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Undated, unspecified draft by Francis Ford Coppola.
Synopsis: The story of one man’s battle to build an ideal world.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 212 – Size: 6.3 MB
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November 14, 1995 Draft by Cameron Crowe.
Synopsis: When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 134 – Size: 5.3 MB – IMDb
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February 28, 1996 Revised Shooting Draft by Cameron Crowe.
Synopsis: When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 135 – Size: 4.0 MB – IMDb
Hey everyone, the site is a little buggy as we just migrated to a new server, so some functionality may be limited (i.e. the contact page, etc.) and should slowly be resolved throughout today and tomorrow as I work out the kinks.
If you happen to find any broken links or pages, please leave a comment on this page instead of e-mailing me, so that all of the issues are condensed into one place. It’ll make tracking these problems easier for . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: LegionAccording to this film, the first time God lost faith in humanity, he caused a flood to destroy them. Now, having lost faith in mankind again, he sends an army of angels to wipe them out. However, the more likely scenario is that he would probably send this film ahead of time to lull everyone to sleep before sending that army to do his bidding.
The story involves a seemingly random group of individuals who gather at a diner in . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: The Spy Next DoorOne has to wonder what Jackie Chan was thinking when he signed onto “The Spy Next Door.” We can assume he at least got to read the screenplay before hand and that he realized it had pretty much zero plot, and was actually just a string of action sequences tied together by some very annoying characters. Yet, he still accepted the role.
Chan plays Bob Ho, a spy on loan to the CIA from Chinese Intelligence. His last assignment before retiring . . .
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November 3, 1994 First Draft by Tim Robbins.
Based on the book “Dead Man Walking” by Sister Helen Prejean C.S.J.
Synopsis: A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim’s families.
Notes: A watermark is centered on every page. Some of the last pages are difficult to read because of it.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 136 – Size: 6.4 MB – IMDb
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February 28, 1979 Revised Draft by Ernest Thompson.
Synopsis: Old curmudgeon, Norman Thayer and his wife Ethel have spent their summers at their cottage on Golden Pond for many years. But this summer their daughter, whom they haven’t seen in years feels that she must be there for what may be Norman’s last birthday.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 125 – Size: 2.9 MB – IBDb
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July 14, 1980 Revised Draft by Ernest Thompson.
Synopsis: Old curmudgeon, Norman Thayer and his wife Ethel have spent their summers at their cottage on Golden Pond for many years. But this summer their daughter, whom they haven’t seen in years feels that she must be there for what may be Norman’s last birthday.
Notes: No cover page.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 145 – Size: 4.4 MB – IMDb
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February 2, 2009 Revised Draft by Michael Robert Johnson and Anthony Peckham and Simon Kinberg.
Screen story by Lionel Wigram and Michael Robert Johnson.
Synopsis: Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Source: Digital – Pages: 173 – Size: 361 kb – IMDb
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November 3, 1964 Second Draft by Ring Lardner Jr.
Synopsis: An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 134 – Size: 8.2 MB – IMDb
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Undated Third Draft Treatment by Sam Raimi.
Synopsis: Spider-Man teams up with Black Cat to face off against The Vulture and Electro.
Sheridan’s Note: This treatment keeps appearing in my inbox, so I’m posting it although I cannot confirm its validity.
Source: Digital – Pages: 5 – Size: 105 kb
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February 8, 1962 Final Draft by Horton Foote.
Synopsis: Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
Sheridan’s Note: Replaced low quality scan with digital version on January 23, 2010.
Source: Digital – Pages: 147 – Size: 252 kb – IMDb
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June 4, 2007 Draft by Robert Nelson Jacobs.
Synopsis: John and Aileen Crowley attempt to find a researcher who might have a cure for their children’s rare genetic disorder.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 114 – Size: 3.4 MB – IMDb
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October 31, 2007 Final Draft by Scott Stewart.
Original screenplay by Peter Schink.
Synopsis: At a remote truck stop diner, in the wake of a biblical apocalypse, a group of strangers unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
Source: Digital – Pages: 106 – Size: 174 kb – IMDb
The Hughes’ Brothers “The Book of Eli” is like “The Road” with a pulse. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good film though. In fact, in this case, it wasn’t nearly enough as it falls prey to several of the problems that “The Road” had, and while it wasn’t as big a failure as that film, it’s still a lot of apocalyptic wasteland to get through.
Set in what looks to be a not-too-distant future, the hero of the film, Eli . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: A Single ManThe title pretty much says it all. The film is about a single man, who up until recently had been living happily with someone else. However, it is also the main problem with the film; it is about nothing more than the single titular man. The filmmakers were probably hoping that this would enough to sustain the film, that is, as long as they were able to garner the audience’s sympathy. Unfortunately, this is just not enough.
