Peter Straughan – Scripts on Screen https://scripts-onscreen.com Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:19:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://scripts-onscreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-cropped-sos-logo-truesqr-32x32.png Peter Straughan – Scripts on Screen https://scripts-onscreen.com 32 32 Conclave Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/conclave-script-links/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:19:49 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/conclave-script-links/
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Year:2024
Director:Edward Berger
Written by:Peter Straughan (Writer), Robert Harris (Novel)

Script Synopsis:After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
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The Goldfinch Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-goldfinch-script-links/ Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:22:24 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-goldfinch-script-links/
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Year:2019
Director:John Crowley
Written by:Donna Tartt (Novel), Peter Straughan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
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Our Brand Is Crisis Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/our-brand-is-crisis-script-links/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:22:21 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/our-brand-is-crisis-script-links/
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Year:2015
Director:David Gordon Green
Written by:Peter Straughan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A feature film based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", which focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
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Frank Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/frank-script-links/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:00:14 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/frank-script-links/
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Year:2014
Director:Lenny Abrahamson
Written by:Jon Ronson (Screenplay), Peter Straughan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-men-who-stare-at-goats-script-links/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:38:24 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-men-who-stare-at-goats-script-links/
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Year:2009
Director:Grant Heslov
Written by:Jon Ronson (Novel), Peter Straughan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
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The Debt https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-debt-script-links/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:22 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-debt-script-links/
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Year:2010
Director:John Madden
Written by:Jane Goldman (Screenplay), Peter Straughan (Screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (Screenplay), Assaf Bernstein (Writer), Ido Rosenblum (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-script-links/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:31:41 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-script-links/
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Year:2008
Director:Robert B. Weide
Written by:Peter Straughan (Screenplay), Toby Young (Author)

Script Synopsis:A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-script-links/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:31:35 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-script-links/
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Year:2011
Director:Tomas Alfredson
Written by:John le Carré (Novel), Peter Straughan (Screenplay), Bridget O'Connor (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
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