Professor; Director of Screenwriting Program
jimburn@umich.eduOffice Information:
phone: 734.615.9478
Department of Film, Television, and Media
Education/Degree:
M.A., English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, 1974B.A., English, University of Michigan, 1972
Burnstein's Winter 2016 FTVM 427 class offers him a token of their appreciation for being such an excellent instructor and a valuable mentor.
Newest from Jim Burnstein
Love and Honor (2013)
Jim Burnstein, Screenplay
n 1969, at the time of the Apollo 11 mission, U.S. soldier Dalton Joiner, fighting in the Vietnam War, uses his time of R&R supposed to be spent in Hong Kong, to fly back to the U.S. to re-capture the heart of his girlfriend Jane. Fellow soldier Mickey Wright accompanies him. Jane now calls herself Juniper, and is member of a group...
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Jim Burnstein, Screenplay
Bill Rago (DeVito) is a divorced advertising executive down on his luck. When he loses his job in Detroit, the unemployment agency finds him a temporary job: teaching a class at a nearby U.S. Army training base, Fort McClane.
Initially unenthusiastic, Rago finds that he has only six weeks to teach a group of "squeakers," or low achievers, the basics of comprehension and use of English language. Most of the...
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