Stephen Frears – Scripts on Screen

Fail Safe Script

celluloid — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:49:08 +0000

Year:2000

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Eugene Burdick (Novel), Harvey Wheeler (Novel), Walter Bernstein (Teleplay)

Script Synopsis:Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Fail Safe Script Resources:

Fail Safe Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Fail Safe ( tt0235376 ) at IMDb
Fail Safe ( 31067 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Script

celluloid — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:19:09 +0000

Year:1987

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Hanif Kureishi (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Raffi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Raffi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Script Resources:

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Script - [The Script And The Diary] at Amazon ($)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Script - [3 script collection] at Amazon ($)

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:

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ( tt0093913 ) at IMDb
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ( 42013 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Victoria & Abdul Script

celluloid — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 10:11:33 +0000

Year:2017

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Shrabani Basu (Writer), Lee Hall (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Victoria & Abdul Script Resources:

Victoria & Abdul Script PDF at focusfeaturesguilds2017.com
Victoria & Abdul Script PDF at Script Slug
Victoria & Abdul Script PDF - [UNDATED FINAL] at Script Fly ($)
Victoria & Abdul Transcript at subslikescript.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:

Victoria & Abdul ( tt5816682 ) at IMDb
Victoria & Abdul ( 423899 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Prick Up Your Ears Script

celluloid — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:17:40 +0000

Year:1987

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Alan Bennett (Writer), John Lahr (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.

Prick Up Your Ears Script Resources:

Prick Up Your Ears Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Prick Up Your Ears ( tt0093776 ) at IMDb
Prick Up Your Ears ( 27857 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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My Beautiful Laundrette Script

celluloid — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 07:04:59 +0000

Year:1985

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Hanif Kureishi (Author)

Script Synopsis:A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

My Beautiful Laundrette Script Resources:

My Beautiful Laundrette Script at Amazon ($)
My Beautiful Laundrette 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:

My Beautiful Laundrette ( tt0091578 ) at IMDb
My Beautiful Laundrette ( 11240 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Liam Script

celluloid — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:04:04 +0000

Year:2000

Director:Stephen Frears

Script Synopsis:A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.

Liam Script Resources:

Liam Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Liam ( tt0255321 ) at IMDb
Liam ( 48834 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Dirty Pretty Things Script

celluloid — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:13:06 +0000

Year:2002

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Steven Knight (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay, a Turkish woman, and a Nigerian doctor named Okwe who is working as a night porter at the hotel. The pair discover the hotel is a front for all sorts of clandestine activities. Their only wish is to avoid possible deportation. Okwe becomes more entangled in the goings on when he is called to fix a toilet in one of the rooms. He discovers the plumbing has been clogged by a human heart.

Dirty Pretty Things Script Resources:

Dirty Pretty Things Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Dirty Pretty Things Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Dirty Pretty Things 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:

Dirty Pretty Things ( tt0301199 ) at IMDb
Dirty Pretty Things ( 3472 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Philomena Script

celluloid — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:00:04 +0000

Year:2013

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Steve Coogan (Screenplay), Jeff Pope (Screenplay), Martin Sixsmith (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Philomena Script Resources:

Philomena Script PDF at The Weinstein Company
Philomena Script PDF - [Final undated] 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:

Philomena ( tt2431286 ) at IMDb
Philomena ( 205220 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Mary Reilly Script

celluloid — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:58:04 +0000

Year:1996

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Christopher Hampton (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

Mary Reilly Script Resources:

Mary Reilly Script PDF - 10/9/1991 at Script City ($)
Mary Reilly Script PDF - EARLY 1/24/90. *pgs. at Script City ($)
Mary Reilly Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Mary Reilly Transcript at Script-O-Rama
Mary Reilly 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:

Mary Reilly ( tt0117002 ) at IMDb
Mary Reilly ( 9095 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Hi-Lo Country Script

celluloid — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:30:12 +0000

Year:1998

Director:Stephen Frears

Written by:Max Evans (Novel), Walon Green (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.

The Hi-Lo Country Script Resources:

The Hi-Lo Country Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Hi-Lo Country Script PDF - 8/19/96 1ST REVISED at Script City ($)

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 Hi-Lo Country ( tt0120699 ) at IMDb
The Hi-Lo Country ( 1363 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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