The King’s Speech caught me by surprise. I went to see it expecting it to be about the abdication of King Edward VIII. Well, silly me… the story was much more interesting and provides a good vehicle for both Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. However, I got the biggest kick out of the casting of Derek Jacobi as the Archbishop of Canterbury. The inside joke is his famous stuttering role in the BBC series I, Claudius.
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Wall Street Scripts
Hey, another sequel – 23 years after the original…. Oliver stone revisits Wall Street. I haven’t seen it yet, but coming back to the topic is apropos for the times. Michael Douglas gets to play and older Gordon Gecko. Stone co-wrote the original script but does not have scriptwriting credit for the sequel.
Wall Street Script (original 1987)
Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps Script (sequel 2010)
Shrek Scripts
No script available yet for Shrek Forever After but here are the scripts for the first three films
Stephen King Movie Scripts
These are movies based on Stephen King’s works. I’ve attempted to find all those available for free online. In the case I only found a script for purchase it is marked with ($):
- 1976 Carrie script
- 1980 The Shining script
- 1982 Creepshow script
- 1983 Cujo script ($)
- 1983 The Dead Zone script (transcript)
- 1983 Christine script ($)
- 1984 Children of the Corn script
- 1984 Firestarter script (transcript)
- 1985 Cat’s Eye script ($)
- 1985 Silver Bullet script
- 1986 Maximum Overdrive script
- 1986 Stand by Me
- 1987 The Running Man script
- 1989 Pet Sematary script
- 1990 Graveyard Shift script (transcript)
- 1990 Misery script
1992 Sleepwalkers script ($)- 1992 The Lawnmower Man script (transcript)
- 1993 The Dark Half script ($)
- 1993 Needful Things script ($)
- 1994 The Shawshank Redemption script
- 1995 The Mangler script
- 1995 Dolores Claiborne script
- 1996 Thinner script (transcript)
- 1997 The Night Flier script (transcript)
- 1998 Apt Pupil script
- 2001 Hearts in Atlantis script (transcript)
- 2003 Dreamcatcher script ($)
- 2004 Secret Window script
- 2004 Riding the Bullet script
- 2007 1408 script
- 2007 The Mist script
- 2009 Dolan’s Cadillac script
Top Ten Box Office Scripts
- 2009 – Avatar script
- 1997 – Titanic script
- 2008 – The Dark Knight script
- 1977 – Star Wars script
- 2004 – Shrek 2 Script
- 1982 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial script
- 1999 – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace script
- 2006 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest script
- 2002 – Spider-Man script
- 2009 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen script
A Nightmare on Elm Street
This week’s top box office film is A Nightmare on Elm Street. It is a remake of Wes Craven’s film from 1984. Seems like lots of remakes this year.
Original 1984 script:
A Nightmare on Elm Street Script
The new 2010 Script:
Alice in Wonderland Script
As a big fans of both Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton, The new Alice in Wonderland was a must see. As usual the visuals were stunning (we saw the film in 2D). Story and character development were so-so. The Red Queen was delicious but we didn’t “get” the white queen – character and story surrounding her were weak.
One of these weeks we will post a full list of Tim Burton Scripts around the web.
Death at a Funeral Script
The recent US Release of Death at a Funeral is a Chris Rock remake of a 2007 film of the same name. The script is pretty much a tweak of the original:
Death at a Funeral Script (2010 – US remake)
Let me know if you know where to find the original UK Death at a Funeral Script by Dean Craig so we can compare
Crazy Heart Script – Missed Oportunity
We like the choice of Jeff Bridges as Best Actor, however the film story was weak. Our biggest beef is that the story line of what did or didn’t happen between Bad and Tommy was never developed. We wonder if this ended up on the editing room floor. Instead of that conflict we got the predictable romantic story of addiction, betrayal and redemption. Get the script from FOX Searchlight: Crazy Heart Script
Links to 2010 Oscar Scripts
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Winner:
“Precious” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Nominated:
“District 9” Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Winner:
“The Hurt Locker” Screenplay by Mark Boal
Nominated:
“Inglourious Basterds” Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino (another screenplay link)
“The Messenger” Screenplay by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
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