grindhouse – Scripts on Screen

With only $7,000 in cash, Robert Rodriguez made a splash in the Sundance film festival with feature-length debut, El Mariachi (1992).

Close to twenty years later, Robert Rodriguez is now one of the most sought after, viscerally unique writer-directors in the industry. With an extensive filmography as surprising as his rise to fame, Rodriguez continues to capture and entertain audiences with a style as independent as his background.

Check out a list of his feature-length writing credentials below:

1. Machete Script (PDF Download) (2010)

2. Shorts Script (2009)

3. Grindhouse: Planet Terror Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2007)

4. Curandero Script (2005)

5. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D Script (2005)

6. Once Upon a Time in Mexico Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2003)

7. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2003)

8. Sky Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams Script (2002)

9. Sky Kids Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2001)

10. Four Rooms Script (1995)

11. Desperado Script (Dialogue Transcript) (1995)

12. El Mariachi Script (1992)

Quentin Tarantino is undoubtedly one of modern cinema’s living legends. Bursting into the scene with the critically acclaimed debut Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino would later solidify his influence in cinema with his directorial follow, Pulp Fiction. His strong sense for sharp dialogue, graphic violence, and alternative narrative structures have always begun on the page, proving that he is as spirited screenwriter as he is a director.

Listed below are a collection of Tarantino’s penned screenplays.