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Year:2004
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Sarah Maur Thorp (Author)

Script Synopsis:Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to wonder if she could be the very killer she's trying to track down.
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The Wanderers Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-wanderers-script-links/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:18:37 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-wanderers-script-links/
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Year:1979
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Richard Price (Novel), Rose Kaufman (Author), Philip Kaufman (Author)

Script Synopsis:The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-script-links/ Sun, 10 Nov 2013 06:29:59 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-script-links/
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Year:1978
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:W.D. Richter (Screenplay), Jack Finney (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement", realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?
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Henry And June Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/henry-and-june-script-links/ Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:35:41 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/henry-and-june-script-links/
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Year:1990
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Philip Kaufman (Screenplay), Rose Kaufman (Screenplay), Anaïs Nin (Novel)

Script Synopsis:While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
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Quills https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/quills-script-links/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:20:53 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/quills-script-links/
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Year:2000
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Doug Wright (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-script-links/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:38:50 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-script-links/
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Year:1988
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Jean-Claude Carrière (Screenplay), Philip Kaufman (Screenplay), Milan Kundera (Author)

Script Synopsis:Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
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The Right Stuff https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-right-stuff-script-links/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:38:12 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-right-stuff-script-links/
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Year:1983
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Tom Wolfe (Novel), Philip Kaufman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-outlaw-josey-wales-script-links/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:45:03 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-outlaw-josey-wales-script-links/
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Year:1976
Director:Clint Eastwood
Written by:Forrest Carter (Novel), Philip Kaufman (Screenplay), Sonia Chernus (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
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Rising Sun https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/rising-sun-script-links/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:44:17 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/rising-sun-script-links/
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Year:1993
Director:Philip Kaufman
Written by:Michael Crichton (Novel), Philip Kaufman (Screenplay), Michael Crichton (Screenplay), Michael Backes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-script-links/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:43:11 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-script-links/
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Year:2008
Director:Steven Spielberg
Written by:David Koepp (Screenplay), George Lucas (Story), George Lucas (Characters), Jeff Nathanson (Story), Philip Kaufman (Characters)

Script Synopsis:Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend – and Indy's colleague – Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
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