A few directors have exerted so much influence on cinema as Ingmar Bergman, described by Woody Allen as the greatest film artist since the invention of motion picture camera. During his remarkable career spanning over some five decades, he wrote and directed such masterpieces as The Seventh Seal (1957), The Winter Light (1963), Wild Strawberries (1957), The Silence (1962), Persona (1966), Through the Glass Darkly (1961) and Fanny and Alexander (1982). He mostly explored the existentialist themes of anxiety, death, faith and insanity in his films. Other than cinema, he was also an active and productive director in theater. The stress that he laid upon the characters in his films and the efficient presentation of the feelings behind them is virtually unmatched. His scripts discuss the characters and their innermost fears, hopes and desires in great details.

Three of Ingmar Bergman’s films (The Virgin Spring, Through the Glass Darkly and Fanny and Alexander) won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. He was nominated for ten more Oscars in the categories of Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In 1971, he was also awarded the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards. Bergman has exerted wide influence on directors throughout the world, including the noteworthy Hollywood directors such as Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Ingmar Bergman mostly wrote his own screenplays, after in depth analysis and months of retrospection. The English titles of  Ingmar Bergman Films, with links to scripts where we found them:

1. Torment Script (transcript) (1944)
2. Crisis  (1946)
3. It Rains on Our Love  (1946)
4. Woman Without a Face  (1947)
5. A Ship to India  (1947)
6. Music in Darkness  (1948)
7. Port of Call  (1948)
8. Eva  (1948)
9. Prison  (1949)
10. Thirst  (1949)
11. To Joy  (1950)
12. This Can’t Happen Here  (1950)
13. Summer Interlude  (1951)
14. Divorced  (1951)
15. Secrets of Women  (1952)
16. Summer with Monika  (1953)
17. Sawdust and Tinsel  (1953)
18. A Lesson in Love  (1954)
19. Dreams  (1955)
20. Smiles of a Summer Night Script (1955) ($)
21. Last Pair Out  (1956)
22. The Seventh Seal Script (1957)
23. Wild Strawberries Script (1957) ($)
24. Brink of Life  (1958)
25. The Magician Script (1958) ($)
26. The Virgin Spring  (1960)
27. The Devil’s Eye  (1960)
28. Through a Glass Darkly  (1961)
29. The Pleasure Garden  (1961)
30. Winter Light  (1963)
31. The Silence  (1963)
32. All These Women  (1964)
33. Persona Script (Transcript) (1966)  script link 2 ($)
34. Stimulantia  (1967)
35. Hour of the Wolf  (1968)
36. Shame Script (1968) ($)
37. The Rite  (1969)
38. The Passion of Anna  (1969)
39. The Touch  (1971)
40. Cries and Whispers Script Excerpt (1972)
41. Scenes from a Marriage  (1973)
42. The Magic Flute  (1975)
43. Face to Face Script (1976) ($)
44. The Serpent’s Egg  (1977)
45. Autumn Sonata  (1978)
46. From the Life of the Marionettes  (1980)
47. Fanny and Alexander Script (1982) ($)
48. After the Rehearsal Script (1984) ($)
49. The Blessed Ones  (1986)
50. The Best Intentions  (1991)
51. Sunday’s Children  (1992)
52. Private Confessions  (1996)
53. In the Presence of a Clown Script (1997)
54. Faithless  (2000)
55. Saraband Script (2003)

Some useful Bergman links:

Ingmar Bergman Foundation – Film facts, plots, quotes, cast

Bergmanorama – Site with reviews, analysis, cast and credits

Original Screenplay:   The King’s Speech Script (PDF)

Adapted Screenplay:  The Social Network Script (PDF)

See all nominees in this post.

‘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 are Black Swan which did not get a screenplay nod and Another Year which didn’t make it on the best picture list.

Original Screenplay

• Another Year Script (PDF), Written by Mike Leigh
• The Fighter Script (PDF) , Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception Script (PDF) , Written by Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right Script (PDF) , Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King’s Speech Script (PDF) , Screenplay by David Seidler

Adapted Screenplay

• 127 Hours Script (PDF) , Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• The Social Network Script (PDF), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3 Script (PDF),  Screenplay by Michael Arndt, Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• True Grit Script (PDF), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Winter’s Bone Script (PDF), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• Black Swan Script (PDF)
• The Fighter Script (PDF)
• Inception Script (PDF)
• The Kids Are All Right Script (PDF)
• The King’s Speech Script (PDF)
• 127 Hours Script (PDF)
• The Social Network Script (PDF)
• Toy Story 3 Script (PDF)
• True Grit Script (PDF)
• Winter’s Bone Script (PDF)

The Winner:

“Precious” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Nominated:

“District 9”  Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby

“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche

“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Winner:

“The Hurt Locker” Screenplay by Mark Boal

Nominated:

“Inglourious Basterds” Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino  (another  screenplay link)

“The Messenger” Screenplay by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman

“A Serious Man” Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy