Up in the Air (2009) — Screenplay
A corporate downsizer who lives for the skies confronts his empty existence when a fellow traveler makes him question his nomadic ways.
- Written by
- Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Length
- 124 pages
Study this screenplay for its razor-sharp dialogue and deft tonal balance between corporate satire and quiet melancholy. Reitman and Turner craft a protagonist whose obsession with travel becomes a metaphor for emotional avoidance, offering a masterclass in character-driven storytelling and visual world-building.
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