Ken Kaufman – Scripts on Screen

The Missing Script

Year:2003

Director:Ron Howard

Written by:Ken Kaufman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

The Missing Script Resources:

The Missing Script PDF - (2003) 3/7/03 at Script City ($)
The Missing Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Missing 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.

In The Army Now Script

Year:1994

Director:Daniel Petrie Jr.

Written by:Daniel Petrie Jr. (Screenplay), Ken Kaufman (Screenplay), Stu Krieger (Screenplay), Fax Bahr (Screenplay), Adam Small (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the U.S. Army; they just wanted to get a job and make some money. But these new recruits are so hapless, they run the risk of getting kicked out before their military careers even begin. Soon, though, they're sent to the Middle East to fight for their country -- which they manage to do in their own wacky ways.

In The Army Now Script Resources:

In The Army Now Script PDF - 1/13/94 REVISED at Script City ($)
In The Army Now Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
In The Army Now 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.

Space Cowboys

Year:2000

Director:Clint Eastwood

Written by:Ken Kaufman (Screenplay), Howard Klausner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.

Space Cowboys Script Resources:

Space Cowboys Script PDF at Script Slug
Space Cowboys Script PDF - May 1999 draft at The Daily Script
Space Cowboys Script PDF - [May 1999] at Script Fly ($)
Space Cowboys Script PDF - [1997 draft] at Script Fly ($)
Space Cowboys Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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.