Buck Henry – Scripts on Screen

Protocol Script

celluloid — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 21:22:24 +0000

Year:1984

Director:Herbert Ross

Written by:Buck Henry (Screenplay), Charles Shyer (Story), Nancy Meyers (Story), Harvey Miller (Story)

Script Synopsis:Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country

Protocol Script Resources:

Protocol Script PDF - 3/14/84 2ND DRAFT at Script City ($)
Protocol 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:

Protocol ( tt0087951 ) at IMDb
Protocol ( 37296 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Catch-22 Script

celluloid — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:22:18 +0000

Year:1970

Director:Mike Nichols

Written by:Joseph Heller (Original Story), Buck Henry (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.

Catch-22 Script Resources:

Catch-22 Script PDF - (xxl) 6/19/68 2ND at Script City ($)
Catch-22 Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
Catch-22 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:

Catch-22 ( tt0065528 ) at IMDb
Catch-22 ( 10364 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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What’s Up Doc? Script

celluloid — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:45:10 +0000

Year:1972

Director:Peter Bogdanovich

Written by:Buck Henry (Screenplay), David Newman (Screenplay), Robert Benton (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

What's Up Doc? Script Resources:

What's Up Doc? Script PDF - 8/13/71 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)
What's Up Doc? Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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:

What's Up Doc? ( tt0069495 ) at IMDb
What's Up Doc? ( 6949 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Heaven Can Wait Script

celluloid — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:30:29 +0000

Year:1978

Director:Warren Beatty, Buck Henry

Written by:Elaine May (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

Heaven Can Wait Script Resources:

Heaven Can Wait Script PDF at Script Slug
Heaven Can Wait Script PDF - 6/28/1977 at Script City ($)
Heaven Can Wait Script PDF - [12/14/1942][miss pg 28] at Script Fly ($)
Heaven Can Wait Script PDF - [miss pgs 40,85] at Script Fly ($)
Heaven Can Wait 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:

Heaven Can Wait ( tt0077663 ) at IMDb
Heaven Can Wait ( 12185 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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First Family Script

celluloid — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:40:15 +0000

Year:1980

Director:Buck Henry

Written by:Buck Henry (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.

First Family Script Resources:

First Family Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
First Family 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:

First Family ( tt0080739 ) at IMDb
First Family ( 124210 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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To Die For Script

celluloid — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:35:52 +0000

Year:1995

Director:Gus Van Sant

Written by:Joyce Maynard (Author), Buck Henry (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

To Die For Script Resources:

To Die For Script PDF - 10/25/93 4TH at Script City ($)
To Die For Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
To Die For 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:

To Die For ( tt0114681 ) at IMDb
To Die For ( 577 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Graduate

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:38:14 +0000

Year:1967

Director:Mike Nichols

Written by:Calder Willingham (Screenplay), Buck Henry (Screenplay), Charles Webb (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.

The Graduate Script Resources:

The Graduate Script PDF at Script Slug
The Graduate Script PDF at The Script Savant
The Graduate Script - 1967-03 Draft at IMSDb
The Graduate Script - Final draft, March 29, 1967 at Screenplays For You
The Graduate Script at Awesome Film
The Graduate Script - final draft at The Daily Script
The Graduate Script at The Daily Script
The Graduate Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Graduate Script PDF - (XL). 3/29/67 at Script City ($)
The Graduate 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:

The Graduate ( tt0061722 ) at IMDb
The Graduate ( 37247 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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