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The Prize Script

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Year:1963
Director:Mark Robson
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Author), Irving Wallace (Novel)

Script Synopsis:For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American physicist who comes to Stockholm with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also gives him an assistant during his stay, Miss Andersson. Craig soon notices that Dr. Stratman is acting strangely. The second time they meet, Dr. Stratman does not even recognize him.
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Prison Script

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Year:1988
Director:Renny Harlin
Written by:C. Courtney Joyner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
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Pretty Poison Script

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Year:1968
Director:Noel Black
Written by:Stephen Geller (Novel), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
Pretty Poison Script Resources:

  • Pretty Poison Script PDF - 8/12/67 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)

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Prancer Script

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Year:1989
Director:John D. Hancock
Written by:Greg Taylor (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer an decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.
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Poker Alice Script

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Year:1987
Director:Arthur Allan Seidelman
Written by:James Lee Barrett (Writer)

Script Synopsis:She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "house of ill repute" in a high-stakes card game, things start moving like a runaway train.
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Playing God Script

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Year:1997
Director:Andy Wilson
Written by:Mark Haskell Smith (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter. Employed as a "gun-shot doctor" when Raymond's associates cannot risk visiting a hospital, Eugene is lured deep into the criminal world and becomes entangled with his boss's girlfriend.
Playing God Script Resources:

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The Pied Piper Script

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Year:1972
Director:Jacques Demy
Written by:Jacques Demy (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
The Pied Piper Script Resources:

  • The Pied Piper Script PDF - 4/21/1971 at Script City ($)

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Passing Glory Script

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Year:1999
Director:Steve James

Script Synopsis:A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team in the 1960's. Eventually events like these signaled the pivotal turn in the games' history leading to the integration in today's sport. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), these basketball players didn't just make shots, they made history.
Passing Glory Script Resources:

  • Passing Glory Script PDF - 3/20/95 POLISH DRAFT at Script City ($)

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Pascali’s Island Script

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

Script Synopsis:1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.
Pascali's Island Script Resources:

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