Author: celluloid

The Deer Hunter

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Year:1978
Director:Michael Cimino
Written by:Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Deric Washburn (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
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The Dead Zone

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Year:1983
Director:David Cronenberg
Written by:Stephen King (Novel), Jeffrey Boam (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
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The Dead Pool

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Year:1988
Director:Buddy Van Horn
Written by:Steve Sharon (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the deaths of celebrities before they happen, it may be too late...
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The Dark Knight

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Year:2008
Director:Christopher Nolan
Written by:Jonathan Nolan (Screenplay), Christopher Nolan (Screenplay), Christopher Nolan (Story), David S. Goyer (Story)

Script Synopsis:Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
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The Dark Half

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Year:1993
Director:George A. Romero
Written by:George A. Romero (Screenplay), Stephen King (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.
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The Darjeeling Limited

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Year:2007
Director:Wes Anderson
Written by:Wes Anderson (Screenplay), Roman Coppola (Screenplay), Jason Schwartzman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
The Darjeeling Limited Script Resources:

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  • The Darjeeling Limited ( tt0838221 ) at IMDb
  • The Darjeeling Limited ( 4538 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Year:2008
Director:David Fincher
Written by:F. Scott Fitzgerald (Novel), Eric Roth (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script Resources:

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF at The Script Savant
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF at Script Slug
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script - 2007-10 Draft at IMSDb
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF - FIRST DRAFT. 11/22/2002. (XL) at Script City ($)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF - 8/22/04 at Script Fly ($)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF - 1st 11/22/02 at Script Fly ($)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF - Shooting-10/30/07 at Script Fly ($)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Script PDF - [Undated] at Script Fly ($)

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  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( tt0421715 ) at IMDb
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( 4922 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Cotton Club

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Year:1984
Director:Francis Ford Coppola
Written by:William Kennedy (Screenplay), Francis Ford Coppola (Screenplay), Jim Haskins (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
The Cotton Club Script Resources:

  • The Cotton Club Script PDF at Script Slug
  • The Cotton Club Script PDF - EARLY 5/28/82 3RD FINAL. *pgs. at Script City ($)
  • The Cotton Club Script PDF - 8/22/83 SHOOTING DFT. at Script City ($)
  • The Cotton Club Script PDF - [Shooting 8/22/83] [Missing pg. 83] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Cotton Club Script - ST MARTIN'S ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SERIES at Amazon ($)
  • The Cotton Club Transcript at subslikescript.com

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The Cooler

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Year:2003
Director:Wayne Kramer
Written by:Frank Hannah (Screenplay), Wayne Kramer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
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The Color of Money

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Year:1986
Director:Martin Scorsese
Written by:Richard Price (Screenplay), Walter Tevis (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
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