Dan O’Bannon – Scripts on Screen

Total Recall (2012) Script

celluloid — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:22:33 +0000

Year:2012

Director:Len Wiseman

Written by:Mark Bomback (Screenplay), Philip K. Dick (Story), Kurt Wimmer (Screenplay), Ronald Shusett (Screenstory), Dan O'Bannon (Screenstory), Jon Povill (Screenstory), Kurt Wimmer (Screenstory)

Script Synopsis:Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen, the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter to find the head of the underground resistance and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

Total Recall Script Resources:

Total Recall Script PDF - 1/14/2011 at wikileaks.org
Total Recall 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:

Total Recall ( tt1386703 ) at IMDb
Total Recall ( 64635 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Alien: Covenant Script

celluloid — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:20:07 +0000

Year:2017

Director:Ridley Scott

Written by:Dante Harper (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Characters), Ronald Shusett (Characters), Michael Green (Story), Jack Paglen (Story), John Logan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world—which has a sole inhabitant: the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

Alien: Covenant Script Resources:

Alien: Covenant Script PDF at Script Slug
Alien: Covenant Script PDF - [EARLY 11-20-2015 DRAFT] 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:

Alien: Covenant ( tt2316204 ) at IMDb
Alien: Covenant ( 126889 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Return Of The Living Dead Script

celluloid — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 02:44:56 +0000

Year:1985

Director:Dan O'Bannon

Written by:Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), John A. Russo (Novel)

Script Synopsis:When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!

The Return Of The Living Dead Script Resources:

The Return Of The Living Dead Script PDF at Script Slug
The Return Of The Living Dead 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:

The Return Of The Living Dead ( tt0089907 ) at IMDb
The Return Of The Living Dead ( 10925 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Total Recall

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:24:18 +0000

Year:1990

Director:Paul Verhoeven

Written by:Ronald Shusett (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), Gary Goldman (Screenplay), Philip K. Dick (Author), Jon Povill (Screenstory)

Script Synopsis:Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.

Total Recall Script Resources:

Total Recall Script PDF at Script Slug
Total Recall Script at Screenplays For You
Total Recall Script at Sci-Fi Scripts
Total Recall Script at Sci-Fi Scripts
Total Recall Script - 1990 Draft at IMSDb
Total Recall Script PDF - [2010-09-13] at Script Fly ($)
Total Recall Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Total Recall Script PDF - 8/22/89 FINAL at Script City ($)

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:

Total Recall ( tt0100802 ) at IMDb
Total Recall ( 861 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Dark Star

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:11:12 +0000

Year:1974

Director:John Carpenter

Written by:John Carpenter (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

Dark Star Script Resources:

Dark Star Script PDF at The Script Savant
Dark Star Script at The Daily Script
Dark Star Script at Screenplays For You
Dark Star Script at The Daily Script
Dark Star Script at IMSDb
Dark Star Script PDF - [Early Draft] at Script Fly ($)
Dark Star Script PDF - 1972 at Script City ($)

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:

Dark Star ( tt0069945 ) at IMDb
Dark Star ( 1410 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Invaders From Mars

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:08:47 +0000

Year:1986

Director:Tobe Hooper

Written by:Richard Blake (Original Story), Don Jakoby (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In this attempted remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

Invaders From Mars Script Resources:

Invaders From Mars Script PDF at The Script Savant
Invaders From Mars Script PDF at The Script Savant
Invaders From Mars Script PDF at The Script Savant
Invaders From Mars Script at tripod.com
Invaders From Mars Script at tripod.com
Invaders From Mars Script PDF - [Rev 9-17-52] at Script Fly ($)
Invaders From Mars Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Invaders From Mars Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Invaders From Mars Script PDF - 12/84 2ND DRAFT at Script City ($)

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:

Invaders From Mars ( tt0091276 ) at IMDb
Invaders From Mars ( 31909 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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AVP: Alien vs. Predator

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

You can find AVP: Alien vs. Predator Script in the following locations

Dead and Buried

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:30 +0000

Year:1981

Director:Gary Sherman

Written by:Ronald Shusett (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), Jeff Millar (Story), Alex Stern (Story)

Script Synopsis:After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

Dead and Buried Script Resources:

Dead and Buried Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Dead and Buried Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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:

Dead and Buried ( tt0082242 ) at IMDb
Dead and Buried ( 24274 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Screamers

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:30 +0000

Year:1995

Director:Christian Duguay

Written by:Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), Miguel Tejada-Flores (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.

Screamers Script Resources:

Screamers Script PDF at The Script Savant
Screamers 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:

Screamers ( tt0114367 ) at IMDb
Screamers ( 9102 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Alien

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:40:12 +0000

Year:1979

Director:Ridley Scott

Written by:Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), Ronald Shusett (Writer)

Script Synopsis:During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Alien Script Resources:

Alien Script PDF at Script Slug
Alien Script - 1976 first draft (Starbeast) at The Daily Script
Alien Script - 1978-06 Draft at IMSDb
Alien Script at Horror Lair
Alien Script - June, 1978 revised final draft at The Daily Script
Alien Script - Revised final. June, 1978 at Screenplays For You
Alien Script PDF - 12/28/78 POST-PRODUCTION REV. at Script City ($)
Alien Script PDF - 10/4/78 REV FINAL at Script City ($)
Alien Script PDF - [DAN OBRIEN][UNDATED] 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:

Alien ( tt0078748 ) at IMDb
Alien ( 348 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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