Alex Lasker – Scripts on Screen

Beyond Rangoon Script

celluloid — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:37:52 +0000

Year:1995

Director:John Boorman

Written by:Alex Lasker (Screenplay), Bill Rubenstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Patricia Arquette stars as American widow Laura Bowman, a young doctor who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s, in this fictionalized drama based on actual events. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister (Frances McDormand) in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.

Beyond Rangoon Script Resources:

Beyond Rangoon Script PDF - miss pg 1 at Script Fly ($)
Beyond Rangoon 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.

Tears of the Sun

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:44:40 +0000

Year:2003

Director:Antoine Fuqua

Written by:Alex Lasker (Screenplay), Patrick Cirillo (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

Tears of the Sun Script Resources:

Tears of the Sun Script PDF - (2003) 8/14/00 at Script City ($)
Tears of the Sun Script PDF - (UNR) 6/30/94 at Script City ($)
Tears of the Sun Script PDF - (UNR). (EARLY) NO DRAFT DATE. 2ND DFT. at Script City ($)
Tears of the Sun Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Tears of the Sun 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.

Firefox

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:42:45 +0000

Year:1982

Director:Clint Eastwood

Written by:Craig Thomas (Novel), Alex Lasker (Screenplay), Wendell Wellman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

Firefox Script Resources:

Firefox Script PDF - [1st REV 2-10-1980] at Script Fly ($)
Firefox 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.