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Running On Empty Script

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Year:1988
Director:Sidney Lumet
Written by:Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind.
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’68 Script

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Year:1988
Director:Steven Kovacs

Script Synopsis:'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The Szabos tries to adjust to the new country, changing times and each other. The year covered was one of particular cultural change in the US and this interplays with the cultural changes occurring around Zoltan, his wife and his two college-age sons. The younger of his two sons is gay and struggling with coming out. His dad disowns him when he finally does.
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Satisfaction Script

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Year:1988
Director:Joan Freeman
Written by:Charles Purpura (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When a young rock group called The Mystery gets its first gig at a club, it's an opportunity to see what life is all about! Fresh out of high school, the rockers are hired by an exclusive beach resort thanks to a faded '60s songwriter. There, they meet with romance and adventure. But street-smart lead singer Jennie Lee faces a dilemma: pursue her budding career or finish high school.
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School Daze Script

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Year:1988
Director:Spike Lee
Written by:Spike Lee (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
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The Serpent And The Rainbow Script

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Year:1988
Director:Wes Craven
Written by:Wade Davis (Novel), Richard Maxwell (Screenplay), Adam Rodman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
The Serpent And The Rainbow Script Resources:

  • The Serpent And The Rainbow Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
  • The Serpent And The Rainbow Script PDF - 8/12/86 1ST at Script City ($)
  • The Serpent And The Rainbow Transcript at scripts.com

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  • The Serpent And The Rainbow ( tt0096071 ) at IMDb
  • The Serpent And The Rainbow ( 11503 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Seventh Sign Script

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Year:1988
Director:Carl Schultz
Written by:Clifford Green (Screenplay), Ellen Greene (Author)

Script Synopsis:Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
The Seventh Sign Script Resources:

  • The Seventh Sign Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Seventh Sign Script PDF - 2/18/87 PRODUCTION DRAFT *page at Script City ($)
  • The Seventh Sign Transcript at scripts.com

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Shakedown Script

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Year:1988
Director:James Glickenhaus
Written by:James Glickenhaus (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
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She’s Having A Baby Script

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Year:1988
Director:John Hughes
Written by:John Hughes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
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Shoot To Kill Script

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Year:1988
Director:Roger Spottiswoode
Written by:Harv Zimmel (Screenplay), Michael Burton (Screenplay), Daniel Petrie Jr. (Screenplay), Harv Zimmel (Story)

Script Synopsis:When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the aid of expert tracker Jonathan Knox. It's a turbulent yet vital relationship they must maintain in order to survive... and one that becomes increasingly desperate when Knox's girlfriend Sarah becomes the killer's latest hostage!
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Stand And Deliver Script

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Year:1988
Director:Ramón Menéndez
Written by:Tom Musca (Writer), Ramón Menéndez (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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