The single man referred . . .
jkap Reviews: The Thirteenth HourNick Quinn travels back in time in one-hour increments to stop his wife’s murder but finds his actions have disastrous consequences.
I don’t know about you but lately it seems every other script I read has a time-travel plot. SOURCE CODE, THE DAYS BEFORE, YEAR 12.
And why not? I mean don’t we all stare at our miserable pathetic lives and wish every single day for a chance to go back in time to undo all the godforsaken choices we’ve made……….or is . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: Leap YearAt first, it looked like Anand Tucker’s “Leap Year” would be another painfully predictable rom-com that would be as bad as “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” Fortunately, only part of that statement is true. Yes, it’s incredibly predictable, but luckily, it’s not nearly as bad as the previously mentioned film. That being said, the predictability still stands.
Anna (Amy Adams) and her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) appear to be in a very loving relationship. They have just applied for an . . .
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February 22, 2007 Version 1.4.4 by Gary Whitta.
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic United States, a lone man fights his way across the country in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 109 – Size: 2.6 MB – IMDb
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June 21, 2007 Draft by Gary Whitta.
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic United States, a lone man fights his way across the country in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Source: Digital – Pages: 116 – Size: 262 kb – IMDb
The team behind the brilliant “Lord of the Rings” brings us something completely different with their new project, “The Lovely Bones.” After “King Kong,” it was hoped that director Peter Jackson would return to more imaginative and engaging stories. Unfortunately, what Jackson achieves with “The Lovely Bones” is strike two.
The film starts in 1973 by introducing us to the Salmon family. There’s Jack (Mark Wahlberg), Abigail (Rachel Weisz), and their three kids, Susie (Saoirse Ronan), Lindsey (Rose McIver), and Buckley . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: Youth in RevoltOne of these days people are going to realize that Michael Cera is not a good actor, but today is not that day as we have yet another film with him playing the exact same awkward character that he’s played in every single movie he’s been in since he became a star.
This time he takes on the role of Nick Twisp, a young man who lives with his mother Estelle (Jean Smart) and her current boyfriend, Jerry (Zach Galifianakis). After . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: Sherlock HolmesGuy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” breathes a new energy into the character made famous in the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Many of the elements of this new vision are still the same: the same old address at 221b Baker Street, the violin, and, of course, a perplexing mystery to challenge the most famous of detectives. However, for those who know the work of Guy Ritchie, you know not to expect an average handling of the character.
The story begins . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusAfter Heath Ledger’s tragic death in January 2008, it was wondered if director Terry Gilliam would be able to finish his latest project, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. However, after a few well-known actors stepped in to finish the role that Ledger started and after a few rewrites, the project was able to be completed. What Gilliam ended up with is a return to his fantasy roots.
The film begins with a traveling show known as “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: DaybreakersThe Spierig Brothers’ “Daybreakers” offers an interesting twist on your standard vampire tale. Instead of it being just one or a few vampires causing havoc, imagine if it were nearly the entire world population infected with a disease causing vampirism. On top of that, imagine that the blood supply is running quite low. How would this population get along without the blood they need to survive?
In order to meet the demand for blood, the last remaining humans are hunted daily, . . .
Jeff Beck Reviews: A Serious ManThe Coen Brothers’ “A Serious Man” has been described as a modern retelling of the Book of Job, a story in which a man has his faith put to the ultimate test when everything in his life is going wrong. The interesting part of this film comes from the fact that its main character is not a man of particularly strong faith. In fact, if one had to choose, the better description would be to say he’s a man of . . .
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July 30, 2001 Draft by Judd Pillot & John Peaslee.
Synopsis: He survived three years of hard time. Now comes a little family time.
Source: Digital – Pages: 141 – Size: 164 kb – IMDb
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November 9, 2006 Draft by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig.
Synopsis: In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 106 – Size: 2.5 MB – IMDb
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December 16, 2008 Revised Draft by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont.
Synopsis: When their four-year anniversary passes without a marriage proposal, Anna decides to take matters into her own hands. Investing in an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on February 29th.
Source: Digital – Pages: 123 – Size: 207 kb – IMDb
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July 13, 2007 Draft by Gustin Nash.
Based on the novel by C.D. Payne.
Synopsis: Like most teens, young Nick Twisp is ruled by his libido. And from the recesses of a trailer park in Northern California, Twisp concocts a plan — make that multiple schemes — to lose his virginity to a local girl, the precocious Sheeni Saunders.
