April 2012 – Page 24 – Scripts on Screen

Speed

Year:1994

Director:Jan de Bont

Written by:Graham Yost (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's still not the end.

Speed Script Resources:

Speed Script PDF at The Daily Script
Speed Script PDF at Script Slug
Speed Script at IMSDb
Speed Script PDF - 12/1/93 REVISED at Script City ($)
Speed Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Speed 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:

Speed ( tt0111257 ) at IMDb
Speed ( 1637 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Spartan

Year:2004

Director:David Mamet

Written by:David Mamet (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

Spartan Script Resources:

Spartan Script PDF - 2002 draft at The Daily Script
Spartan Script - 2002 Draft at IMSDb
Spartan Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Spartan Script PDF - 2-Aug at Script City ($)
Spartan 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:

Spartan ( tt0360009 ) at IMDb
Spartan ( 11169 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Spare Me

Year:1992

Script Synopsis:A professional bowler is banned from competition after he bonks a fellow competitor in the head with a ball. The bowler goes on the hunt for his father, bowling legend Buzz Fizzelli, hoping...

Spare Me Script Resources:

Spare Me Script PDF at The Script Savant
Spare Me Script - 8/91 fourth draft at The Daily Script
Spare Me Script at Screenplays For You
Spare Me Script - 1991-08 Draft at IMSDb

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:

Spare Me ( tt0108200 ) at IMDb

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Somewhere In Time

Year:1980

Director:Jeannot Szwarc

Written by:Richard Matheson (Novel), Richard Matheson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

Somewhere In Time Script Resources:

Somewhere In Time Script PDF at The Daily Script
Somewhere In Time Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Somewhere In Time Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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:

Somewhere In Time ( tt0081534 ) at IMDb
Somewhere In Time ( 16633 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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So I Married An Axe Murderer

Year:1993

Director:Thomas Schlamme

Written by:Robbie Fox (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

So I Married An Axe Murderer Script Resources:

So I Married An Axe Murderer Script PDF at Script Slug
So I Married An Axe Murderer Script at The Daily Script
So I Married An Axe Murderer Script - Shooting draft at Screenplays For You
So I Married An Axe Murderer Script - 1993 Draft at IMSDb
So I Married An Axe Murderer Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
So I Married An Axe Murderer Script PDF - 5/10/1992 at Script City ($)

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:

So I Married An Axe Murderer ( tt0108174 ) at IMDb
So I Married An Axe Murderer ( 10442 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Smokin’ Aces

Year:2006

Director:Joe Carnahan

Written by:Joe Carnahan (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

Smokin' Aces Script Resources:

Smokin' Aces Script PDF at The Script Savant
Smokin' Aces Script - 2005-04 Draft at IMSDb
Smokin' Aces Script at The Daily Script
Smokin' Aces Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Smokin' Aces Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT. 4/23/2005. at Script City ($)

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:

Smokin' Aces ( tt0475394 ) at IMDb
Smokin' Aces ( 7516 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Smokey and the Bandit

Year:1977

Director:Hal Needham

Written by:James Lee Barrett (Screenplay), Charles Shyer (Screenplay), Alan Mandell (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

Smokey and the Bandit Script Resources:

Smokey and the Bandit Script PDF at The Script Savant
Smokey and the Bandit Script at The Weekly Script
Smokey and the Bandit Script at The Daily Script
Smokey and the Bandit Script at Screenplays For You
Smokey and the Bandit Script PDF - NO DFT DATE#02096 at Script City ($)
Smokey and the Bandit Script PDF - EARLY #00442 at Script City ($)
Smokey and the Bandit Script PDF 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:

Smokey and the Bandit ( tt0076729 ) at IMDb
Smokey and the Bandit ( 11006 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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SliTHER

Year:2006

Director:James Gunn

Written by:James Gunn (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

SliTHER Script Resources:

SliTHER Script PDF - 9/10/2004 at The Script Savant
SliTHER Script - 2004-09 Draft at IMSDb
SliTHER Script - September 10, 2004 draft at The Daily Script
SliTHER Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT. 9/10/2004. at Script City ($)
SliTHER Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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:

SliTHER ( tt0439815 ) at IMDb
SliTHER ( 9035 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Slash

Year:2003

Director:Neal Sundstrom

Script Synopsis:A rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting its lead singer's family.

Slash Script Resources:

Slash Script PDF at The Daily Script
Slash Script at The Daily Script

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:

Slash ( tt0301848 ) at IMDb
Slash ( 48359 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Siege

Year:1998

Director:Edward Zwick

Written by:Lawrence Wright (Screenplay), Menno Meyjes (Screenplay), Edward Zwick (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

The Siege Script Resources:

The Siege Script PDF at The Script Savant
The Siege Script PDF at The Script Savant
The Siege Script - Undated Shooting draft at IMSDb
The Siege Script - 1998 SHOOTING DRAFT at Screenplays For You
The Siege Script at The Daily Script
The Siege Script PDF - 6/20/97 2ND DRAFT at Script City ($)
The Siege Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Siege Transcript at scripts.com

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 Siege ( tt0133952 ) at IMDb
The Siege ( 9882 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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