Norman Wexler – Scripts on Screen

Joe Script

celluloid — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:46:10 +0000

Year:1970

Director:John G. Avildsen

Written by:Norman Wexler (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue.

Joe Script Resources:

Joe Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Joe Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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.

Other Links:

Joe ( tt0065916 ) at IMDb
Joe ( 46691 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Saturday Night Fever Script

celluloid — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:06:42 +0000

Year:1977

Director:John Badham

Written by:Norman Wexler (Screenplay), Nik Cohn (Story)

Script Synopsis:Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited Tony struts his stuff amidst flashing lights and sweaty, undulating bodies. Tony's class aspirations are mirrored in his relationship with his dance partner, a secretary eager to move into the glamorous world of Manhattan.

Saturday Night Fever Script Resources:

Saturday Night Fever Script PDF - 3/11/77 FINAL at Script City ($)
Saturday Night Fever Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Saturday Night Fever 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.

Other Links:

Saturday Night Fever ( tt0076666 ) at IMDb
Saturday Night Fever ( 11009 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Staying Alive Script

celluloid — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 23:11:33 +0000

Year:1983

Director:Sylvester Stallone

Written by:Nik Cohn (Characters), Norman Wexler (Screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Staying Alive Script Resources:

Staying Alive Script PDF - [Continuity] at Script Fly ($)
Staying Alive Script PDF - [Wexler, Stallone][Rev 3-3-1983] at Script Fly ($)
Staying Alive Script PDF - 3/2/83 REVISED at Script City ($)
Staying Alive 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.

Other Links:

Staying Alive ( tt0086361 ) at IMDb
Staying Alive ( 10805 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Raw Deal Script

celluloid — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:18:49 +0000

Year:1986

Director:John Irvin

Written by:Norman Wexler (Screenplay), Gary DeVore (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.

Raw Deal Script Resources:

Raw Deal Script PDF - Partial Storyboards at Script Fly ($)
Raw Deal Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Raw Deal Script PDF - 10/3/85. *pgs. at Script City ($)
Raw Deal 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.

Other Links:

Raw Deal ( tt0091828 ) at IMDb
Raw Deal ( 2099 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Serpico

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:38:18 +0000

Year:1973

Director:Sidney Lumet

Written by:Waldo Salt (Screenplay), Norman Wexler (Screenplay), Peter Maas (Story)

Script Synopsis:The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.

Serpico Script Resources:

Serpico Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Serpico Script PDF - 6/18/1973 at Script City ($)
Serpico 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.

Other Links:

Serpico ( tt0070666 ) at IMDb
Serpico ( 9040 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Mandingo

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:38:17 +0000

Year:1975

Director:Richard Fleischer

Written by:Kyle Onstott (Novel), Jack Kirkland (Writer), Norman Wexler (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

Mandingo Script Resources:

Mandingo Script PDF - August 3, 1974 draft at The Daily Script
Mandingo Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Mandingo Script PDF - 8/3/74 REVISED at Script City ($)

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.

Other Links:

Mandingo ( tt0073349 ) at IMDb
Mandingo ( 38027 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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