Tag: Carl Reiner

The Comic Script

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Year:1969
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Carl Reiner (Screenplay), Aaron Ruben (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
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The Jerk Script

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Year:1979
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Steve Martin (Screenplay), Carl Gottlieb (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Script

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Year:1982
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:George Gipe (Screenplay), Steve Martin (Screenplay), Carl Reiner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye, Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Script Resources:

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Script PDF - FINAL DRAFT WITH REVISIONS at Script City ($)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ( tt0083798 ) at IMDb
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ( 9442 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Man With Two Brains Script

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Year:1983
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Carl Reiner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A story about a brain surgeon who tries to end his unhappy marriage to spend more time with a disembodied brain.
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  • The Man With Two Brains ( tt0085894 ) at IMDb
  • The Man With Two Brains ( 11591 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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All Of Me Script

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Year:1984
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Edwin Davis (Novel), Henry Olek (Screenplay), Phil Alden Robinson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
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Summer Rental Script

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Year:1985
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Jeremy Stevens (Writer), Mark Reisman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
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Summer School Script

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Year:1987
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Jeff Franklin (Screenplay), Jeff Franklin (Story), David Dashev (Story), Stuart Birnbaum (Story)

Script Synopsis:A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
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Bert Rigby You’Re A Fool Script

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Year:1989
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Carl Reiner (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A musical about a miner who wants to break into show business.
Bert Rigby You'Re A Fool Script Resources:

  • Bert Rigby You'Re A Fool Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Bert Rigby You'Re A Fool Script PDF - 3/1/88 REV FNL at Script City ($)

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  • Bert Rigby You'Re A Fool ( tt0096911 ) at IMDb
  • Bert Rigby You'Re A Fool ( 119822 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Sibling Rivalry Script

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Year:1990
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Martha Goldhirsh (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Marjorie Turner is suffocating. Her younger sister Jeanine has no ambition, and her 8 year marriage to Harry puts her in constant competition with his family (all doctors)..
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That Old Feeling Script

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Year:1997
Director:Carl Reiner
Written by:Leslie Dixon (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the newlywed's honeymoon.
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