The Sweet Hereafter screenplay – Scripts on Screen

Year:1997

Director:Atom Egoyan

Written by:Russell Banks (Screenplay), Atom Egoyan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.

The Sweet Hereafter Script Resources:

The Sweet Hereafter Script PDF at The Script Savant
The Sweet Hereafter Script at IMSDb
The Sweet Hereafter Script - revised final draft at The Daily Script
The Sweet Hereafter Script - Final revised draft, October, 1996 at Screenplays For You
The Sweet Hereafter Script PDF - SHOOTING DRAFT at Script City ($)
The Sweet Hereafter Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Sweet Hereafter Transcript at scripts.com

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