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The Holdovers Script

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Year:2023
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:David Hemingson (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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Downsizing Script

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Year:2017
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Jim Taylor (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
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Nebraska Script

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Year:2013
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Bob Nelson (Writer)

Script Synopsis:An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
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Citizen Ruth Script

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Year:1996
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Jim Taylor (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
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The Descendants

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Year:2011
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Nat Faxon (Screenplay), Jim Rash (Screenplay), Kaui Hart Hemmings (Novel)

Script Synopsis:With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
The Descendants Script Resources:

  • The Descendants Script PDF at Script Slug
  • The Descendants Script at IMSDb
  • The Descendants Script PDF - Early Undated at Script Fly ($)
  • The Descendants Script PDF - Shooting 4/11/10 at Script Fly ($)

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Sideways

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Year:2004
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Rex Pickett (Novel), Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Jim Taylor (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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Jurassic Park III

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Year:2001
Director:Joe Johnston
Written by:Michael Crichton (Characters), Peter Buchman (Writer), Alexander Payne (Writer), Jim Taylor (Writer)

Script Synopsis:In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

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Year:2007
Director:Dennis Dugan
Written by:Barry Fanaro (Screenplay), Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Jim Taylor (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Script Resources:

  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Script at Script-O-Rama
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Script PDF - SHOOTING DRAFT. 8/17/2006. at Script City ($)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry ( tt0762107 ) at IMDb
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry ( 3563 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Election

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Year:1999
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Jim Taylor (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
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About Schmidt

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Year:2002
Director:Alexander Payne
Written by:Louis Begley (Author), Alexander Payne (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. When his wife suddenly dies, he sets out to postpone the imminent marriage of his daughter to a man he doesn't like, while coping with discoveries about his late wife and himself in the process.
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