Tag: John G. Avildsen

Rocky V Script

Year:1990
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Sylvester Stallone (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
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Joe Script

Year:1970
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Norman Wexler (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue.
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Save The Tiger Script

Year:1973
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Steve Shagan (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
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The Formula Script

Year:1980
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Steve Shagan (Novel), Steve Shagan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil--and oil companies. A major oil company finds out about it and tries to destroy the formula and anyone who knows about it.
The Formula Script Resources:

  • The Formula Script PDF - 11/27/79 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • The Formula Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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Neighbors Script

Year:1981
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Thomas Berger (Novel), Larry Gelbart (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.
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A Night In Heaven Script

Year:1983
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Gene Kirkwood (Author), Joan Tewkesbury (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?
A Night In Heaven Script Resources:

  • A Night In Heaven Script PDF - 12/20/1982 at Script City ($)
  • A Night In Heaven Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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The Karate Kid Script

Year:1984
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Robert Mark Kamen (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than self-defense. Armed with newfound confidence, skill and wisdom, Daniel ultimately faces off against his tormentors in this hugely popular classic underdog tale.
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Happy New Year Script

Year:1987
Director:John G. Avildsen

Script Synopsis:Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.
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For Keeps Script

Year:1988
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Denise DeClue (Writer), Tim Kazurinsky (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. Neither Darcy's mother, who was left by her husband and had to bring up Darcy alone, nor Stan's catholic parents are very supportive and urge them to h
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The Power of One

Year:1992
Director:John G. Avildsen
Written by:Robert Mark Kamen (Screenplay), Bryce Courtenay (Novel)

Script Synopsis:PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
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