Ernest Tidyman – Scripts on Screen

Shaft (2019) Script

celluloid — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 02:25:08 +0000

Year:2019

Director:Tim Story

Written by:Kenya Barris (Screenplay), Alex Barnow (Screenplay), Ernest Tidyman (Novel), Ernest Tidyman (Characters), 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.

Shaft Script Resources:

Shaft Script PDF - [Barris & Barnow] [2nd Draft, 3/13/2017] at Script Fly ($)
Shaft 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.

Other Links:

Shaft ( tt4463894 ) at IMDb
Shaft ( 486131 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Shaft In Africa Script

celluloid — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:44:45 +0000

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.

Shaft In Africa Script Resources:

Shaft In Africa Script PDF - 11/24/72 REV. at Script City ($)
Shaft In Africa Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Shaft In Africa 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:

Shaft In Africa ( tt0070679 ) at IMDb
Shaft In Africa ( 494 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Report To The Commissioner (1975) Script

celluloid — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:55:56 +0000

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 ($)
Report To The Commissioner Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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:

Report To The Commissioner ( tt0073620 ) at IMDb
Report To The Commissioner ( 42262 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Force Of One Script

celluloid — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:41:15 +0000

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:

Force Of One Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Force Of One 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.

Other Links:

Force Of One ( tt0079168 ) at IMDb
Force Of One ( 21376 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Shaft Script

celluloid — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:13:51 +0000

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.

Shaft Script Resources:

Shaft Script PDF - (1999) (EARLY) 11/17/98 at Script City ($)
Shaft Script PDF - (1970) 8/19/70 FINAL at Script City ($)
Shaft Script PDF - (1999) 5/15/99 at Script City ($)
Shaft Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Shaft Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Shaft Transcript at Script-O-Rama
Shaft 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:

Shaft ( tt0162650 ) at IMDb
Shaft ( 479 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The French Connection

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:44:46 +0000

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:

The French Connection Script PDF at Script Slug
The French Connection Script - Rev. April 26, 1971 at Screenplays For You
The French Connection Script - 4/26/71 revised at The Daily Script
The French Connection Script - 1971-04 Draft at IMSDb
The French Connection Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The French Connection Script PDF - 4/26/71 REVISED at Script City ($)

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:

The French Connection ( tt0067116 ) at IMDb
The French Connection ( 1051 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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High Plains Drifter

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:43:09 +0000

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.

High Plains Drifter Script Resources:

High Plains Drifter Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

High Plains Drifter ( tt0068699 ) at IMDb
High Plains Drifter ( 11901 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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