Author: celluloid

127 Hours

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Year:2010
Director:Danny Boyle
Written by:Simon Beaufoy (Screenplay), Danny Boyle (Screenplay), Aron Ralston (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
127 Hours Script Resources:

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12 Monkeys

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Year:1995
Director:Terry Gilliam
Written by:David Webb Peoples (Screenplay), Janet Peoples (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
12 Monkeys Script Resources:

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12 Angry Men

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Year:1957
Director:Sidney Lumet
Written by:Reginald Rose (Screenplay), Reginald Rose (Story)

Script Synopsis:The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
12 Angry Men Script Resources:

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American Psycho

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Year:2000
Director:Mary Harron
Written by:Bret Easton Ellis (Novel), Mary Harron (Screenplay), Guinevere Turner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
American Psycho Script Resources:

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Pirates of the Caribbean

The 4th movie in this franchise has been topping the box office for the past few weeks. Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush are back, but
Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are not. Penélope Cruz take a major role as Jack Sparrow’s love interest.

We saw the film, but were not impressed. The other films were amusing, this one was boring, the story did not flow and we were literally waiting for it to end.  Clearly audiences are still flocking to the franchise and we read that Disney already has a script for movie number 5.

Here are the scripts that we have found for the franchise.

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Script (2003)
  2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Script (2006)
  3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Script (2007)
  4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)   – Let me know if you can find it !!!

 

 

Links to 2011 Oscar Nominee Scripts

‘Tis Oscar season and for those of us looking for scripts on the internet it’s a bonanza.  The studios, in their quest for nominations and awards, made their candidates’ scripts available (and in PDF no less !)  This year’s list of screenplay  candidates (original and adapted) almost matches the Best Picture nominee list. The exceptions are Black Swan which did not get a screenplay nod and Another Year which didn’t make it on the best picture list.

Original Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay

Best Motion Picture of the Year

The King’s Speech Script

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.

The King’s Speech  Script (PDF) (2010)

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)