Month: February 2012

Vantage Point

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Year:2008
Director:Pete Travis
Written by:Barry Levy (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Vantage Point Script Resources:

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Sugar

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Year:2008
Director:Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Written by:Anna Boden (Writer), Ryan Fleck (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Follows the story of Miguel Santos, a. k. a. Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing professionally at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins to question the single-mindedness of his life's ambition.
Sugar Script Resources:

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A Single Man

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Year:2009
Director:Tom Ford
Written by:Christopher Isherwood (Author), Tom Ford (Screenplay), David Scearce (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of his close girl friend Charley, who is struggling with her own questions about life.
A Single Man Script Resources:

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Places in the Heart

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Year:1984
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Robert Benton (Author)

Script Synopsis:In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Places in the Heart Script Resources:

  • Places in the Heart Script PDF - [3rd Rev 1983-10-27] at Script Fly ($)
  • Places in the Heart Script PDF - [1st 1983-01-31][Miss pgs 115-116] at Script Fly ($)
  • Places in the Heart Script PDF - 8/12/83 3RD DRAFT at Script City ($)
  • Places in the Heart Transcript at scripts.com

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The Piano

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Year:1993
Director:Jane Campion
Written by:Jane Campion (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man named Alisdair Stewart. Making little attempt to warm up to Alisdair, Ada soon becomes intrigued by his Maori-friendly acquaintance, George Baines, leading to tense, life-altering conflicts.
The Piano Script Resources:

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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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Ordinary People

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Year:1980
Director:Robert Redford
Written by:Alvin Sargent (Screenplay), Judith Guest (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
Ordinary People Script Resources:

  • Ordinary People Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Ordinary People Script at IMSDb
  • Ordinary People Script PDF - [2ND 9/21/1979] at Script Fly ($)
  • Ordinary People Script PDF - [1ST 4/10/1978] at Script Fly ($)
  • Ordinary People Script PDF - SECOND DRAFT. 9/21/1979. at Script City ($)
  • Ordinary People Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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On the Waterfront

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Year:1954
Director:Elia Kazan
Written by:Budd Schulberg (Screenplay), Budd Schulberg (Story)

Script Synopsis:Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
On the Waterfront Script Resources:

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My Best Friend’s Birthday


My Best Friend’s Birthday Script Resources:

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