Tag: William Goldman

The Ghost and the Darkness

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Year:1996
Director:Stephen Hopkins
Written by:William Goldman (Screenplay), John Henry Patterson (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
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  • The Ghost and the Darkness ( tt0116409 ) at IMDb
  • The Ghost and the Darkness ( 10586 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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All The President’s Men

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Year:1976
Director:Alan J. Pakula
Written by:Carl Bernstein (Novel), Bob Woodward (Novel), William Goldman (Screenplay), Carl Bernstein (Screenplay), Bob Woodward (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National Headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. After the editor of the Post runs with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it, they find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party—and eventually into the White House itself.
All The President's Men Script Resources:

  • All The President's Men Script PDF at Script Slug
  • All The President's Men Script at The Daily Script
  • All The President's Men Script - Pre-rehearsal version at Screenplays For You
  • All The President's Men Script - 1975-03 Draft at IMSDb
  • All The President's Men Script - March, 1975 Pre-rehearsal at The Daily Script
  • All The President's Men Script PDF - EARLY! 7/11/75 (XL) at Script City ($)
  • All The President's Men Script PDF - XL 9/22/75 REV *page at Script City ($)

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  • All The President's Men ( tt0074119 ) at IMDb
  • All The President's Men ( 891 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Marathon Man

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Year:1976
Director:John Schlesinger
Written by:William Goldman (Novel), William Goldman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Year:1969
Director:George Roy Hill
Written by:William Goldman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Script Resources:

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Script at Amazon ($)

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  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( tt0064115 ) at IMDb
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 642 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Princess Bride

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Year:1987
Director:Rob Reiner
Written by:William Goldman (Screenplay), William Goldman (Novel)

Script Synopsis:In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
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Misery

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Year:1990
Director:Rob Reiner
Written by:Stephen King (Novel), William Goldman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
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Maverick

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Year:1994
Director:Richard Donner
Written by:Roy Huggins (Author), William Goldman (Author)

Script Synopsis:Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
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Hearts in Atlantis

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Year:2001
Director:Scott Hicks
Written by:William Goldman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
Hearts in Atlantis Script Resources:

  • Hearts in Atlantis Script PDF - APRIL 2000. 2ND DFT. at Script City ($)
  • Hearts in Atlantis Script PDF - [2nd 4-2000] at Script Fly ($)
  • Hearts in Atlantis Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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Dreamcatcher

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Year:2003
Director:Lawrence Kasdan
Written by:Stephen King (Novel), William Goldman (Screenplay), Lawrence Kasdan (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.
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Absolute Power

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Year:1997
Director:Clint Eastwood
Written by:William Goldman (Screenplay), David Baldacci (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of The United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.
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