Month: April 2012

The Tango Lesson

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Year:1997
Director:Sally Potter
Written by:Sally Potter (Writer)

Script Synopsis:On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.
The Tango Lesson Script Resources:

  • The Tango Lesson Script at Amazon ($)

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Yes

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Year:2005
Director:Sally Potter
Written by:Sally Potter (Writer)

Script Synopsis:She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
Yes Script Resources:

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Snow Falling On Cedars

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Year:1999
Director:Scott Hicks
Written by:David Guterson (Novel), Scott Hicks (Screenplay), Ronald Bass (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea—and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.
Snow Falling On Cedars Script Resources:

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:
  • Snow Falling On Cedars ( tt0120834 ) at IMDb
  • Snow Falling On Cedars ( 10219 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Romance and Cigarettes

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Year:2005
Director:John Turturro
Written by:John Turturro (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula. Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges.
Romance and Cigarettes Script Resources:

  • Romance and Cigarettes Script at Amazon ($)

Other Links:
  • Romance and Cigarettes ( tt0368222 ) at IMDb
  • Romance and Cigarettes ( 13994 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Swept from the Sea

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Year:1998
Director:Beeban Kidron
Written by:Joseph Conrad (Novel), Tim Willocks (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Swept from the Sea Script Resources:

  • Swept from the Sea Script at Amazon ($)

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Sylvia

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Year:2003
Director:Christine Jeffs
Written by:John Brownlow (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Sylvia Script Resources:

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In Good Company

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Year:2004
Director:Paul Weitz
Written by:Paul Weitz (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
In Good Company Script Resources:

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The Emperor’s Club

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Year:2002
Director:Michael Hoffman
Written by:Ethan Canin (Writer), Neil Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
The Emperor's Club Script Resources:

  • The Emperor's Club Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Emperor's Club Script PDF - 5/21/01 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • The Emperor's Club Script at Amazon ($)
  • The Emperor's Club 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.


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United 93

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Year:2006
Director:Paul Greengrass
Written by:Paul Greengrass (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
United 93 Script Resources:

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Taking Woodstock

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Year:2009
Director:Ang Lee
Written by:Elliot Tiber (Novel), Tom Monte (Novel), James Schamus (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
Taking Woodstock Script Resources:

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