Tag: Peter Benchley

The Island (1980) Script

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Year:1980
Director:Michael Ritchie
Written by:Peter Benchley (Screenplay), Peter Benchley (Novel)

Script Synopsis:David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs across Warner and his band of raiders and they decide to induct them into their tribe.
The Island Script Resources:

  • The Island Script PDF - (1980) REVISED 3RD DRAFT at Script City ($)

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The Deep Script

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Year:1977
Director:Peter Yates
Written by:Peter Benchley (Novel), Peter Benchley (Screenplay), Tracy Keenan Wynn (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters...
The Deep Script Resources:

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Jaws 3-D

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Year:1983
Director:Joe Alves
Written by:Peter Benchley (Screenplay), Guerdon Trueblood (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a guest at Sea World. What follows is the shark wreaking havoc on the visitors in the park.
Jaws 3-D Script Resources:

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Jaws: The Revenge

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Year:1987
Director:Joseph Sargent
Written by:Michael De Guzman (Screenplay), Peter Benchley (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
Jaws: The Revenge Script Resources:

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Jaws 2

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Year:1978
Director:Jeannot Szwarc
Written by:Carl Gottlieb (Screenplay), Howard Sackler (Screenplay), Peter Benchley (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Jaws 2 Script Resources:

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Jaws

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Year:1975
Director:Steven Spielberg
Written by:Peter Benchley (Novel), Carl Gottlieb (Screenplay), Peter Benchley (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.
Jaws Script Resources:

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