Tag: Roger Donaldson

The November Man Script

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Year:2014
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Karl Gajdusek (Screenplay), Michael Finch (Screenplay), Bill Granger (Novel)

Script Synopsis:An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
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The Getaway (1994) Script

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Year:1994
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Jim Thompson (Novel), Walter Hill (Screenplay), Amy Holden Jones (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.
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The Recruit Script

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Year:2003
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Roger Towne (Screenplay), Mitch Glazer (Screenplay), Kurt Wimmer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
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Bank Job Script

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Year:2008
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Dick Clement (Screenplay), Ian La Frenais (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.
Bank Job Script Resources:

  • Bank Job Script PDF - [Early 6/19/2003] at Script Fly ($)
  • Bank Job Script PDF - (2008) 6/19/03 at Script City ($)

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Cocktail Script

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Year:1988
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Heywood Gould (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Cocktail Script Resources:

  • Cocktail Script PDF - Shooting 10/29/87 at Script Fly ($)
  • Cocktail Script PDF - 07/08/87 (miss pg 99) at Script Fly ($)
  • Cocktail Script PDF - EARLY 7/8/87 at Script City ($)
  • Cocktail Script PDF - 10/29/87 REVISED SHOOTING at Script City ($)
  • Cocktail Transcript at scripts.com

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No Way Out Script

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Year:1987
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Kenneth Fearing (Novel), Robert Garland (Screenstory), Robert Garland (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
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Cadillac Man Script

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Year:1990
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Ken Friedman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.
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White Sands Script

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Year:1992
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Daniel Pyne (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
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Species Script

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Year:1995
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Dennis Feldman (Author)

Script Synopsis:In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
Species Script Resources:

  • Species Script PDF - 9/15/94 REVISED. *pg. at Script City ($)
  • Species Script PDF - [Feldman][Undated] at Script Fly ($)
  • Species Script PDF - Larry Gross Rewrite 4/20/1994 at Script Fly ($)
  • Species Transcript at scripts.com

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Dante’s Peak Script

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Year:1997
Director:Roger Donaldson
Written by:Leslie Bohem (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.
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