Author: celluloid

The Main Event Script

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Year:1979
Director:Howard Zieff
Written by:Gail Parent (Screenplay), Andrew Smith (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
The Main Event Script Resources:

  • The Main Event Script PDF - 9/21/78 3RD REVISED at Script City ($)
  • The Main Event Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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Meteor Script

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Year:1979
Director:Ronald Neame
Written by:Stanley Mann (Screenplay), Edmund H. North (Screenplay), Edmund H. North (Story)

Script Synopsis:After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
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More American Graffiti Script

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Year:1979
Director:Bill L. Norton
Written by:Bill L. Norton (Writer), George Lucas (Characters), Gloria Katz (Characters), Willard Huyck (Characters)

Script Synopsis:College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
More American Graffiti Script Resources:

  • More American Graffiti Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:
  • More American Graffiti ( tt0079576 ) at IMDb
  • More American Graffiti ( 33258 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Muppet Movie Script

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Year:1979
Director:James Frawley
Written by:Jack Burns (Screenplay), Jerry Juhl (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Dom DeLuise persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
The Muppet Movie Script Resources:

  • The Muppet Movie Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
  • The Muppet Movie Script PDF - [miss pgs 63-66] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Muppet Movie Transcript at scripts.com

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Nightwing Script

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Year:1979
Director:Arthur Hiller
Written by:Steve Shagan (Screenplay), Bud Shrake (Screenplay), Martin Cruz Smith (Screenplay), Martin Cruz Smith (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.
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North Dallas Forty Script

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Year:1979
Director:Ted Kotcheff
Written by:Peter Gent (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
North Dallas Forty Script Resources:

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The Onion Field Script

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Year:1979
Director:Harold Becker
Written by:Joseph Wambaugh (Novel), Joseph Wambaugh (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy scheme. They drive out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, where one cop is killed and the other escapes. The film explores the consequences.
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A Perfect Couple Script

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Year:1979
Director:Robert Altman

Script Synopsis:Offbeat but endearing romantic comedy about unlikely match-up (by computer dating) of straitlaced Dooley, under the thumb of overbearing father, and singer Heflin, whose life is wrapped up with her familial rock group.
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The Prisoner Of Zenda Script

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Year:1979
Director:Richard Quine
Written by:Anthony Hope (Novel), Dick Clement (Screenplay), Ian La Frenais (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London cabby. Throw in two(!) lovely blondes, treachery, and a battle for life and honour, and enjoy life at its zaniest.
The Prisoner Of Zenda Script Resources:

  • The Prisoner Of Zenda Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Prisoner Of Zenda Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
  • The Prisoner Of Zenda Script PDF - REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • The Prisoner Of Zenda Script PDF - 3/13/37 FINAL SHOOTING at Script City ($)

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  • The Prisoner Of Zenda ( tt0079753 ) at IMDb
  • The Prisoner Of Zenda ( 1732 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Ravagers Script

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Year:1979
Director:Richard Compton

Script Synopsis:In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
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