Tag: Frank Pierson

Presumed Innocent Script

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Year:1990
Director:Alan J. Pakula
Written by:Frank Pierson (Screenplay), Alan J. Pakula (Screenplay), Scott Turow (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
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Truman Script

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Year:1995
Director:Frank Pierson
Written by:David McCullough (Author), Tom Rickman (Teleplay)

Script Synopsis:Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
Truman Script Resources:

  • Truman Script PDF - (CABLE) NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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A Star Is Born (1976) Script

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Year:1976
Director:Frank Pierson
Written by:Frank Pierson (Screenplay), William A. Wellman (Story), Robert Carson (Story), Joan Didion (Screenplay), John Gregory Dunne (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman, after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.
A Star Is Born Script Resources:

  • A Star Is Born Script PDF - 12/16/75 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)

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A Star Is Born (2018) Script

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Year:2018
Director:Bradley Cooper
Written by:Bradley Cooper (Screenplay), Will Fetters (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay), William A. Wellman (Story), Robert Carson (Story), Moss Hart (Original Film Writer), John Gregory Dunne (Original Film Writer), Joan Didion (Original Film Writer), Frank Pierson (Original Film Writer)

Script Synopsis:Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
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Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture Script

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Year:1990
Director:Frank Pierson

Script Synopsis:Taut thriller about a photographer who races the clock to clear a man about to be executed.
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture Script Resources:

  • Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture Script PDF - 11/16/88 POLISH at Script City ($)

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  • Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture ( tt0100659 ) at IMDb
  • Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture ( 279786 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Cat Ballou Script

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Year:1965
Director:Elliot Silverstein
Written by:Roy Chanslor (Novel), Walter Newman (Screenplay), Frank Pierson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
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King Of The Gypsies Script

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Year:1978
Director:Frank Pierson
Written by:Frank Pierson (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
King Of The Gypsies Script Resources:

  • King Of The Gypsies Script PDF - 12/1/77 REVISED 1ST at Script City ($)
  • King Of The Gypsies Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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In Country Script

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Year:1989
Director:Norman Jewison
Written by:Frank Pierson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.
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Dog Day Afternoon

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Year:1975
Director:Sidney Lumet
Written by:Frank Pierson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
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Cool Hand Luke

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Year:1967
Director:Stuart Rosenberg
Written by:Donn Pearce (Novel), Frank Pierson (Screenplay), Donn Pearce (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
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