Jordan Peeles celebrated screenplay combines horror and dark humor to reveal the terrifying realities of being Black in AmericaBlending racesavvy satire with horror to especially potent effect this bombshell social critique from firsttime director Jordan Peele proves positively fearless. Peter Debruge VarietyAn exhilaratingly smart and scary freak out about a black man in a white nightmare.Manohla Dargis New York TimesA major achievement a work that deserves in its own way to be viewed alongside Barry Jenkins Moonlight as a giant leap forward for the possibilities of black cinema Get Out feels like it would have been impossible five minutes ago.Brandon Harris New YorkerA New York Times 2019 holiday gift guide pickJordan Peeles powerful thriller Get Out debuted in 2017 to enormous public and critical acclaim a Guess Whos Coming to Dinner for the age of Obama and Trump that scared audiences and skewered white liberal pieties at the same time. Rather than rely on popular archetypes Peele weaves together the material realities and daily manifestations of horror with sociopolitical fears and elements of true suspense and combines them with pitchperfect satire and a timely cultural critique. This companion paperback to the film presents Peeles Oscarwinning screenplay alongside supplementary material. Featuring an essay by author and scholar Tananarive Due and indepth annotations by the director this publication is richly illustrated with more than 150 stills from the motion picture and presents alternate endings deleted scenes and an inside look at the concepts and behindthescenes production of the film. Continuing in the legacy of 1960s paperbacks that documented the eras most significant avantgarde filmssuch as Akira Kurosawas Rashomon JeanLuc Godards MasculinFeminin and Michelangelo Antonionis LAvventuraGet Out is an indispensable guide to this pioneering and groundbreaking cinematic work.Jordan Peele born 1979 is an American writer director and producer. Peeles direct