Don Jakoby – Scripts on Screen

Vampires Script

celluloid — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:43:14 +0000

Year:1998

Director:John Carpenter

Written by:Don Jakoby (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

Vampires Script Resources:

Vampires Script PDF - 3/22/91 1ST at Script City ($)
Vampires Script PDF - 4/29/97 REVISED 1ST at Script City ($)
Vampires Script PDF - John Carpenter's at Script Fly ($)
Vampires 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:

Vampires ( tt0120877 ) at IMDb
Vampires ( 9945 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Blue Thunder Script

celluloid — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:12:23 +0000

Year:1983

Director:John Badham

Written by:Don Jakoby (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.

Blue Thunder Script Resources:

Blue Thunder Script PDF - 10/1/81 REVISED at Script City ($)
Blue Thunder Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Blue Thunder 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:

Blue Thunder ( tt0085255 ) at IMDb
Blue Thunder ( 6341 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Philadelphia Experiment Script

celluloid — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:34:25 +0000

Year:1984

Director:Stewart Raffill

Written by:Wallace C. Bennett (Story), Don Jakoby (Story), Charles Berlitz (Novel), William L. Moore (Novel), William Gray (Screenplay), Michael Janover (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.

The Philadelphia Experiment Script Resources:

The Philadelphia Experiment Script PDF - [11-15-1983] at Script Fly ($)
The Philadelphia Experiment Script PDF - 11/15/83 *pg. at Script City ($)
The Philadelphia Experiment 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 Philadelphia Experiment ( tt0087910 ) at IMDb
The Philadelphia Experiment ( 10606 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Death Wish 3 Script

celluloid — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:21:44 +0000

Year:1985

Director:Michael Winner

Written by:Don Jakoby (Writer), Brian Garfield (Characters)

Script Synopsis:Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Death Wish 3 Script Resources:

Death Wish 3 Script PDF - 2/6/85 SHOOTING at Script City ($)
Death Wish 3 Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Death Wish 3 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:

Death Wish 3 ( tt0089003 ) at IMDb
Death Wish 3 ( 24873 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Arachnophobia Script

celluloid — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:24:15 +0000

Year:1990

Director:Frank Marshall

Written by:Don Jakoby (Screenplay), Wesley Strick (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

Arachnophobia Script Resources:

Arachnophobia Script PDF - [Jakoby] [1ST 5/5/1989] at Script Fly ($)
Arachnophobia Script PDF - XL2/8/90 8TH REVISED at Script City ($)
Arachnophobia 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:

Arachnophobia ( tt0099052 ) at IMDb
Arachnophobia ( 6488 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Double Team Script

celluloid — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:44:33 +0000

Year:1997

Director:Tsui Hark

Written by:Don Jakoby (Screenplay), Paul Mones (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:He's a one-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world. They Don't Play by the Rules. You're either on their side...or in their way. America's top counter-terrorist usually works alone...this time he's got company.

Double Team Script Resources:

Double Team Transcript at scripts.com

Other Links:

Double Team ( tt0119013 ) at IMDb
Double Team ( 9405 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Evolution Script

celluloid — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:01:00 +0000

Year:2001

Director:Ivan Reitman

Written by:David Diamond (Screenplay), David Weissman (Screenplay), Don Jakoby (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.

Evolution Script Resources:

Evolution Script PDF at Script Slug
Evolution Script PDF - [SHOOTING REV 8-30-00] at Script Fly ($)
Evolution Script PDF - 8/30/00 REVISED SHOOTING at Script City ($)
Evolution Transcript at scripts.com
Evolution 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:

Evolution ( tt0251075 ) at IMDb
Evolution ( 9397 ) 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 at Script Fly ($)
Invaders From Mars Script PDF - [Rev 9-17-52] at Script Fly ($)
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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