Richard Linklater – Scripts on Screen

Tape Script

celluloid — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:48:56 +0000

Year:2001

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Stephen Belber (Screenplay), Stephen Belber (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.

Tape Script Resources:

Tape Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Tape ( tt0275719 ) at IMDb
Tape ( 23949 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Where’d You Go, Bernadette Script

celluloid — Tue, 05 May 2020 17:48:32 +0000

Year:2019

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Richard Linklater (Screenplay), Vincent Palmo Jr. (Screenplay), Holly Gent (Screenplay), Maria Semple (Novel)

Script Synopsis:When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Script Resources:

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Script PDF - [Neustadter & Weber] [Early, July 2013] at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:

Where'd You Go, Bernadette ( tt2365580 ) at IMDb
Where'd You Go, Bernadette ( 405177 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Everybody Wants Some!! Script

celluloid — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:05:50 +0000

Year:2016

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Richard Linklater (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

Everybody Wants Some!! Script Resources:

Everybody Wants Some!! Script PDF - PRODUCTION DRAFT. 9/12/2014. at Script City ($)
Everybody Wants Some!! Script PDF - [PROD. SEP 12, 2014] at Script Fly ($)
Everybody Wants Some!! 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.

Other Links:

Everybody Wants Some!! ( tt2937696 ) at IMDb
Everybody Wants Some!! ( 295699 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Last Flag Flying Script

celluloid — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 04:17:54 +0000

Year:2017

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Richard Linklater (Screenplay), Darryl Ponicsan (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire. Along the way, the three men find themselves reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.

Last Flag Flying Script Resources:

Last Flag Flying Script PDF at archive.org
Last Flag Flying Transcript at subslikescript.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.

Other Links:

Last Flag Flying ( tt6018306 ) at IMDb
Last Flag Flying ( 419709 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Film Scripts with Great Dialogue

montage — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 06:15:38 +0000

Dialogues are just one of the many mechanisms that can move the plot forward. For some screenwriters though, it doesn’t seem to be a resource, but their chief weapon. While Quentin Tarantino may have become the ultimate modern reference, many other authors have also forged a reputation as masters of dialogue.

Aaron Sorkin has compared dialogue to music. There is indeed a rhythmic nature in the way his characters interact: from courtroom battles to rapid-fire Harvard computing chatter, Sorkin enjoys taking his characters to the limit not by physical, but argumentative exhaustion.

Always proud of his origins, Kevin Smith often uses real life friends as direct models for his characters. The Star Wars exchange in Clerks is both hilarious and genuine: Smith wasn’t afraid of driving the plot with the same kind of conversations he’d have with his own buddies- expletives and pop culture references included.

Which brings us to Richard Linklater, who inspired Smith to start his career. Watching Slacker or the Before trilogy, one might feel that those conversations are going nowhere. But they’re slowly, cleverly taking us to the next point.

Conversations are dynamic, and so are film dialogues, which are as diverse as the minds that crafted them. They can introduce us to the main conflict (Glengarry Glenn Ross), read a character’s thoughts for us (Juno, Fight Club), make outlaws be likable (Point Break, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) or just captivate us through absency (enjoy The Artist and There Will Be Blood’s brilliant opening!).

Some other examples of films with great dialogues are:

(1942) Casablanca

(1949) The Third Man

(1972) The Godfather

(1974) Chinatown

(1976) Taxi Driver

(1979) Manhattan

(1985) The Breakfast Club

(1989) Do The Right Thing

(1991) The Silence of the Lambs

(1994) Pulp Fiction

(1996) Fargo

(1997) Chasing Amy

(1997) As Good as it Gets

(1999) American Beauty

(2006) Little Miss Sunshine

(2011) Moneyball

Boyhood Script

celluloid — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:51:10 +0000

Year:2014

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Richard Linklater (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

Boyhood Script Resources:

Boyhood Script PDF at IFC Films
Boyhood Script PDF at Script Slug
Boyhood Script at IMSDb
Boyhood Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)

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.

Other Links:

Boyhood ( tt1065073 ) at IMDb
Boyhood ( 85350 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Waking Life Script

celluloid — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:31:21 +0000

Year:2001

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Richard Linklater (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Waking Life Script Resources:

Waking Life Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Waking Life ( tt0243017 ) at IMDb
Waking Life ( 9081 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Bernie Script

celluloid — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:57:24 +0000

Year:2011

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Skip Hollandsworth (Screenplay), Richard Linklater (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

Bernie Script Resources:

Bernie Script PDF - [Undated] at Script Fly ($)
Bernie 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.

Other Links:

Bernie ( tt1704573 ) at IMDb
Bernie ( 92591 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The School Of Rock Script

celluloid — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 06:51:19 +0000

Year:2003

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Mike White (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.

The School Of Rock Script Resources:

The School Of Rock Script PDF - 6/7/2002 at Script City ($)
The School Of Rock Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The School Of Rock 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.

Other Links:

The School Of Rock ( tt0332379 ) at IMDb
The School Of Rock ( 1584 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Before Midnight Script

celluloid — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:47:33 +0000

Year:2013

Director:Richard Linklater

Written by:Richard Linklater (Writer), Julie Delpy (Writer), Ethan Hawke (Writer), Richard Linklater (Characters), Kim Krizan (Characters)

Script Synopsis:We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

Before Midnight Script Resources:

Before Midnight Script PDF at Script Slug
Before Midnight Script PDF at Sony Classics
Before Midnight Script PDF - [9/1/2012] at Script Fly ($)

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.

Other Links:

Before Midnight ( tt2209418 ) at IMDb
Before Midnight ( 132344 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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