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The Comedian Script

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Year:2017
Director:Taylor Hackford
Written by:Richard LaGravenese (Screenplay), Lewis Friedman (Screenplay), Art Linson (Screenplay), Jeff Ross (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
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Baseketball Script

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Year:1998
Director:David Zucker
Written by:David Zucker (Screenplay), Robert LoCash (Screenplay), Lewis Friedman (Screenplay), Jeff Wright (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.
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