Shawn Slovo – Scripts on Screen

Catch A Fire Script

Year:2006

Director:Phillip Noyce

Written by:Shawn Slovo (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.

Catch A Fire Script Resources:

Catch A Fire Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Catch A Fire 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.

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Script

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Year:2001

Director:John Madden

Written by:Louis de Bernières (Novel), Shawn Slovo (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel about an Italian soldier's experiences during the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), but Hollywood made it into a pure love story by removing much of the "unpleasant" stuff.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Script Resources:

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Script PDF - 4th at Script Fly ($)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 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.

A World Apart Script

Year:1988

Director:Chris Menges

Written by:Shawn Slovo (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

A World Apart Script Resources:

A World Apart Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
A World Apart Script PDF - 8/5/87 FINAL at Script City ($)
A World Apart 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.