Philip Roth – Scripts on Screen

Elegy Script

celluloid — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:55:19 +0000

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.

Elegy Script Resources:

Elegy Script PDF - light type throughout at Script Fly ($)
Elegy 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.

Portnoy’s Complaint Script

celluloid — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:09:17 +0000

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

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.

The Human Stain

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:44:48 +0000

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.

The Human Stain Script Resources:

The Human Stain Script PDF at The Script Savant
The Human Stain Script PDF - 10/4/01 1ST POLISH DFT at Script City ($)
The Human Stain Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Human Stain 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.