Month: February 2012

Blow

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Year:2001
Director:Ted Demme
Written by:Bruce Porter (Author), David McKenna (Screenplay), Nick Cassavetes (Screenplay), Bruce Porter (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
Blow Script Resources:

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The Runaways

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Year:2010
Director:Floria Sigismondi
Written by:Floria Sigismondi (Screenplay), Cherie Currie (Author)

Script Synopsis:Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
The Runaways Script Resources:

  • The Runaways Script PDF - SHOOTING DRAFT. 5/26/2009. at Script City ($)
  • The Runaways Script PDF - [Undated] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Runaways Script PDF - [Shooting 2009-05-26] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Runaways Script PDF - [2008-07-25] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Runaways Transcript at scripts.com

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Last Night

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Year:2010
Director:Massy Tadjedin
Written by:Massy Tadjedin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
Last Night Script Resources:

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The Bounty Hunter

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Year:2010
Director:Andy Tennant
Written by:Sarah Maur Thorp (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.
The Bounty Hunter Script Resources:

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Year:1966
Director:Mike Nichols
Written by:Edward Albee (Theatre Play), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay), Harold Michelson (Storyboard)

Script Synopsis:A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Script Resources:

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Script PDF - 7/30/65 FINAL. (XL). at Script City ($)
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Transcript at scripts.com

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  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ( tt0061184 ) at IMDb
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ( 396 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Year:1962
Director:Robert Mulligan
Written by:Horton Foote (Screenplay), Harper Lee (Author), Harper Lee (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
To Kill a Mockingbird Script Resources:

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  • To Kill a Mockingbird ( tt0056592 ) at IMDb
  • To Kill a Mockingbird ( 595 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Sling Blade

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Year:1996
Director:Billy Bob Thornton
Written by:Billy Bob Thornton (Screenplay), Billy Bob Thornton (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Sling Blade Script Resources:

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Silkwood

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Year:1983
Director:Mike Nichols
Written by:Nora Ephron (Screenplay), Alice Arlen (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Silkwood Script Resources:

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Reversal of Fortune

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Year:1990
Director:Barbet Schroeder
Written by:Nicholas Kazan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Reversal of Fortune Script Resources:

  • Reversal of Fortune Script PDF - 4/1/89 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)
  • Reversal of Fortune Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Reversal of Fortune Transcript at scripts.com

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A Passage to India

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Year:1984
Director:David Lean
Written by:E.M. Forster (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
A Passage to India Script Resources:

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