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Jeremiah Johnson

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Year:1972
Director:Sydney Pollack
Written by:Vardis Fisher (Novel), John Milius (Screenplay), Edward Anhalt (Screenplay), David Rayfiel (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
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Dillinger

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Year:1973
Director:John Milius
Written by:John Milius (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934. After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.
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Big Wednesday

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Year:1978
Director:John Milius
Written by:Dennis Aaberg (Writer), John Milius (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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Farewell to the King

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Year:1989
Director:John Milius
Written by:Pierre Schoendoerffer (Novel), John Milius (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Farewell to the King Script Resources:

  • Farewell to the King Script PDF - [miss pg 80] at Script Fly ($)
  • Farewell to the King Transcript at scripts.com

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  • Farewell to the King ( tt0097334 ) at IMDb
  • Farewell to the King ( 20713 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Other Guys

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Year:2010
Director:Adam McKay
Written by:Chris Henchy (Screenplay), Adam McKay (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
The Other Guys Script Resources:

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Flipped

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Year:2010
Director:Rob Reiner
Written by:Rob Reiner (Writer), Andrew Scheinman (Writer), Rob Reiner (Screenplay), Andrew Scheinman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
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Rolling Thunder

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Year:1977
Director:John Flynn
Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.
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Old Boyfriends

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Year:1979
Director:Joan Tewkesbury
Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer), Leonard Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:John Belushi was the high school sweetheart who ruined her reputation with lies. Richard Jordan was the college lover that she almost married. Keith Carradine is the unstable brother of her first real love. Diane Cruise is a woman whose life has shattered in a myriad of pieces. After the dissolution of her marriage, she decides to delve into her past and seek out the men who marked the milestones of her life.
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Obsession

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Year:1976
Director:Brian De Palma
Written by:Paul Schrader (Author), Brian De Palma (Author)

Script Synopsis:New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife.
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The Mosquito Coast

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Year:1986
Director:Peter Weir
Written by:Paul Schrader (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.
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