IstvÃ¡n SzabÃ³ – Scripts on Screen

Being Julia Script

Year:2004

Director:István Szabó

Script Synopsis:Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.

Being Julia Script Resources:

Being Julia Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Meeting Venus Script

Year:1991

Director:István Szabó

Script Synopsis:Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.

Meeting Venus Script Resources:

Meeting Venus Script PDF - 3/13/90 1ST at Script City ($)
Meeting Venus Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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.

Taking Sides

Year:2001

Director:István Szabó

Written by:Ronald Harwood (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Taking Sides Script Resources:

Taking Sides Script PDF at The Script Savant
Taking Sides Script - Undated Final draft at IMSDb
Taking Sides Script - 1998 final draft at The Daily Script
Taking Sides Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Taking Sides 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.