Scott McGehee – Scripts on Screen

The Deep End Script

Year:2001

Director:Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Written by:Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (Novel), Scott McGehee (Writer), David Siegel (Writer)

Script Synopsis:With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?

The Deep End Script Resources:

The Deep End Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Bee Season Script

Year:2005

Director:Scott McGehee

Script Synopsis:11-year-old Eliza is the invisible element of her family unit: her parents are both consumed with work and her brother is wrapped up in his own adolescent life. Eliza ignites not only a spark that makes her visible but one that sets into motion a revolution in her family dynamic when she wins a spelling bee. Finding an emotional outlet in the power of words and in the spiritual mysticism that he sees at work in her unparalleled gift, Eliza's father pours all of his energy into helping his daughter become spelling bee champion. A religious studies professor, he sees the opportunity as not only a distraction from his life but as an answer to his own crisis of faith. His vicarious path to God, real or imagined, leads to an obsession with Eliza's success and he begins teaching her secrets of the Kabbalah. Now preparing for the National Spelling Bee, Eliza looks on as a new secret of her family's hidden turmoil seems to be revealed with each new word she spells.

Bee Season Script Resources:

Bee Season Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Bee Season Transcript at scripts.com

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Suture Script

Year:1993

Director:Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Written by:Scott McGehee (Writer), David Siegel (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Brothers Vincent (rich) and Clay (poor) meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how similar they look. But unknown to Clay, who thinks his life is taking a turn for the better, Vince is actually plotting to kill him with a car bomb and pass the corpse off as his own, planning to start a new life elsewhere with his father's inheritance. But Clay survives the blast and has his face, memory and identity restored in hospital... but are they the right ones?

Suture Script Resources:

Suture Script PDF - 1992 at Script City ($)
Suture Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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.