Tag: Robert Benton

Twilight (1998) Script

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Year:1998
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Robert Benton (Writer), Richard Russo (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
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The Late Show Script

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Year:1977
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Robert Benton (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.
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Feast Of Love Script

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Year:2007
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Allison Burnett (Screenplay), Charles Baxter (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
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There Was A Crooked Man Script

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Year:1970
Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by:Robert Benton (Writer), David Newman (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Charismatic criminal Paris Pitman ends up in prison, then attempts to escape.
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  • There Was A Crooked Man ( tt0066448 ) at IMDb
  • There Was A Crooked Man ( 27172 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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What’s Up Doc? Script

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Year:1972
Director:Peter Bogdanovich
Written by:Buck Henry (Screenplay), David Newman (Screenplay), Robert Benton (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
What's Up Doc? Script Resources:

  • What's Up Doc? Script PDF - 8/13/71 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)
  • What's Up Doc? Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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Still Of The Night Script

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Year:1982
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Robert Benton (Screenplay), Robert Benton (Story), David Newman (Story)

Script Synopsis:When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
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Nadine Script

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Year:1987
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Robert Benton (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon, into going along when she returns to the office, where they stumble across plans for a less than legal construction project. But when Vernon tries to turn the documents into a cash windfall, he and Nadine are pursued by goons with guns.
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Billy Bathgate Script

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Year:1991
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:E.L. Doctorow (Novel), Tom Stoppard (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
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Places in the Heart

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Year:1984
Director:Robert Benton
Written by:Robert Benton (Author)

Script Synopsis:In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Places in the Heart Script Resources:

  • Places in the Heart Script PDF - [1st 1983-01-31][Miss pgs 115-116] at Script Fly ($)
  • Places in the Heart Script PDF - [3rd Rev 1983-10-27] at Script Fly ($)
  • Places in the Heart Script PDF - 8/12/83 3RD DRAFT at Script City ($)
  • Places in the Heart Transcript at scripts.com

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Bonnie and Clyde

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Year:1967
Director:Arthur Penn
Written by:David Newman (Screenplay), Robert Benton (Screenplay), Robert Towne (Writer)

Script Synopsis:In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
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