Tag: Franklin J. Schaffner

The Best Man (1964) Script

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Year:1964
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Gore Vidal (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
The Best Man Script Resources:

  • The Best Man Script PDF - (1964) NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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The Stripper Script

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Year:1963
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:William Inge (Writer), Meade Roberts (Writer)

Script Synopsis:An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager.
The Stripper Script Resources:

  • The Stripper Script PDF - 1963 5/4/61 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)

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Welcome Home (1989) Script

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Year:1989
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Maggie Kleinman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:An Air Force officer (Kris Kristofferson) returns to his father (Brian Keith), son and remarried wife (JoBeth Williams) in Vermont after 17 years in Vietnam.
Welcome Home Script Resources:

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Yes, Giorgio Script

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Year:1982
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Norman Steinberg (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.
Yes, Giorgio Script Resources:

  • Yes, Giorgio Script PDF - 4/10/81 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Yes, Giorgio Script PDF - 4/10/81 REV. FNL at Script City ($)

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Islands In The Stream Script

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Year:1977
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner

Script Synopsis:An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.
Islands In The Stream Script Resources:

  • Islands In The Stream Script PDF - 9/10/75 FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Islands In The Stream Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • Islands In The Stream ( tt0076211 ) at IMDb
  • Islands In The Stream ( 70926 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Boys From Brazil Script

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Year:1978
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Heywood Gould (Screenplay), Ira Levin (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Boys From Brazil Script Resources:

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Sphinx Script

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Year:1981
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:John Byrum (Screenplay), Robin Cook (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!
Sphinx Script Resources:

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Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Year:1968
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Michael Wilson (Author), Rod Serling (Author), Pierre Boulle (Novel)

Script Synopsis:An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Planet of the Apes Script Resources:

  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - Shooting Script Revised - 7/27/67 at The Script Savant
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF at archive.org
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF at archive.org
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - 1/29/68 FINAL *page at Script City ($)
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - (EARLY) 12/23/64 2ND DRAFT. (XL). at Script City ($)

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Patton

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Year:1970
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Ladislas Farago (Novel), Omar N. Bradley (Novel), Francis Ford Coppola (Screenstory), Francis Ford Coppola (Screenplay), Edmund H. North (Screenplay), Edmund H. North (Screenstory)

Script Synopsis:"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Patton Script Resources:

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Papillon

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Year:1973
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), Henri Charrière (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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