Paul Schrader – Page 2 – Scripts on Screen

Touch Script

Year:1997

Director:Paul Schrader

Written by:Elmore Leonard (Novel), Paul Schrader (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.

Touch Script Resources:

Touch Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:

Touch ( tt0120357 ) at IMDb
Touch ( 61563 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Forever Mine Script

Year:1999

Director:Paul Schrader

Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.

Forever Mine Script Resources:

Forever Mine Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Forever Mine Script PDF - 3/6/89 3RD at Script City ($)

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:

Forever Mine ( tt0179182 ) at IMDb
Forever Mine ( 18553 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Cat People

Year:1982

Director:Paul Schrader

Written by:Alan Ormsby (Screenplay), Paul Schrader (Screenplay), DeWitt Bodeen (Story)

Script Synopsis:After years of separation, Irina and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans in this erotic tale of the supernatural. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irina is drawn to the cat -- and the zoo curator is drawn to her. Soon, Irina's brother will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they turn into predatory jungle cats.

Cat People Script Resources:

Cat People Script at whiskeyloosetongue.com
Cat People Script at Screenplays For You
Cat People Script PDF - [REVISED 03-26-1981] at Script Fly ($)
Cat People Script PDF - 1982. 3/25/81 REVISED at Script City ($)

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:

Cat People ( tt0083722 ) at IMDb
Cat People ( 6217 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Light Sleeper

Year:1992

Director:Paul Schrader

Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. A reformed addict, he has never gotten over the wife that left him, and the couple that use him for deliveries worry about his mental well-being and his effectiveness at his job. Meanwhile someone is killing women in apparently drug-related incidents.

Light Sleeper Script Resources:

Light Sleeper Script PDF at The Script Savant
Light Sleeper Script at The Daily Script
Light Sleeper Script - Undated Shooting draft at IMSDb
Light Sleeper Script PDF - [Final 9-3-91] at Script Fly ($)
Light Sleeper Script PDF - EARLY 1/21/91 1ST at Script City ($)
Light Sleeper Script PDF - 9/3/91 FINAL at Script City ($)
Light Sleeper 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:

Light Sleeper ( tt0102307 ) at IMDb
Light Sleeper ( 36351 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Rolling Thunder

Year:1977

Director:John Flynn

Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.

Rolling Thunder Script Resources:

Rolling Thunder Script PDF at The Script Savant
Rolling Thunder Script PDF - SECOND DRAFT. at Script City ($)
Rolling Thunder Script PDF - [2nd 1976-05-12] at Script Fly ($)
Rolling Thunder Script PDF - [Undated] 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:

Rolling Thunder ( tt0076637 ) at IMDb
Rolling Thunder ( 21948 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Mosquito Coast

Year:1986

Director:Peter Weir

Written by:Paul Schrader (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.

The Mosquito Coast Script Resources:

The Mosquito Coast Script PDF - NO DATE 2ND REVISED at Script City ($)
The Mosquito Coast Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Mosquito Coast 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:

The Mosquito Coast ( tt0091557 ) at IMDb
The Mosquito Coast ( 11120 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Obsession

Year:1976

Director:Brian De Palma

Written by:Paul Schrader (Author), Brian De Palma (Author)

Script Synopsis:New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife.

Obsession Script Resources:

Obsession Script PDF - [Rev 1974-03-14] at Script Fly ($)
Obsession Script PDF - [1st draft] at Script Fly ($)
Obsession Script PDF - 3/14/1974 at Script City ($)
Obsession 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:

Obsession ( tt0074991 ) at IMDb
Obsession ( 4780 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Old Boyfriends

Year:1979

Director:Joan Tewkesbury

Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer), Leonard Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:John Belushi was the high school sweetheart who ruined her reputation with lies. Richard Jordan was the college lover that she almost married. Keith Carradine is the unstable brother of her first real love. Diane Cruise is a woman whose life has shattered in a myriad of pieces. After the dissolution of her marriage, she decides to delve into her past and seek out the men who marked the milestones of her life.

Old Boyfriends Script Resources:

Old Boyfriends Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
Old Boyfriends Script PDF - 12/12/1977 at Script City ($)

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:

Old Boyfriends ( tt0079660 ) at IMDb
Old Boyfriends ( 119356 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Light of Day

Year:1987

Director:Paul Schrader

Written by:Paul Schrader (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for his young nephew. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the prickly past with her mother.

Light of Day Script Resources:

Light of Day Script PDF - [1985-11-20] at Script Fly ($)
Light of Day Script PDF - 11/20/1985 at Script City ($)

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:

Light of Day ( tt0093415 ) at IMDb
Light of Day ( 2115 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Year:1985

Director:Paul Schrader

Written by:Paul Schrader (Writer), Jun Shiragi (Scenario Writer), Yukio Mishima (Novel), Leonard Schrader (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Script Resources:

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 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:

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters ( tt0089603 ) at IMDb
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters ( 27064 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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