Tag: Michael Wilson

A Place in the Sun Script

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Year:1951
Director:George Stevens
Written by:Harry Brown (Screenplay), Michael Wilson (Screenplay), Theodore Dreiser (Novel), Patrick Kearney (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
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Friendly Persuasion Script

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Year:1956
Director:William Wyler
Written by:Michael Wilson (Screenplay), Jessamyn West (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Friendly Persuasion Script Resources:

  • Friendly Persuasion Script PDF - XL 9/12/55 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Friendly Persuasion Transcript at scripts.com

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Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Year:1968
Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by:Michael Wilson (Author), Rod Serling (Author), Pierre Boulle (Novel)

Script Synopsis:An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Planet of the Apes Script Resources:

  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - Shooting Script Revised - 7/27/67 at The Script Savant
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF at archive.org
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF at archive.org
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - 1/29/68 FINAL *page at Script City ($)
  • Planet of the Apes Script PDF - (EARLY) 12/23/64 2ND DRAFT. (XL). at Script City ($)

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Salt of the earth

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Year:1954
Director:Herbert J. Biberman
Written by:Michael Wilson (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The issues the miners strike for include equity in wages with Anglo workers, and health and safety issues. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but at home he treats his wife, Esperanza Quintero, as a second class citizen. Esperanza, who is pregnant with their third child, is usually passive, but she changes her attitude when the men are forced to end their picketing by a Taft-Hartley Act injuction.
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Lawrence of Arabia

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Year:1962
Director:David Lean
Written by:T.E. Lawrence (Author), Robert Bolt (Screenplay), Michael Wilson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Year:1957
Director:David Lean
Written by:Pierre Boulle (Novel), Carl Foreman (Screenplay), Michael Wilson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
The Bridge on the River Kwai Script Resources:

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai Script PDF - 1ST DRAFT at Script City ($)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai 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.


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  • The Bridge on the River Kwai ( tt0050212 ) at IMDb
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 826 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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