E.L. Doctorow – Scripts on Screen

Ragtime Script

Year:1981

Director:Miloš Forman

Written by:Michael Weller (Writer), E.L. Doctorow (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Ragtime Script Resources:

Ragtime Script PDF - 1/80 3RD DRAFT at Script City ($)
Ragtime Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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.

Daniel Script

Year:1983

Director:Sidney Lumet

Written by:E.L. Doctorow (Novel), E.L. Doctorow (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

Daniel Script Resources:

Daniel Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Daniel Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Daniel Transcript at subslikescript.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.

Billy Bathgate Script

Year:1991

Director:Robert Benton

Written by:E.L. Doctorow (Novel), Tom Stoppard (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Billy Bathgate Script Resources:

Billy Bathgate Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Billy Bathgate Script PDF - 6/15/90 3RD at Script City ($)
Billy Bathgate 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.