Abel Ferrara – Scripts on Screen

Fear City Script

celluloid — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:10:58 +0000

Year:1984

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Nicholas St. John (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Fear City Script Resources:

Fear City Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Fear City Script PDF - 2/23/83 REVISED at Script City ($)

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:

Fear City ( tt0087247 ) at IMDb
Fear City ( 18680 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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China Girl Script

celluloid — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 21:53:52 +0000

Year:1987

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Nicholas St. John (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Teenage lovers Tony (Richard Panebianco) and Tyan-Hwa (Sari Chang) tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.

China Girl Script Resources:

China Girl Transcript at scripts.com

Other Links:

China Girl ( tt0092751 ) at IMDb
China Girl ( 47212 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Cat Chaser Script

celluloid — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:49:52 +0000

Year:1989

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Elmore Leonard (Novel), James Borrelli (Screenplay), Elmore Leonard (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A Miami hotel owner finds danger when be becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Cat Chaser Script Resources:

Cat Chaser Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Cat Chaser Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Cat Chaser Transcript at subslikescript.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:

Cat Chaser ( tt0097028 ) at IMDb
Cat Chaser ( 35888 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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King Of New York Script

celluloid — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:47:32 +0000

Year:1990

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Nicholas St. John (Author)

Script Synopsis:A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

King Of New York Script Resources:

King Of New York Script PDF - 12/3/88 ROUGH DRAFT at Script City ($)
King Of New York Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
King Of New York Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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:

King Of New York ( tt0099939 ) at IMDb
King Of New York ( 9558 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Body Snatchers Script

celluloid — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:54:13 +0000

Year:1993

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Jack Finney (Novel), Raymond Cistheri (Screenplay), Larry Cohen (Screenplay), Stuart Gordon (Screenplay), Dennis Paoli (Screenplay), Nicholas St. John (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

Body Snatchers Script Resources:

Body Snatchers Script PDF at The Script Savant
Body Snatchers Script PDF - 10/22/91 POLISH at Script City ($)
Body Snatchers Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Body Snatchers 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:

Body Snatchers ( tt0106452 ) at IMDb
Body Snatchers ( 4722 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Dangerous Game Script

celluloid — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:54:03 +0000

Year:1993

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Nicholas St. John (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.

Dangerous Game Script Resources:

Dangerous Game Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Dangerous Game Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Dangerous Game 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:

Dangerous Game ( tt0106660 ) at IMDb
Dangerous Game ( 49299 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Funeral Script

celluloid — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 04:46:38 +0000

Year:1996

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Nicholas St. John (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.

The Funeral Script Resources:

The Funeral Script PDF - aka First 48 Hours of John Temple at Script Fly ($)
The Funeral 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:

The Funeral ( tt0116378 ) at IMDb
The Funeral ( 21612 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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New Rose Hotel Script

celluloid — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:05:45 +0000

Year:1998

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Abel Ferrara (Screenplay), William Gibson (Story)

Script Synopsis:A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

New Rose Hotel Script Resources:

New Rose Hotel Script PDF - NO DATE at Script City ($)
New Rose Hotel 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:

New Rose Hotel ( tt0133122 ) at IMDb
New Rose Hotel ( 21430 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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R Xmas Script

celluloid — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:12:21 +0000

Year:2001

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Cassandra De Jesus (Story), Abel Ferrara (Writer), Scott Pardo (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.

R Xmas Script Resources:

R Xmas Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:

R Xmas ( tt0217978 ) at IMDb
R Xmas ( 49110 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Bad Lieutenant

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:11:01 +0000

Year:1992

Director:Abel Ferrara

Written by:Zoë Lund (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

Bad Lieutenant Script Resources:

Bad Lieutenant Script PDF - november 29, 1990 first draft at The Daily Script
Bad Lieutenant Script PDF at Script Slug
Bad Lieutenant Script at The Daily Script
Bad Lieutenant Script - 1990-11 First Draft at IMSDb
Bad Lieutenant Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Bad Lieutenant Script PDF - 11/25/1990 at Script City ($)

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:

Bad Lieutenant ( tt0103759 ) at IMDb
Bad Lieutenant ( 12143 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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