Source: Digital – Pages: 127 – Size: 492 kb – IMDb
Director Pedro Almodóvar, who last brought us the bizarre and ghostly “Volver,” now brings us his latest film, “Broken Embraces.” In its own way, it too is quite bizarre in the way that it plays with identity and memory, and how they can have a heavy influence on people. One of its character chooses to change his identity because of his memory with a woman; another woman witnesses this identity change and feels compelled to divulge her memories as part . . .
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Undated, unspecified draft by James Cameron.
Synopsis: A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Source: Digital – Pages: 152 – Size: 345 kb – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Paul Sopocy.
Based on characters created by Rankin/Bass.
Synopsis: The original series story revolves around a group of humanoid cats who must flee their planet of Thundera after it’s destroyed. Once crash-landing on another planet, Third Earth, they must thwart Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer, bent on killing them off.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 116 – Size: 3.5 MB
As I made up this list, there were a couple of films that I haven’t yet gotten to see (A Serious Man and The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus) that might have possibly made it, so when I do see those, I will update if necessary.
2009 was a pretty good year for the movies. There were lots of good things to see, some of which only got the smallest of releases whereas others were available everywhere. As always, there were several . . .
Jeff Beck Picks: The Worst Films of 2009Yep, on the flip side of there being some great films of 2009, there were also some that deserved to be thrown in the dumpster. Again, starting with some honorable, or rather, dishonorable mentions, there were some that just didn’t make the cut of being the ten worst films of the year.
Dishonorable Mentions:
Year One
A painfully unfunny film with as bland a performance as ever from Michael Cera. Jack Black tries to save it, but . . .
Logline: Aliens have taken over Earth. This is year 12 of the occupation.
OPENING – we meet TYLER KIRKLAND, 35. Wakes up next to KRISTEN. They don’t know each other’s names. Just a casual one-night stand.
Tyler and Kristen look out the window of his apartment and we see New York City has been utterly destroyed a long time ago.
And that’s exactly how you grab your audience. WHAM! It’s startling. It’s sudden. It’s totally unexpected. Here, we’re thinking we might be in . . .
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October 20, 1997 Revised Draft by Steven Zaillian.
Based on the book by Jonathan Harr.
Synopsis: The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove, the case could bankrupt their lawyer.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 153 – Size: 3.9 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by John Patrick Shanley. Based on his stage play.
Synopsis: Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play’s quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority.
Source: Digital – Pages: 94 – Size: 128 kb – IMDb
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December 5, 2006 Draft by John Patrick Shanley. Based on his stage play.
Synopsis: Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play’s quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 118 – Size: 2.4 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by David Hare.
Based upon the novel by Michael Cunningham.
Synopsis: The story of how the novel “Mrs. Dalloway” affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 98 – Size: 3.0 MB – IMDb
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January 6, 2005 Revised Draft by Robin Swicord.
Based on the novel by Arthur Golden.
Synopsis: Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan’s most celebrated geisha.
Notes: No cover page.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 148 – Size: 3.5 MB – IMDb
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2003 Draft by Paul Haggis.
Based on the short stories by F.X. Toole.
Synopsis: A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 120 – Size: 3.3 MB – IMDb
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February 14, 2006 Final Draft by Quentin Tarantino.
Synopsis: Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his “death proof” cars to execute his murderous plans.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 130 – Size: 6.6 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Quentin Tarantino.
Based on Elmore Leonard’s “Rum Punch.”
Synopsis: A female flight attendant becomes a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 153 – Size: 4.3 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Quentin Tarantino.
Based on the character of “The Bride” created by Q & U.
Synopsis: The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her – a team she was once part of.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 204 – Size: 4.8 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Craig Hamann & Quentin Tarantino.
Synopsis: It’s Mickey’s Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that’s when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he’ll never forget.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 101 – Size: 2.4 MB – IMDb
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1956 Treatment by François Truffaut.
Synopsis: A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him.
Notes: This treatment was published in L’Avant-Scène Cinéma, no. 79 (March 1968). The translation is by Dory O’Brien.
Source: Digital – Pages: 10 – Size: 66 kb – IMDb
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I remember growing up with the animated “Alvin and the Chipmunks” cartoon show. It wasn’t really all that bad in those small 20-minute increments. Here we are several years later, and now a major studio has tried to take what was once a decent group of characters and expand them into an incredibly painful movie for the second time.
Alvin (Voice of Justin Long) and his brothers Simon (Voice of Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Voice of Jesse McCartney) are three . . .
