Author: celluloid

Hot Pursuit Script

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Year:1987
Director:Steven Lisberger
Written by:Steven Lisberger (Story), Steven W. Carabatsos (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.
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House II: The Second Story Script

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Year:1987
Director:Ethan Wiley
Written by:Fred Dekker (Story)

Script Synopsis:Young urban professionals Jesse (Arye Gross) and his girlfriend Kate (Lar Park Lincoln), move into an old mansion that has been in Jesse's family for generations. They are soon joined by Jesse's goofy friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark), who brought along his diva girlfriend Lana (Amy Yasbeck), in the hopes of being discovered by Kate, who works for a record company. Jesse has returned to this old family mansion after his parents were murdered when he was a baby. While going through old things in the basement, Jesse finds a picture of his great-great grandfather (and namesake) in front of a Mayan temple holding a crystal skull with jewels in the eyes. In the background is a man Jesse learns is Slim Razor, a former partner of his great-great grandfather turned bitter enemy after a disagreement over who would get to keep the skull.
House II: The Second Story Script Resources:

  • House II: The Second Story Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • House II: The Second Story Script PDF - 6/24/1986 at Script City ($)
  • House II: The Second Story Transcript at scripts.com

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  • House II: The Second Story ( tt0093220 ) at IMDb
  • House II: The Second Story ( 37530 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Housekeeping Script

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Year:1987
Director:Bill Forsyth
Written by:Bill Forsyth (Writer), Marilynne Robinson (Writer)

Script Synopsis:In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
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In A Shallow Grave Script

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Year:1988
Director:Kenneth Bowser
Written by:Kenneth Bowser (Writer), James Purdy (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Garnet Montrose (Michael Beihn) returns home to West Virginia after suffering horrible facial disfigurement from wounds at the battle of Guadalcanal. He watches his former sweetheart Georgia (Maureen Mueller) from his farm down the road. Garnett is obviously socially withdrawn because of his injuries, and he soon enlists the help of itinerant young farmhand Potter Daventry (Patrick Dempsey) to deliver notes to Georgia. Garnet begins to open up to Potter before he suspects him of delivering more than letters. Potter quickly becomes a major focus in both Garnet and Georgia's lives in this drama taken from the novel by James Purdy.
In A Shallow Grave Script Resources:

  • In A Shallow Grave Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
  • In A Shallow Grave Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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In The Mood Script

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Year:1987
Director:Phil Alden Robinson

Script Synopsis:When 15-year-old Sonny Wisecarver has an affair with his older neighbor Francine and then runs off to marry her, a stern judge has the union annulled. Then, when Sonny finds himself before the same judge after getting involved with another woman in her 20s, the publicity from this case makes him the object of affection for millions of young women
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Ironweed Script

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Year:1987
Director:Hector Babenco
Written by:William Kennedy (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
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Ishtar Script

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Year:1987
Director:Elaine May
Written by:Elaine May (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
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Julia And Julia Script

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Year:1987
Director:Peter Del Monte

Script Synopsis:Julia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband Paolo is killed in a car accident on their wedding day. Six years later, Julia inexplicably finds herself sliding in time between two different worlds where in one she is still struggling with her grief over Paolo's death, and in the other world she is married to Paolo who's alive and well with their five year old son, where Julia is having an affair with a British gentleman named Daniel, in which the frequent supernatural sliding between these two worlds threaten to drive Julia crazy when she begins having difficulty in telling them apart and learning which world she is currently living in.
Julia And Julia Script Resources:

  • Julia And Julia Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Julia And Julia Script PDF - (1987) 1ST DRAFT at Script City ($)

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