Ronald Harwood – Scripts on Screen

The Statement Script

celluloid — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:06:49 +0000

Year:2003

Director:Norman Jewison

Written by:Brian Moore (Novel), Ronald Harwood (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...

The Statement Script Resources:

The Statement Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

The Statement ( tt0340376 ) at IMDb
The Statement ( 41488 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Australia Script

celluloid — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:19:21 +0000

Year:2008

Director:Baz Luhrmann

Written by:Baz Luhrmann (Screenplay), Baz Luhrmann (Story), Stuart Beattie (Screenplay), Ronald Harwood (Screenplay), Richard Flanagan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

Australia Script Resources:

Australia Script PDF - [SHOOTING 2/17/2006] at Script Fly ($)
Australia 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:

Australia ( tt0455824 ) at IMDb
Australia ( 6972 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Quartet Script

celluloid — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:10:06 +0000

Year:2012

Director:Dustin Hoffman

Written by:Ronald Harwood (Theatre Play), Ronald Harwood (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and former wife of one of the residents. Expect poignancy and plenty of laughs.

Quartet Script Resources:

Quartet Script PDF at The Script Savant
Quartet Script PDF - [4-2010] at Script Fly ($)
Quartet Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT at Script City ($)
Quartet 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:

Quartet ( tt1441951 ) at IMDb
Quartet ( 121826 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Browning Version Script

celluloid — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:28:01 +0000

Year:1994

Director:Mike Figgis

Written by:Terence Rattigan (Theatre Play), Ronald Harwood (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire on the pretext of his health, and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His wife Laura is unfaithful, and lives to wound him any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and regain at least his own self-respect.

The Browning Version Script Resources:

The Browning Version Transcript at scripts.com

Other Links:

The Browning Version ( tt0109340 ) at IMDb
The Browning Version ( 49805 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Taking Sides

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:23:14 +0000

Year:2001

Director:István Szabó

Written by:Ronald Harwood (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Taking Sides Script Resources:

Taking Sides Script PDF at The Script Savant
Taking Sides Script - Undated Final draft at IMSDb
Taking Sides Script - 1998 final draft at The Daily Script
Taking Sides Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Taking Sides 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:

Taking Sides ( tt0260414 ) at IMDb
Taking Sides ( 31094 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:39:11 +0000

Year:2007

Director:Julian Schnabel

Written by:Ronald Harwood (Screenplay), Jean-Dominique Bauby (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Script Resources:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Script PDF at The Daily Script
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Script - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly at dailyscript.com
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT. at Script City ($)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ( tt0401383 ) at IMDb
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ( 2013 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Pianist

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:45:03 +0000

Year:2002

Director:Roman Polanski

Written by:Ronald Harwood (Screenplay), Wladyslaw Szpilman (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

The Pianist Script Resources:

The Pianist Script PDF - 1998 final draft at The Daily Script
The Pianist Script - Undated Final draft at IMSDb
The Pianist Script at The Daily Script
The Pianist Script - 1998 final draft at The Daily Script
The Pianist Script PDF - 6/2/2001 at Script City ($)
The Pianist Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)

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:

The Pianist ( tt0253474 ) at IMDb
The Pianist ( 423 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Love in the Time of Cholera

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:43:18 +0000

Year:2007

Director:Mike Newell

Written by:Ronald Harwood (Screenplay), Gabriel García Márquez (Novel)

Script Synopsis:In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.

Love in the Time of Cholera Script Resources:

Love in the Time of Cholera Script PDF - [UNDATED] at Script Fly ($)
Love in the Time of Cholera Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT. at Script City ($)
Love in the Time of Cholera 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:

Love in the Time of Cholera ( tt0484740 ) at IMDb
Love in the Time of Cholera ( 6639 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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