February 2012 – Page 30 – Scripts on Screen

World’s Greatest Dad

Year:2009

Director:Bobcat Goldthwait

Written by:Bobcat Goldthwait (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.

World's Greatest Dad Script Resources:

World's Greatest Dad Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:

World's Greatest Dad ( tt1262981 ) at IMDb
World's Greatest Dad ( 20178 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Usual Suspects

Year:1995

Director:Bryan Singer

Written by:Christopher McQuarrie (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

The Usual Suspects Script Resources:

The Usual Suspects Script PDF at Script Slug
The Usual Suspects Script at The Daily Script
The Usual Suspects Script - 1994-05 Draft at IMSDb
The Usual Suspects Script - May 25, 1994 Draft at The Daily Script
The Usual Suspects Script at Screenplays For You
The Usual Suspects Script PDF - Rev 6/11/1994 at Script Fly ($)
The Usual Suspects Script PDF - 3/9/1994 at Script Fly ($)
The Usual Suspects Script PDF - 2/28/1994 at Script Fly ($)
The Usual Suspects Script PDF - 3/9/1994 at Script City ($)
The Usual Suspects Script PDF - EARLY 2/28/94 at Script City ($)
The Usual Suspects Script PDF - EARLY NO DATE at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Usual Suspects ( tt0114814 ) at IMDb
The Usual Suspects ( 629 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Howards End

Year:1992

Director:James Ivory

Written by:E.M. Forster (Novel), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

Howards End Script Resources:

Howards End Script PDF - NO DATE at Script City ($)
Howards End Script PDF - [Prawer-Jhabvala] [Undated] at Script Fly ($)
Howards End Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Howards End ( tt0104454 ) at IMDb
Howards End ( 8293 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Crazies

Year:2010

Director:Breck Eisner

Written by:Scott Kosar (Screenplay), Ray Wright (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.

The Crazies Script Resources:

The Crazies Script PDF at archive.org
The Crazies Script PDF at CineFile
The Crazies Script PDF - [Kosar, Wright][2-20-2007] at Script Fly ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Crazies ( tt0455407 ) at IMDb
The Crazies ( 29427 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Brooklyn’s Finest

Year:2009

Director:Antoine Fuqua

Written by:Michael C. Martin (Writer), Michael C. Martin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

Brooklyn's Finest Script Resources:

Brooklyn's Finest Script PDF at CineFile
Brooklyn's Finest Script PDF at archive.org
Brooklyn's Finest Script PDF - light type at Script Fly ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Brooklyn's Finest ( tt1210042 ) at IMDb
Brooklyn's Finest ( 26390 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Basic Instinct

Year:1992

Director:Paul Verhoeven

Written by:Joe Eszterhas (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

Basic Instinct Script Resources:

Basic Instinct Script PDF at Script Slug
Basic Instinct Script at The Daily Script
Basic Instinct Script - Draft script at Screenplays For You
Basic Instinct Script at IMSDb
Basic Instinct Script PDF - Undated at Script Fly ($)
Basic Instinct Script PDF - NO DATE at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Basic Instinct ( tt0103772 ) at IMDb
Basic Instinct ( 402 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Melvin and Howard

Year:1980

Director:Jonathan Demme

Written by:Bo Goldman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

Melvin and Howard Script Resources:

Melvin and Howard Script PDF at The Script Savant
Melvin and Howard Script - Revised first draft. February 1, 1979 at Screenplays For You
Melvin and Howard Script at archive.org
Melvin and Howard Script PDF - [1st Shoot Rev 2-21-79] at Script Fly ($)
Melvin and Howard Script PDF - [12/14/1978] at Script Fly ($)
Melvin and Howard Script PDF - 2/1/79 3RD REVISED at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Melvin and Howard ( tt0081150 ) at IMDb
Melvin and Howard ( 38772 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Dangerous Liaisons

Year:1988

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Choderlos de Laclos (Author), Christopher Hampton (Screenplay), Choderlos de Laclos (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Dangerous Liaisons Script Resources:

Dangerous Liaisons Script PDF - Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Script Fly ($)
Dangerous Liaisons Script PDF - REVISED FINAL DRAFT. NO DRAFT DATE. at Script City ($)
Dangerous Liaisons Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Dangerous Liaisons ( tt0094947 ) at IMDb
Dangerous Liaisons ( 859 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Coming Home

Year:1978

Director:Andreas Kleinert

Written by:Karl-Heinz Käfer (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Jochen's life is going well. He has just moved into a new house with his wife and child when suddenly his widowed father accidentally runs into a car and begins to lose his mind. The family take the old man in but tensions arise when the family has to grapple with the old father's worsening Alzheimer's condition.

Coming Home Script Resources:

Coming Home Script PDF at Script Slug
Coming Home Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Coming Home ( tt0077362 ) at IMDb
Coming Home ( 84911 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Wizard of Oz

Year:1939

Director:Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor

Written by:L. Frank Baum (Author), Noel Langley (Screenplay), Florence Ryerson (Screenplay), Edgar Allan Woolf (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

The Wizard of Oz Script Resources:

The Wizard of Oz Script PDF at Script Slug
The Wizard of Oz Script at Sci-Fi Scripts
The Wizard of Oz Script at Screenplays For You
The Wizard of Oz Script - 1939-03 Draft at IMSDb
The Wizard of Oz Script PDF - [Rev. 2/27/1939] at Script Fly ($)
The Wizard of Oz Script PDF - 2/20/1939 at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Wizard of Oz ( tt0032138 ) at IMDb
The Wizard of Oz ( 630 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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