Tag: Richard Matheson

Stir of Echoes

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Year:1999
Director:David Koepp
Written by:David Koepp (Screenplay), Richard Matheson (Novel)

Script Synopsis:After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
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Somewhere In Time

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Year:1980
Director:Jeannot Szwarc
Written by:Richard Matheson (Novel), Richard Matheson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
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I Am Legend

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Year:2007
Director:Francis Lawrence
Written by:Mark Protosevich (Screenstory), Akiva Goldsman (Screenstory), Richard Matheson (Novel), Mark Protosevich (Screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
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Duel

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Year:1971
Director:Steven Spielberg
Written by:Richard Matheson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
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The Box

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Year:2009
Director:Richard Kelly
Written by:Richard Kelly (Screenplay), Richard Matheson (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
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