Lawrence Lasker – Scripts on Screen

Project X Script

Year:1987

Director:Jonathan Kaplan

Written by:Lawrence Lasker (Writer), Stanley Weiser (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.

Project X Script Resources:

Project X Script PDF - 2/21/86 REVISED at Script City ($)
Project X 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.

WarGames

Year:1983

Director:John Badham

Written by:Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay), Walter F. Parkes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

WarGames Script Resources:

WarGames Script PDF - Revised Final Draft - 9/7/1982 at The Script Savant
WarGames Script PDF - Early 8/13/1981 at Script Fly ($)
WarGames Script PDF - Rev Final 11/2/1982 at Script Fly ($)
WarGames Script PDF - 9/7/82 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
WarGames 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.

Sneakers

Year:1992

Director:Phil Alden Robinson

Written by:Walter F. Parkes (Screenplay), Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay), Phil Alden Robinson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

Sneakers Script Resources:

Sneakers Script PDF at The Daily Script
Sneakers Script at IMSDb
Sneakers Script PDF - 10/25/1991 at Script City ($)
Sneakers Script PDF - EARLY 3/1/85 1ST at Script City ($)
Sneakers Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Sneakers 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.