Jim Abrahams – Scripts on Screen

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script

celluloid — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:36:35 +0000

Year:1988

Director:David Zucker

Written by:Jerry Zucker (Writer), Jim Abrahams (Writer), David Zucker (Writer), Pat Proft (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script Resources:

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script PDF at Script Slug
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script PDF - REVISED SHOOTING DRAFT. 2/11/1988. at Script City ($)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 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:

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ( tt0095705 ) at IMDb
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ( 37136 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Hot Shots! Part Deux Script

celluloid — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 03:26:36 +0000

Year:1993

Director:Jim Abrahams

Written by:Pat Proft (Screenplay), Jim Abrahams (Screenplay), Jim Abrahams (Characters), Pat Proft (Characters)

Script Synopsis:Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.

Hot Shots! Part Deux Script Resources:

Hot Shots! Part Deux Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Hot Shots! Part Deux ( tt0107144 ) at IMDb
Hot Shots! Part Deux ( 9255 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Ruthless People Script

celluloid — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:30:45 +0000

Year:1986

Director:Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Written by:Dale Launer (Screenplay), O. Henry (Story)

Script Synopsis:A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

Ruthless People Script Resources:

Ruthless People Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Ruthless People Script PDF - 6/14/85 NO DRAFT at Script City ($)
Ruthless People 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:

Ruthless People ( tt0091877 ) at IMDb
Ruthless People ( 12151 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Big Business Script

celluloid — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:28:00 +0000

Year:1988

Director:Jim Abrahams

Written by:Dori Pierson (Screenplay), Marc Reid Rubel (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.

Big Business Script Resources:

Big Business Script PDF - [Uncredited][Nov 25, 1986] at Script Fly ($)
Big Business Script PDF - 11/25/1986 at Script City ($)
Big Business 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:

Big Business ( tt0094739 ) at IMDb
Big Business ( 12710 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Hot Shots! Script

celluloid — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:21:45 +0000

Year:1991

Director:Jim Abrahams

Written by:Jim Abrahams (Author), Pat Proft (Author)

Script Synopsis:Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.

Hot Shots! Script Resources:

Hot Shots! Script PDF - Part Deux at Script Fly ($)
Hot Shots! Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Hot Shots! 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:

Hot Shots! ( tt0102059 ) at IMDb
Hot Shots! ( 9595 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael Script

celluloid — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 04:56:38 +0000

Year:1990

Director:Jim Abrahams

Written by:Karen Leigh Hopkins (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael Script Resources:

Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael Transcript at Springfield! Springfield!

Other Links:

Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael ( tt0100911 ) at IMDb
Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael ( 31923 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Airplane!

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:10:55 +0000

Year:1980

Director:Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Written by:Jim Abrahams (Author), David Zucker (Author), Jerry Zucker (Author), Arthur Hailey (Teleplay)

Script Synopsis:Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.

Airplane! Script Resources:

Airplane! Script PDF at Script Slug
Airplane! Script - June 11, 1979 revised shooting draft at The Daily Script
Airplane! Script - 1979-06 Shooting draft at IMSDb
Airplane! Script PDF - [6-15-79][several pps. blurred on left] at Script Fly ($)
Airplane! Script PDF - SHOOTING DRAFT. 6/11/1979. at Script City ($)
Airplane! Transcript - Transcript at Screenplays For You
Airplane! Transcript at kogan.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:

Airplane! ( tt0080339 ) at IMDb
Airplane! ( 813 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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