Tag: Wolfgang Petersen

The Perfect Storm Script

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Year:2000
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Sebastian Junger (Novel), William D. Wittliff (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.
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Poseidon Script

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Year:2006
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Mark Protosevich (Screenplay), Paul Gallico (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
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Enemy Mine Script

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Year:1985
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Edward Khmara (Screenplay), Barry Longyear (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.
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Shattered Script

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Year:1991
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Richard Neely (Novel), Wolfgang Petersen (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who is supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...
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The Neverending Story

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Year:1984
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Herman Weigel (Screenplay), Wolfgang Petersen (Screenplay), Michael Ende (Novel)

Script Synopsis:While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
The Neverending Story Script Resources:

  • The Neverending Story Script PDF - 1984 at The Script Savant
  • The Neverending Story Script - 1984 Transcript at IMSDb
  • The Neverending Story Script PDF - [miss pgs 81-82] at Script Fly ($)

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  • The Neverending Story ( tt0088323 ) at IMDb
  • The Neverending Story ( 34584 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Air Force One

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Year:1997
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Andrew W. Marlowe (Author)

Script Synopsis:Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.
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Troy

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Year:2004
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Homer (Author), David Benioff (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.
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Outbreak

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Year:1995
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Laurence Dworet (Screenplay), Robert Roy Pool (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
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In the Line of Fire

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Year:1993
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Jeff Maguire (Author)

Script Synopsis:Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
In the Line of Fire Script Resources:

  • In the Line of Fire Script at virginia.edu
  • In the Line of Fire Script PDF - 9/23/1992 at Script City ($)
  • In the Line of Fire Script PDF - EARLY NO DATE at Script City ($)
  • In the Line of Fire Script PDF - [Rev Shooting 1-7-93] at Script Fly ($)
  • In the Line of Fire Script PDF - [9-23-92] at Script Fly ($)
  • In the Line of Fire Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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Das Boot

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Year:1981
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Written by:Lothar G. Buchheim (Novel), Wolfgang Petersen (Screenplay), Dean Riesner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
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