Sam Shepard – Scripts on Screen

Simpatico Script

celluloid — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:17:20 +0000

Year:1999

Director:Matthew Warchus

Written by:Sam Shepard (Theatre Play), Matthew Warchus (Screenplay), David Nicholls (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?

Simpatico Script Resources:

Simpatico Script PDF - 9/98 8TH DRAFT at Script City ($)

Other Links:

Simpatico ( tt0174204 ) at IMDb
Simpatico ( 50116 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Paris, Texas Script

celluloid — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:43:29 +0000

Year:1984

Director:Wim Wenders

Written by:Sam Shepard (Writer), L.M. Kit Carson (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Paris, Texas Script Resources:

Paris, Texas Script PDF at cinephiliabeyond.org
Paris, Texas Script PDF - CONTINUITY 10/22/83 REVISED at Script City ($)
Paris, Texas Script PDF - [11-10-1983][dialogue continuity] at Script Fly ($)
Paris, Texas 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:

Paris, Texas ( tt0087884 ) at IMDb
Paris, Texas ( 655 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Fool For Love Script

celluloid — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:57:32 +0000

Year:1985

Director:Robert Altman

Written by:Sam Shepard (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

Fool For Love Script Resources:

Fool For Love Script PDF - 4/25/85 4TH DRAFT at Script City ($)
Fool For Love Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Fool For Love 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:

Fool For Love ( tt0089160 ) at IMDb
Fool For Love ( 71125 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Zabriskie Point

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:39:18 +0000

Year:1970

Director:Michelangelo Antonioni

Written by:Michelangelo Antonioni (Screenplay), Tonino Guerra (Screenplay), Sam Shepard (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot)...

Zabriskie Point Script Resources:

Zabriskie Point Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Zabriskie Point 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:

Zabriskie Point ( tt0066601 ) at IMDb
Zabriskie Point ( 2998 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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