Tag: John Boorman

The Professor and the Madman Script

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Year:2019
Director:Farhad Safinia
Written by:Farhad Safinia (Writer), John Boorman (Writer), Todd Komarnicki (Writer), Simon Winchester (Book)

Script Synopsis:Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
The Professor and the Madman Script Resources:

  • The Professor and the Madman Script PDF - [Komarnicki & Boorman] [EARLY, 4/17/2001] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Professor and the Madman Transcript at subslikescript.com

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  • The Professor and the Madman ( tt5932728 ) at IMDb
  • The Professor and the Madman ( 411728 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Exorcist 2: The Heretic Script

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Year:1977
Director:John Boorman
Written by:William Goodhart (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?
Exorcist 2: The Heretic Script Resources:

  • Exorcist 2: The Heretic Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Exorcist 2: The Heretic Script PDF - [Nov 1976] at Script Fly ($)
  • Exorcist 2: The Heretic Script PDF - 9/21/76 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Exorcist 2: The Heretic Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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  • Exorcist 2: The Heretic ( tt0076009 ) at IMDb
  • Exorcist 2: The Heretic ( 11586 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Emerald Forest Script

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Year:1985
Director:John Boorman
Written by:Rospo Pallenberg (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.
The Emerald Forest Script Resources:

  • The Emerald Forest Script PDF - [Shooting 6-23-1984] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Emerald Forest Script PDF - 1ST NO DATE at Script City ($)
  • The Emerald Forest Transcript at scripts.com

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Beyond Rangoon Script

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Year:1995
Director:John Boorman
Written by:Alex Lasker (Screenplay), Bill Rubenstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Patricia Arquette stars as American widow Laura Bowman, a young doctor who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s, in this fictionalized drama based on actual events. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister (Frances McDormand) in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
Beyond Rangoon Script Resources:

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The Tailor Of Panama Script

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Year:2001
Director:John Boorman
Written by:John le Carré (Novel), Andrew Davies (Screenplay), John le Carré (Screenplay), John Boorman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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Hope And Glory

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Year:1987
Director:John Boorman
Written by:John Boorman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during World War II. For young Billy Rowan, the nightly bombings provide a frightening show, but they include opportunities to rummage through the rubble with friends in the mornings. As Billy plays, his family struggles to remain intact as they suffer through the anguish and losses of wartime.
Hope And Glory Script Resources:

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Excalibur

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Year:1981
Director:John Boorman
Written by:John Boorman (Screenplay), Thomas Malory (Novel), Rospo Pallenberg (Adaptation), Rospo Pallenberg (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
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Deliverance

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Year:1972
Director:John Boorman
Written by:James Dickey (Novel), James Dickey (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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Zardoz

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Year:1974
Director:John Boorman
Written by:John Boorman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
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