| Darling |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Frederic Raphael.
Synopsis: A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 126 – Size: 3.7 MB – IMDb
| Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner |
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March 17, 1967 Revised Final Draft by William Rose.
Synopsis: Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts. Also contains several pages of the shooting schedule at the end of the script.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 150 – Size: 6.2 MB – IMDb
| Man for All Seasons, A |
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May 4, 1966 Revised Draft by Robert Bolt.
Synopsis: The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 134 – Size: 3.7 MB – IMDb
| Apocalypse Now (1975.12.03 Draft) |
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December 3, 1975 Revised Draft by John Milius.
This draft by Francis Ford Coppola. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.”
Synopsis: During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 155 – Size: 4.9 MB – IMDb
| Bridge on the River Kwai, The |
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Undated First Draft by Pierre Boulle.
Synopsis: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men’s construction of a railway bridge for their captors – while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
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Source: Scanned – Pages: 155 – Size: 7.0 MB – IMDb
| Shawshank Redemption, The |
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Undated First Draft by Frank Darabont.
From the novella by Stephen King.
Synopsis: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 123 – Size: 4.5 MB – IMDb
| Coming Home |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Waldo Salt and Bob Jones.
Synopsis: A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 5.0 MB – IMDb
| Dangerous Liaisons |
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April 23, 1987 Revised Final Draft by Christopher Hampton.
Based on the novel by Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos.
Synopsis: Rich and bored aristocrats in Rococo France play high-stakes games of passion and betrayal.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 103 – Size: 3.4 MB – IMDb
| Melvin and Howard |
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February 1, 1979 Revised First Draft by Bo Goldman.
Synopsis: The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
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Source: Scanned – Pages: 125 – Size: 3.2 MB – IMDb
| Forrest Gump |
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December 18, 1992 First Draft by Eric Roth.
Synopsis: Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 132 – Size: 4.7 MB – IMDb
| Howards End |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
Synopsis: A businessman thwarts his wife’s bequest of an estate to another woman.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 131 – Size: 4.9 MB – IMDb
| Shakespeare in Love |
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June 4, 1998 Revised Draft by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.
Synopsis: A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 149 – Size: 4.5 MB – IMDb
| Usual Suspects, The |
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February 28, 1994 Draft by Christopher McQuarrie.
Synopsis: A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 118 – Size: 4.2 MB – IMDb
| Breathless (Treatment) |
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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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| Rushmore |
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May 12, 1997 Draft by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson.
Synopsis: The king of Rushmore Academy is put on academic probation.
Source: Digital – Pages: 116 – Size: 158 kb – IMDb
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| Solaris (2002.09.12 Draft) |
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September 12, 2002 Revised Draft by Steven Soderbergh.
Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem and the screenplay by Freidrich Gorentstein and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Synopsis: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Source: Digital – Pages: 81 – Size: 117 kb – IMDb
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| Batman (1986.10.20 Draft) |
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October 20, 1986 First Draft by Sam Hamm.
Based on the character created by Bob Kane.
Synopsis: The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 136 – Size: 4.9 MB – IMDb
| Bottle Rocket |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson.
Synopsis: Focusing on a trio of friends and their elaborate plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
Source: Digital – Pages: 118 – Size: 155 kb – IMDb
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| American Beauty |
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Undated Final Draft by Alan Ball.
Synopsis: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter’s attractive friend.
Source: Digital – Pages: 106 – Size: 182 kb – IMDb
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| Napoleon |
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September 29, 1969 Draft by Stanley Kubrick.
Synopsis: The life of Napoleon.
Source: Digital – Pages: 148 – Size: 204 kb
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| Seven Samurai |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Akira Kurosawa & Shinobu Hashimoto & Hideo Oguni.
Translated by Donald Richie.
Synopsis: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
Source: Digital – Pages: 188 – Size: 500 kb – IMDb
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| Crying Game, The |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Neil Jordan.
Synopsis: A British soldier is kidnaped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier’s world.
Source: Digital – Pages: 104 – Size: 140 kb – IMDb
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| Divorce, The |
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November 18, 1980 First Draft by Robert P. Davis.
Based upon the novel “The Divorce” by Robert P. Davis.
Synopsis: The wealthy, influential Morgans, a perfect couple, and their family are destroyed during divorce proceedings that become a community scandal and lead to violence.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 144 – Size: 4.3 MB
| Sling Blade |
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Undated, unspecified draft by Billy Bob Thorton.
Synopsis: Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
Source: Digital – Pages: 102 – Size: 141 kb – IMDb
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| Throne of Blood |
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Undated shooting script by Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, and Hideo Oguni.
Based on “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. English translation by Hisae Niki based on the shooting script.
