Tag: Michael Tolkin

The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story Script

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Year:1994
Director:John Frankenheimer
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Writer), Ron Hutchinson (Writer), William Mastrosimone (Writer), Andrew Revkin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story Script Resources:

  • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story Script PDF - CABLE 1/7/94 at Script City ($)

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  • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story ( tt0109351 ) at IMDb
  • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story ( 167891 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Gleaming the Cube Script

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Year:1989
Director:Graeme Clifford
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.
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Changing Lanes Script

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Year:2002
Director:Roger Michell
Written by:Chap Taylor (Screenplay), Michael Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Changing Lanes Script Resources:

  • Changing Lanes Script PDF - 5/18/97 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • Changing Lanes Script PDF - Awards Consideraton Draft at Script Fly ($)
  • Changing Lanes Script PDF - 5/18/97 at Script Fly ($)
  • Changing Lanes Transcript at scripts.com

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The Player Script

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Year:1992
Director:Robert Altman
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Novel), Michael Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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The New Age Script

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Year:1994
Director:Michael Tolkin
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions
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Rapture

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Year:1991
Director:Michael Tolkin
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God — only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.
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Deep Cover

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Year:1992
Director:Bill Duke
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Writer), Henry Bean (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss. The first step is to get the lawyer and hobby dealer David Jason to trust him.
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Nine

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Year:2009
Director:Rob Marshall
Written by:Michael Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
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Deep Impact

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Year:1998
Director:Mimi Leder
Written by:Bruce Joel Rubin (Screenplay), Michael Tolkin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
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