Tag: Philip Roth

Elegy Script

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Year:2008
Director:Isabel Coixet
Written by:Nicholas Meyer (Screenplay), Philip Roth (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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Portnoy’s Complaint Script

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Year:1972
Director:Ernest Lehman
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Screenplay), Philip Roth (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Alexander Portnoy, a Jewish man employed as the assistant commissioner of human opportunity for New York City. During a session with his psychoanalyst, he explores his childhood, his relationship with his overbearing mother, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own religion. Via flashbacks, we learn about his affairs with Bubbles Girardi, the daughter of a local hoodlum; Israeli Naomi; and shiksa Mary Jane Reid, whose nickname "Monkey" reflects her remarkable agility at achieving a variety of sexual positions. Mary Jane seemingly is the girl of Portnoy's dreams, but as their relationship deepens and she begins to pressure him into giving her a ring, he shrinks from making a permanent commitment to her. Wikipedia
Portnoy's Complaint Script Resources:

  • Portnoy's Complaint Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Portnoy's Complaint Script PDF - 8/3/1970 at Script City ($)

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The Human Stain

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Year:2003
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Nicholas Meyer (Screenplay), Philip Roth (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
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