Synopsis: A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor.
Source: Digital – Pages: 56 – Size: 152 kb – IMDb
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| Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw |
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Undated version by George Bernard Shaw.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 108 – Size: 4.8 MB
| Mallrats (1995.03.08 Draft) |
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March 8, 1995 Revised Shooting Draft by Kevin Smith.
Synopsis: Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 122 – Size: 3.4 MB – IMDb
| The Thing II (Treatment) |
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Undated, unspecified treatment by Garry A. Piazza.
Based on characters created by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Source: Digital – Pages: 7 – Size: 37 kb
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| Day the Clown Cried, The |
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March 8, 1972 Final Shooting Script by Jerry Lewis.
Based on an original story by Joan O’Brien and Charles Denton.
Synopsis: A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths.
Notes: Transcribed by Don Alex Hixx on January 1, 2003 from the personal work script of Fred Skidmore. Check out more on this infamous script at SubCin.
Source: Digital – Pages: 125 – Size: 208 kb – IMDb
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| Mothman Prophecies, The (2001.01.21 Draft) |
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January 21, 2001 Revised Shooting Script by Richard Hatem.
Revisions by Becky Johnston, Alison Cross, Ernest Marrero & Lewis Klahr.
Based on the book The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel.
Synopsis: A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts. Script belonged to the Prop Manager of the film.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 132 – Size: 4.7 MB – IMDb
| Mothman Prophecies, The (Bridge Shot List) |
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March 9, 2001 Revised Shot List with Introduction Letter.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 16 – Size: 1.0 MB – IMDb
| Mothman Prophecies, The (Storyboards) |
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March 2, 2001 Storyboards broken into various sequences.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 188 – Size: 7.2 MB – IMDb
| Mothman Prophecies, The (Shot List) |
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March 14, 2001 Shot List with Introduction Letter.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 17 – Size: 1.0 MB – IMDb
| Almost Famous (1998 Draft) |
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December 1998 Draft by Cameron Crowe.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 169 – Size: 4.8 MB – IMDb
| Blade Runner (1980.07.24 Draft) |
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July 24, 1980 Draft by Hampton Fancher.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 111 – Size: 3.0 MB – IMDb
| E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1981.09.08 Draft) |
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September 8, 1981 Revised Shooting Script by Melissa Mathison.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 117 – Size: 7.0 MB – IMDb
| Fight Club (1998.02.16 Draft) |
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February 16, 1998 Draft by Jim Uhls.
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahnuik.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 3.7 MB – IMDb
| Godfather, The (1971.05.11 Draft) |
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May 11, 1971 Revised Third Draft by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 162 – Size: 5.0 MB – IMDb
| Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom |
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March 10, 1983 Revised Draft.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 132 – Size: 4.4 MB – IMDb
| Jaws |
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Undated Final Draft by Peter Benchley.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 114 – Size: 3.9 MB – IMDb
| Leaving Las Vegas |
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February 8, 1994 Draft by Mike Figgis.
Adapted from the novel by John O’Brien.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 94 – Size: 2.8 MB – IMDb
| Ocean’s Eleven (1998.06.01 Draft) |
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June 1, 1998 Draft by Steve Carpenter.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 128 – Size: 3.5 MB – IMDb
| Platoon |
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April 1985 Draft by Oliver Stone.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 122 – Size: 3.8 MB – IMDb
| Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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August 3, 1979 Revised Draft by Lawrence Kasdan.
Story by George Lucas.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 104 – Size: 4.0 MB – IMDb
| Sopranos, The 106: “Pax Soprana” |
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Season 1, Episode 6: “Pax Soprana”
July 30, 1998 First Revised Draft by Frank Renzulli.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 58 – Size: 1.7 MB – IMDb
| Sopranos, The 110: “A Hit is a Hit” |
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Season 1, Episode 10: “A Hit is a Hit”
September 11, 1998 Second Revised Draft by Joe Bosso.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 58 – Size: 1.8 MB – IMDb
| Saving Private Ryan (1997.06.13 Draft) |
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June 13, 1997 Rough Revised Draft.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 163 – Size: 5.1 MB – IMDb
| Rock, The |
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January 16, 1995 Revised Draft by David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 3.7 MB – IMDb
| Silent Hill |
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October 26, 2004 Draft by Roger Avary.
From the treatment by Christophe Gans and Nicolas Boukrie.
Based on the video game by Konami.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts. Light watermark on all pages.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 115 – Size: 10.2 MB – IMDb
| Silverado |
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October 5, 1984 Final Draft by Lawrence Kasdan and Mark Kasdan.
Notes: Scanned by mypdfscripts.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 117 – Size: 4.5 MB – IMDb
