Tag: Billy Wilder

Buddy Buddy Script

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Year:1981
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Billy Wilder (Writer), I.A.L. Diamond (Writer)

Script Synopsis:During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Buddy Buddy Script Resources:

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

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Year:1970
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Arthur Conan Doyle (Characters), Billy Wilder (Writer), I. A. L. Diamond (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Script Resources:

  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Script PDF at The Daily Script
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Script at IMSDb
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes ( tt0066249 ) at IMDb
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes ( 5185 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Stalag 17

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Year:1953
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Donald Bevan (Theatre Play), Edmund Trzcinski (Theatre Play), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Edwin Blum (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
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The Spirit of St. Louis

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Year:1957
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Charles A. Lindbergh (Novel), Wendell Mayes (Screenplay), Charles Lederer (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
The Spirit of St. Louis Script Resources:

  • The Spirit of St. Louis Script PDF - January 8, 1957 final draft at The Daily Script
  • The Spirit of St. Louis Script PDF - 1/8/57 FINAL*pg at Script City ($)
  • The Spirit of St. Louis Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • The Spirit of St. Louis ( tt0051003 ) at IMDb
  • The Spirit of St. Louis ( 18776 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Ninotchka

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Year:1939
Director:Ernst Lubitsch
Written by:Charles Brackett (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Walter Reisch (Screenplay), Melchior Lengyel (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
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The Apartment

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Year:1960
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Billy Wilder (Author), I. A. L. Diamond (Author), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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Witness for the Prosecution

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Year:1957
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Agatha Christie (Novel), Lawrence B. Marcus (Adaptation), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Harry Kurnitz (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
Witness for the Prosecution Script Resources:

  • Witness for the Prosecution Script PDF at scribd.com
  • Witness for the Prosecution Script PDF - 6/10/57 FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Witness for the Prosecution Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • Witness for the Prosecution ( tt0051201 ) at IMDb
  • Witness for the Prosecution ( 37257 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Sabrina

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Year:1954
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Samuel A. Taylor (Author), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
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The Lost Weekend

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Year:1945
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Charles R. Jackson (Novel), Charles Brackett (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
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Sunset Boulevard

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Year:1950
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Charles Brackett (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), D.M. Marshman Jr. (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Sunset Boulevard Script Resources:

  • Sunset Boulevard Script PDF - 3/21/1949 at The Script Savant
  • Sunset Boulevard Script - March 21,1949 at Screenplays For You
  • Sunset Boulevard Script - May 21, 1949 Draft at The Daily Script
  • Sunset Boulevard Script - 1949-05 Draft at IMSDb
  • Sunset Boulevard Script PDF - [Rev 1949-07-19][Alternate opening-some minor scenes deleted] at Script Fly ($)
  • Sunset Boulevard Script PDF - [1949-07-19] at Script Fly ($)
  • Sunset Boulevard Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT. 7/14/1949. at Script City ($)

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