Tag: Michael Hoffman

Promised Land Script

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Year:1987
Director:Michael Hoffman
Written by:Michael Hoffman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.
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Soapdish Script

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Year:1991
Director:Michael Hoffman
Written by:Robert Harling (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.
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Restoration Script

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Year:1995
Director:Michael Hoffman
Written by:Rose Termain (Writer), Rupert Walters (Writer)

Script Synopsis:An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
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One Fine Day Script

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Year:1996
Director:Michael Hoffman
Written by:Terrel Seltzer (Screenplay), Ellen Simon (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
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Game 6

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Year:2005
Director:Michael Hoffman

Script Synopsis:Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game.
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The Emperor’s Club

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Year:2002
Director:Michael Hoffman
Written by:Ethan Canin (Writer), Neil Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
The Emperor's Club Script Resources:

  • The Emperor's Club Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Emperor's Club Script PDF - 5/21/01 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • The Emperor's Club Script at Amazon ($)
  • The Emperor's Club Transcript at scripts.com

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The Last Station

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Year:2009
Director:Michael Hoffman

Script Synopsis:A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
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