Author Archives: celluloid

Pirates of the Caribbean

The 4th movie in this franchise has been topping the box office for the past few weeks. Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush are back, but Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are not. Penélope Cruz take a major role as Jack Sparrow’s love interest. We saw the film, but were not impressed. The other films were [...]

Oscar 2010 script winners

The winners are in !!! Original Screenplay:   The King’s Speech Script (PDF) Adapted Screenplay:  The Social Network Script (PDF) See all nominees in this post.

Links to 2011 Oscar Nominee Scripts

‘Tis Oscar season and for those of us looking for scripts on the internet it’s a bonanza.  The studios, in their quest for nominations and awards, made their candidates’ scripts available (and in PDF no less !)  This year’s list of screenplay  candidates (original and adapted) almost matches the Best Picture nominee list. The exceptions [...]

The King’s Speech Script

The King’s Speech caught me by surprise. I went to see it expecting it to be about the abdication of King Edward VIII. Well, silly me… the story was much more interesting and provides a good vehicle for both Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.  However, I got the biggest kick out of the casting of [...]

Wall Street Scripts

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 [...]

Shrek Scripts

No script available yet for Shrek Forever After but here are the scripts for the first three films Shrek Script Shrek 2 Script (transcript) Shrek the Third Script

Stephen King Movie Scripts

These are movies based on Stephen King’s works. I’ve attempted to find all those available for free online. In the case I only found a script for purchase it is marked with ($): 1976 Carrie script 1980 The Shining  script 1982 Creepshow script 1983 Cujo script ($) 1983 The Dead Zone script (transcript) 1983 Christine [...]

Top Ten Box Office Scripts

2009 – Avatar script 1997 – Titanic script 2008 – The Dark Knight script 1977 – Star Wars script 2004 – Shrek 2 transcript 1982 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial script 1999 – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace script 2006 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest script 2002 – Spider-Man script [...]

Star Wars Scripts

The most successful franchise ever, George Lucas’ Star Wars: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope script Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back script Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi script Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace script Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones script Star Wars Episode [...]

A Nightmare on Elm Street

This week’s top box office film is  A Nightmare on Elm Street.  It is a remake of  Wes Craven’s film from 1984. Seems like lots of remakes this year. Original 1984 script: A Nightmare on Elm Street Script The new 2010 Script: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)  Script