Tag: Ernest Tidyman

Shaft (2019) Script

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Year:2019
Director:Tim Story
Written by:Ernest Tidyman (Novel), Ernest Tidyman (Characters), Alex Barnow (Screenplay), Kenya Barris (Screenplay), Eric Stull (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
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Shaft In Africa Script

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Year:1973
Director:John Guillermin
Written by:Ernest Tidyman (Author), Stirling Silliphant (Author)

Script Synopsis:Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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Report To The Commissioner (1975) Script

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Year:1975
Director:Milton Katselas
Written by:James Mills (Novel), Abby Mann (Screenplay), Ernest Tidyman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Report To The Commissioner Script Resources:

  • Report To The Commissioner Script PDF - 10/30/73 SHOOTING at Script City ($)
  • Report To The Commissioner Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • Report To The Commissioner ( tt0073620 ) at IMDb
  • Report To The Commissioner ( 42262 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Force Of One Script

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Year:1979
Director:Paul Aaron
Written by:Ernest Tidyman (Screenplay), Ernest Tidyman (Story), Pat E. Johnson (Story)

Script Synopsis:Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Force Of One Script Resources:

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Shaft Script

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Year:2000
Director:John Singleton
Written by:Ernest Tidyman (Author), John Singleton (Author), Shane Salerno (Author), Richard Price (Author)

Script Synopsis:New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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The French Connection

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Year:1971
Director:William Friedkin
Written by:Ernest Tidyman (Screenplay), Robin Moore (Author)

Script Synopsis:Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
The French Connection Script Resources:

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  • The French Connection ( tt0067116 ) at IMDb
  • The French Connection ( 1051 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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High Plains Drifter

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Year:1973
Director:Clint Eastwood
Written by:Ernest Tidyman (Screenplay), Dean Riesner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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