Hey, another sequel – 23 years after the original…. Oliver stone revisits Wall Street. I haven’t seen it yet, but coming back to the topic is apropos for the times. Michael Douglas gets to play and older Gordon Gecko. Stone co-wrote the original script but does not have scriptwriting credit for the sequel.
Wall Street Script (original 1987)
Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps Script (sequel 2010)
This week, we look at the Top 5 War Movie Scripts of all time. From Francis Ford Coppola to Stanley Kubrick to Steven Spielberg, check out the list of some of the most epic screenplays for war movies in film history.
1. Apocalypse Now Script (Dialogue Transcript) (1979)
2. Das Boot Script (Dialogue Transcript) (1981)
3. Full Metal Jacket Script (1987)
4. Saving Private Ryan Script (1998)
5. The Thin Red Line Script (1998)
And though the genre of science fiction has recently begun to pick-up again in television and movies, don’t expect these scripts to be referred to in a long while.
Where did they go wrong? Check out the scripts below and see for yourself.
1. Mission to Mars Script (2000)
2. Red Planet Script (2000)
With Oliver Stone’s sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps hitting theaters later this year, it looks like the legendary filmmaker has no plans of slowing down. From Platoon (1986) to Any Given Sunday (1999), Oliver Stone’s directorial range has given audiences a glimpse into everything from murder to football, wall street to fallen presidents.
Other than being a very accomplished director, Oliver Stone is also a very capable screenwriter. His deft grasp of story and character has allowed him to not only pen his ideas on paper, but to properly translate then unto the screen.
See a compiled collection of his written feature-length works below:
Zack Snyder broke into the public eye of Hollywood after his feature film remake of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (2004). He hasn’t looked back ever since. Snyder has then moved on to create the blockbuster phenomenon, 300 (2006) as well as the highly ambitious film adaptation of Watchmen (2009).
Now, Snyder is moving into animated territory with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010) while putting the finishing touches on the sexy action flick, Sucker Punch (2011).
1. Watchmen (2009)
2. 300 (2006)
3. Dawn of the Dead (Original Version) (2004)
Check out his collection of released feature length scripts below:
For those curious with how fear is brought to the big screen, check out some of the very best fear inducing screenplays below.
1. Psycho script (1960)
2. The Shining script (1980)
3. Exorcist script (Dialogue Transcript) (1973)
4. Rosemary’s Baby script (1968)
5. Poltergeist script (1982)
Daughter of revered filmmaker (and wine maker) Francis Ford Coppola, Sophia Coppola had begun to step out of the her father’s shadow after her directorial debut, The Virgin Suicides (1999). However, it wouldn’t be until her academy award winning Lost in Translation (2003) that she was able to gain recognition as a filmmaker of her own credit.
Though Sophia Coppola still has a modest number of films under her belt, she has a bright future ahead of her. Check out her small but brilliant collection of feature length screenplays below:
1. Somewhere (Unreleased)
2. Marie Antoinette Script $ (for Purchase) (2006)
3. Lost in Translation Script (2003)
4. The Virgin Suicides Script (Dialogue Transcript) (1999)
1998 was a year of falling meteors. Or at least, that’s how Hollywood felt about it. In this week’s Versus, we’re taking a closer look at the two films that sent audiences contemplating the possibility of humanity going dinosaur when an asteroid threatens to wipe out all of civilization.
Though Armageddon (1998) and Deep Impact (1998) have been largely accused for taking on the same premise, critics have been fair to point out that the films differ in tone, style and substance.
1. Armageddon Script (1998)
2. Deep Impact Script (Dialogue Transcript) (1998)
Whether it deserves the accolade, however, is up to the fans to decide. But with the grand finale halved into two dramatic parts, fans can only hope that Warner Bros. delivers on its promise to do justice to the world created by author J.K Rowling.
Weigh in on the scripts yourself with a collection of Harry Potter’s previous movie scripts:
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2001)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Script (2002)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Script (2004)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Script (2005)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Script Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2007)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Script (PDF Download) (2009)
