why he chose to take on a genre he wasn’t exactly suited for.
Dick’s short story, “Minority Report.” “I didn’t read the material and say ‘boy I have to do this.’ Which is usually how I decide,” admits Frank. The opportunity presented itself in Philip K. It was an experience that convinced him he wanted to work with the director again. I do find that whenever I’m overconfident, I crash and burn in the most spectacular ways.” Scott Frank first worked with Steven Spielberg when he was brought in to do some rewriting on Saving Private Ryan. It’s not a self-imposed kind of thing he says. If you asked him, Frank would tell you that his “inner critic” has always been there. It’s hard to imagine that the screenwriter of films such as Dead Again, Little Man Tate, Get Shorty, Marley & Me, Walk Among the Tombstones, Academy Award nominee for Out of Sight, Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (with Jon Cohen), Flight of the Phoenix, and The Interpreter, would harbor such demons. Scripts have to be pried from my cold, dead hands before I let anyone read them.” Scott Frank. “I have so many demons and voices telling me what a fraud I am and how my meager talent will be uncovered.
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