Screenwriting : The Revenant script, a master's class in visual storytelling. by Phillip E. Hardy, "The Real Deal"

I finally got a chance to sit down and view "The Revenant", which is one of the most visually spectacular films I've watched in a long time. Because the movie relies on long intervals of visual storytelling with no dialogue, I wanted to take a look at the screenplay. However, I was only able to download a PDF version of a 2010 draft written by Mark L. Smith. Since then, the shooting script (currently unavailable) was heavily revised in a collaborative effort between the writer and the director Alejandro Iñárritu. That being stated, even the original draft demonstrates the talents of a writer with a great ability to visualize the action. Earlier this week, I worked with a director to streamline the first thirty pages of the script we've been rewriting and editing for several months. To emphasize the visual impact, he had me remove all the dialogue in the first scene. He also had me trim a lot of dialogue in the opening scenes. The director only wants dialogue essential to moving the story along. He was very thoughtful in his approach; and in putting my writer's ego aside, I realized his editing ideas got us to the meat of the action a lot quicker. For those of you who wish to have a real master class lesson in writing action; and one that won't cost you a penny, I recommend that you have a look at the draft script for The Revenant. It's a real "eye opener." I’ve attached the link for the PDF download. http://screenplayexplorer.com/wp-content/scripts/The-Revenant.pdf