Tag: Darryl Ponicsan

Vision Quest Script

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Year:1985
Director:Harold Becker
Written by:Darryl Ponicsan (Screenplay), Terry Davis (Novel)

Script Synopsis:After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.
Vision Quest Script Resources:

  • Vision Quest Script PDF - 8/2/83 REVISED 2ND DRAFT. (page missing) at Script City ($)
  • Vision Quest Transcript at scripts.com

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Nuts Script

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Year:1987
Director:Martin Ritt
Written by:Tom Topor (Theatre Play), Tom Topor (Screenplay), Darryl Ponicsan (Screenplay), Alvin Sargent (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
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Last Flag Flying Script

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Year:2017
Director:Richard Linklater
Written by:Richard Linklater (Screenplay), Darryl Ponicsan (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire. Along the way, the three men find themselves reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.
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Taps Script

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Year:1981
Director:Harold Becker
Written by:Devery Freeman (Novel), Robert Mark Kamen (Screenplay), James Lineberger (Adaptation), Darryl Ponicsan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Random Hearts Script

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Year:1999
Director:Sydney Pollack
Written by:Warren Adler (Novel), Darryl Ponicsan (Adaptation), Kurt Luedtke (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all the details.
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The Last Detail

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Year:1973
Director:Hal Ashby
Written by:Robert Towne (Screenplay), Darryl Ponicsan (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
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