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Rambo: First Blood

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Year:1982
Director:Ted Kotcheff
Written by:David Morrell (Original Story), Michael Kozoll (Screenplay), William Sackheim (Screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.
Rambo: First Blood Script Resources:

  • Rambo: First Blood Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Rambo: First Blood Script PDF - [Stallone-Giler 1982-1-11][couple pgs unreadable] at Script Fly ($)
  • Rambo: First Blood Script PDF - [Early Frankenheimer Draft] at Script Fly ($)

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How Green Was My Valley

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Year:1941
Director:John Ford
Written by:Philip Dunne (Screenplay), Richard Llewellyn (Novel)

Script Synopsis:At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans (he stern, she gentle) raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life. Lots of atmosphere, very sentimental view of pre-union miners' lives.
How Green Was My Valley Script Resources:

  • How Green Was My Valley Script PDF - (XL). 4/18/41 2ND REVISED at Script City ($)
  • How Green Was My Valley Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • How Green Was My Valley Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.


Other Links:
  • How Green Was My Valley ( tt0033729 ) at IMDb
  • How Green Was My Valley ( 43266 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Wild Thing

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Year:1988
Director:Max Reid
Written by:John Sayles (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.
Wild Thing Script Resources:

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The Secret of Roan Inish

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Year:1994
Director:John Sayles
Written by:Rosalie K. Fry (Novel), John Sayles (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate..
The Secret of Roan Inish Script Resources:

  • The Secret of Roan Inish Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Secret of Roan Inish Script PDF - 12/10/92 REVISED at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.


Other Links:
  • The Secret of Roan Inish ( tt0111112 ) at IMDb
  • The Secret of Roan Inish ( 14334 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Return of the Seacaucus Seven

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Year:1980
Director:John Sayles
Written by:John Sayles (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
Return of the Seacaucus Seven Script Resources:

  • Return of the Seacaucus Seven Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
  • Return of the Seacaucus Seven Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.


Other Links:
  • Return of the Seacaucus Seven ( tt0081420 ) at IMDb
  • Return of the Seacaucus Seven ( 42750 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Piranha

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Year:1978
Director:Joe Dante
Written by:John Sayles (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Piranha Script Resources:

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Passion Fish

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Year:1992
Director:John Sayles
Written by:John Sayles (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Soap actress May-Alice Culhane is paralyzed from the waist down in an accident. She returns to her old home in Louisiana, where she proceeds to drink quite steadily and to drive away five personal attendants in the first twenty minutes of the movie. Then she meets with Chantelle, whose stubbornness matches her own -- if only because Chantelle, herself a recovering cocaine addict, cannot afford to lose this job. Their mutual dislike gradually develops into an armed truce as the two women deal with their own problems and with each others'.
Passion Fish Script Resources:

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Lone Star

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Year:1996
Director:John Sayles
Written by:John Sayles (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Lone Star Script Resources:

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Limbo

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Year:1999
Director:John Sayles

Script Synopsis:Unconventional narrative about the interactions amongst a group of people in a small town in Alaska, each of whom has guards a secret.
Limbo Script Resources:

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