Tag: Brian Helgeland

The Postman

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Year:1997
Director:Kevin Costner
Written by:David Brin (Author), Eric Roth (Screenplay), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
The Postman Script Resources:

  • The Postman Script PDF - Early Production Draft - 11/4/1996 at The Script Savant
  • The Postman Script PDF - November 4, 1996 Early Production Draft at The Daily Script
  • The Postman Script - 1996-11 Draft at IMSDb
  • The Postman Script PDF - AKA IL POSTINO at Script Fly ($)

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Man On Fire

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Year:2004
Director:Tony Scott
Written by:A.J. Quinnell (Novel), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
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Conspiracy Theory

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Year:1997
Director:Richard Donner
Written by:Brian Helgeland (Author)

Script Synopsis:A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
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Assassins

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Year:1995
Director:Richard Donner
Written by:Lilly Wachowski (Author), Lana Wachowski (Author), Lilly Wachowski (Screenplay), Lana Wachowski (Screenplay), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.
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A Knight’s Tale

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Year:2001
Director:Brian Helgeland
Written by:Brian Helgeland (Author)

Script Synopsis:William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
A Knight's Tale Script Resources:

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L.A. Confidential

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Year:1997
Director:Curtis Hanson
Written by:James Ellroy (Author), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay), Curtis Hanson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
L.A. Confidential Script Resources:

  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF at Script Slug
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF at Script Slug
  • L.A. Confidential Script - November 16, 1995 Revised at The Daily Script
  • L.A. Confidential Script at The Daily Script
  • L.A. Confidential Script - 1995-11 Draft at IMSDb
  • L.A. Confidential Script - Draft script. November 16, 1995 at Screenplays For You
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - [Rev 1996-03-06] at Script Fly ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - [1996-05-03] at Script Fly ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - [Rev 1996-11-5] at Script Fly ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - (XL) 11/5/96 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - (EARLY) 11/16/95 at Script City ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script at Amazon ($)

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Payback

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Year:1999
Director:Paul Abascal, Brian Helgeland
Written by:Donald E. Westlake (Novel), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay), Terry Hayes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
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Mystic River

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Year:2003
Director:Clint Eastwood
Written by:Dennis Lehane (Author), Brian Helgeland (Author)

Script Synopsis:The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
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