Tag: Donald E. Westlake

What’s The Worst That Could Happen? Script

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Year:2001
Director:Sam Weisman
Written by:Donald E. Westlake (Novel), Matthew Chapman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
What's The Worst That Could Happen? Script Resources:

  • What's The Worst That Could Happen? Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • What's The Worst That Could Happen? Script PDF - XL 8/23/00 SHOOTING at Script City ($)
  • What's The Worst That Could Happen? Transcript at scripts.com

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  • What's The Worst That Could Happen? ( tt0161083 ) at IMDb
  • What's The Worst That Could Happen? ( 14034 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Hot Rock Script

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Year:1972
Director:Peter Yates
Written by:Donald E. Westlake (Novel), William Goldman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
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Hot Stuff Script

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Year:1979
Director:Dom DeLuise
Written by:Michael Kane (Writer), Donald E. Westlake (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. They record them as they bring stuff in and get them to tell them where they got it. Eventually they're threatened by the mob.
Hot Stuff Script Resources:

  • Hot Stuff Script PDF - [miss pg 46] at Script Fly ($)

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Stepfather 3 Script

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Year:1992
Director:Guy Magar
Written by:Guy Magar (Writer), Marc B. Ray (Writer), Carolyn Lefcourt (Characters), Brian Garfield (Characters), Donald E. Westlake (Characters)

Script Synopsis:Having survived the stab wounds he sustained at the end of the previous film, the stepfather, escapes from the institution in Puget Sound, Washington he was placed in four years ago, seeking a reclusive back alley plastic surgeon to perform extensive plastic surgery on him to alter his appearance, using no anesthesia.
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Two Much Script

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Year:1996
Director:Fernando Trueba
Written by:Donald E. Westlake (Novel), Fernando Trueba (Screenplay), David Trueba (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
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The Stepfather

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Year:2009
Director:Nelson McCormick
Written by:J.S. Cardone (Screenplay), Carolyn Lefcourt (Story), Brian Garfield (Story), Donald E. Westlake (Story), Donald E. Westlake (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
The Stepfather Script Resources:

  • The Stepfather Script PDF - [Shooting 3-4-2008] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Stepfather Script PDF - (2009) REVISED DRAFT. 9/19/2007. at Script City ($)
  • The Stepfather Transcript at scripts.com

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The Grifters

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Year:1990
Director:Stephen Frears
Written by:Jim Thompson (Novel), Donald E. Westlake (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
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Payback

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Year:1999
Director:Paul Abascal, Brian Helgeland
Written by:Donald E. Westlake (Novel), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay), Terry Hayes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
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