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The Escape Artist Script

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Year:1982
Director:Caleb Deschanel

Script Synopsis:The young and self-confident Danny blufs at the local police-station that he will escape out of prison within one hour. What follows is a flashback about his childhood with his uncle and aunt, which are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
The Escape Artist Script Resources:

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The Aftermath Script

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Year:1982
Director:Steve Barkett
Written by:Steve Barkett (Story), Stanley Livingston (Story), Steve Barkett (Writer)

Script Synopsis:After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing resistance movement. This sci-fi adventure follows the men as they battle bell-bottomed biker leader Cutter and his brutal gang.
The Aftermath Script Resources:

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Author! Author! Script

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Year:1982
Director:Arthur Hiller
Written by:Israel Horovitz (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
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Barbarosa Script

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Year:1982
Director:Fred Schepisi
Written by:William D. Wittliff (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.
Barbarosa Script Resources:

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The Border Script

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Year:1982
Director:Tony Richardson

Script Synopsis:A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
The Border Script Resources:

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Britannia Hospital Script

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Year:1982
Director:Lindsay Anderson
Written by:David Sherwin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, and African cannibal dictator and sinister human experiments.
Britannia Hospital Script Resources:

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Cannery Row Script

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Year:1982
Director:David S. Ward
Written by:William Graham (Writer), John Steinbeck (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A depressed section of Monterey, California is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely marine biologist and former baseball star. Suzy is a scrappy, abrasive drifter who can't even succeed as a prostitute. Add Cannery Row's band of resident drunken derelicts to the mix and fireworks result, though not the romantic kind.
Cannery Row Script Resources:

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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Script

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Year:1982
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:George Gipe (Screenplay), Steve Martin (Screenplay), Carl Reiner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye, Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Script Resources:

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Script PDF - FINAL DRAFT WITH REVISIONS at Script City ($)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ( tt0083798 ) at IMDb
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ( 9442 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Death Wish 2: Script

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Year:1982
Director:Michael Winner
Written by:David Engelbach (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Death Wish 2: Script Resources:

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Eating Raoul Script

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Year:1982
Director:Paul Bartel
Written by:Paul Bartel (Writer), Richard Blackburn (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
Eating Raoul Script Resources:

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