David Cronenberg – Scripts on Screen

Spider Script

celluloid — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:48:58 +0000

Year:2002

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:Patrick McGrath (Writer), Patrick McGrath (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

Spider Script Resources:

Spider Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Spider ( tt0278731 ) at IMDb
Spider ( 9613 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Scanners II: The New Order Script

celluloid — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:22:22 +0000

Year:1991

Director:Christian Duguay

Written by:David Cronenberg (Characters), B.J. Nelson (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners.

Scanners II: The New Order Script Resources:

Scanners II: The New Order Script PDF - 11/7/1989 at Script City ($)
Scanners II: The New Order 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:

Scanners II: The New Order ( tt0102848 ) at IMDb
Scanners II: The New Order ( 24331 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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A Dangerous Method Script

celluloid — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:22:21 +0000

Year:2011

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:Christopher Hampton (Screenplay), John Kerr (Novel), Christopher Hampton (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.

A Dangerous Method Script Resources:

A Dangerous Method Script PDF - White Revision - 4/22/10 at The Script Savant

Other Links:

A Dangerous Method ( tt1571222 ) at IMDb
A Dangerous Method ( 48231 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Maps to the Stars Script

celluloid — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:41:55 +0000

Year:2014

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:Bruce Wagner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

Maps to the Stars Script Resources:

Maps to the Stars Script PDF - [2-9-2012] at Script Fly ($)
Maps to the Stars 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:

Maps to the Stars ( tt2172584 ) at IMDb
Maps to the Stars ( 157851 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Cosmopolis Script

celluloid — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:21:41 +0000

Year:2012

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:Don DeLillo (Novel), David Cronenberg (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

Cosmopolis Script Resources:

Cosmopolis Script PDF - (2012) REVISED DRAFT at Script City ($)
Cosmopolis Script PDF - [undated] at Script Fly ($)
Cosmopolis 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:

Cosmopolis ( tt1480656 ) at IMDb
Cosmopolis ( 49014 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Brood Script

celluloid — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:41:25 +0000

Year:1979

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:David Cronenberg (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.

The Brood Script Resources:

The Brood Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Brood Script PDF - 4TH DRAFT NO DATE at Script City ($)
The Brood 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:

The Brood ( tt0078908 ) at IMDb
The Brood ( 28942 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Scanners Script

celluloid — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:01:47 +0000

Year:1981

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:David Cronenberg (Writer)

Script Synopsis:After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Scanners Script Resources:

Scanners Script PDF at Script Slug
Scanners Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Scanners Script PDF - 1979 FINAL at Script City ($)
Scanners 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:

Scanners ( tt0081455 ) at IMDb
Scanners ( 9538 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Dead Ringers Script

celluloid — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:27:40 +0000

Year:1988

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:David Cronenberg (Writer), Norman Snider (Writer), Bari Wood (Novel), Jack Geasland (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Dead Ringers Script Resources:

Dead Ringers Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Dead Ringers Script PDF - [Rev 4/6/1987] at Script Fly ($)
Dead Ringers 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:

Dead Ringers ( tt0094964 ) at IMDb
Dead Ringers ( 9540 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Naked Lunch Script

celluloid — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:21:25 +0000

Year:1991

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:William S. Burroughs (Novel), David Cronenberg (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.

Naked Lunch Script Resources:

Naked Lunch Script PDF - EARLY 2/12/90 1ST at Script City ($)
Naked Lunch Script PDF - 3/5/90 2ND at Script City ($)
Naked Lunch Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Naked Lunch 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:

Naked Lunch ( tt0102511 ) at IMDb
Naked Lunch ( 2742 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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M. Butterfly Script

celluloid — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:41:22 +0000

Year:1993

Director:David Cronenberg

Written by:David Henry Hwang (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

M. Butterfly Script Resources:

M. Butterfly Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
M. Butterfly Script PDF - 7/9/92 4TH G at Script City ($)
M. Butterfly 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:

M. Butterfly ( tt0107468 ) at IMDb
M. Butterfly ( 1413 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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