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Undated Shooting Script by Christopher Nolan.
Synopsis: In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date, Inception.
Notes: You can also purchase the published script at Amazon.com!
Source: Digital – Pages: 147 – Size: 320 kb – IMDb
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May 14, 1976 Revised Draft by Steven Spielberg.
Synopsis: After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 166 – Size: 4.9 MB – IMDb
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(aka Kingdom Come)
Undated, unspecified draft by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Notes: A digital cover page has been added for identification purposes.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 134 – Size: 4.9 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Paul Schrader.
From the novel by Russell Banks.
Synopsis: A deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintergrate.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 99 – Size: 9.1 MB – IMDb
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February 8, 1979 Final Shooting Script by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 107 – Size: 2.4 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader.
Synopsis: Three guys work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions, so the trio pulls off a clumsy robbery at union HQ, in which they gain access to some suspicious documents that point to union links with organized crime. Suddenly they’re out of their league.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 104 – Size: 9.5 MB – IMDb
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January 4, 1978 Revised Draft by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in the porno pits of Los Angeles.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 113 – Size: 15.4 MB – IMDb
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August 12, 1983 Third Revision by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the temptations that all humans face during their lives, and his final temptation upon the cross.
Notes: Handwritten notes on the cover page.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 120 – Size: 2.5 MB – IMDb
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November 20, 1985 Draft by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: With hard times in the family and hard knocks on the job, it’s their hard rock band at night that keeps Joe and his sister, Patti, alive.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 115 – Size: 10.3 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader.
Synopsis: A fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan’s celebrated twentieth-century author Yukio Mishima.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 105 – Size: 10.4 MB – IMDb
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Undated Revised Second Draft by Paul Schrader.
Based on the novel by Paul Theroux.
Synopsis: An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build an ice factory in the middle of the jungle.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 118 – Size: 17.4 MB – IMDb
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(aka Deja Vu)
Undated First Draft by Paul Schrader.
From a story by Paul Schrader and Brian De Palma.
Synopsis: A businessman’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed. Many years later, he meets and falls in love with a woman who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 105 – Size: 2.6 MB – IMDb
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December 12, 1977 Draft by Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader and Joan Tewkesbury.
Synopsis: A woman, whose life shatters into myriad pieces after the dissolution of her marriage, decides to delve into her past and seek out the men who marked the milestones of her life.
Notes: Missing pages 26 and 61-62.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 113 – Size: 1.4 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: When Major Charles Rane returns from being a POW in Vietnam, he is given a hero’s welcome. After some sympathetic citizens give him some silver coins to thank him for his service, thugs steal the coins, kill his family, and disfigure him. Now Rane is living purely for vengeance, and pursues the thieves to Mexico.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 113 – Size: 2.7 MB – IMDb
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June 8, 2006 Draft by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron.
Based on the book by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Synopsis: Two eighth graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites. Based on the novel “Flipped” by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Source: Digital – Pages: 125 – Size: 194 kb – IMDb
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(aka The Back Ups)
Undated, unspecified draft by Chris Henchy and Adam McKay.
Synopsis: Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city’s top cops whom they idolize — only things don’t quite go as planned.
Source: Digital – Pages: 126 – Size: 244 kb – IMDb
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April 16, 1991 Second Draft by John Milius.
From the novel by Tom Clancy.
Synopsis: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 121 – Size: 3.4 MB – IMDb
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November 10, 1992 Revised Draft by Donald Stewart.
From the novel by Tom Clancy.
Synopsis: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 136 – Size: 3.9 MB – IMDb
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May 9, 1986 Revised Second Draft by John Milius.
From a novel by Pierre Schoendoerffer.
Synopsis: An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters.
Notes: Missing page 80.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 126 – Size: 8.9 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by John Milius and Dennis Aaberg.
Synopsis: The lives of some California surfers from the early ’60s to the ’70s.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 149 – Size: 5.2 MB – IMDb
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(aka Conan)
August 1, 1978 First Draft by Oliver Stone.
Based on the stories of Robert E. Howard with later additions by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
Synopsis: The epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 121 – Size: 4.1 MB – IMDb
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November, 1980 Second Draft by John Milius.
Synopsis: The epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 121 – Size: 4.1 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by John Milius.
Synopsis: John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 125 – Size: 4.1 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by John Milius.
Synopsis: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 114 – Size: 3.8 MB – IMDb
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October 18, 1971 Final Draft by John Milius.
Synopsis: A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 122 – Size: 3.9 MB – IMDb
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December 11, 1991 Draft by John Milius.
Synopsis: A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
Notes: Milius’ original version before it was drastically rewritten and released as the 2001 film.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 138 – Size: 5.0 MB – IMDb
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September 17, 1993 Draft by John Milius.
Synopsis: A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
Notes: Milius’ original version before it was drastically rewritten and released as the 2001 film. Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 124 – Size: 3.3 MB – IMDb
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October 3, 1996 Second Draft by Terrence Malick.
Based on the novel by James Jones.
Synopsis: Director Terrence Malick’s adaptation of James Jones’ autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 198 – Size: 6.7 MB – IMDb
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February 27, 2007 Revised Draft by Andy Borowitz.
Revisions by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio and Jon Vitti. Current revisions by David Guion & Michael Handelman. Based on the original French film “Le Diner de Cons” by Francis Veber.
Synopsis: A rising executive “succeeds” in finding the perfect guest for his boss’s monthly event, which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 118 – Size: 2.1 Mb – IMDb
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April 1, 2008 Final Draft by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.
Based on the book by Steve McVicker.
Synopsis: A conman whose love for a cellmate leads him to make several prison escapes.
Source: Digital – Pages: 118 – Size: 188 kb – IMDb
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November 4, 2007 Draft by Laurie Craig.
Based on the series of books by Beverly Cleary.
Current Revisions by Elizabeth Allen & Nick Pustay.
Synopsis: Follows the misadventures of young grade schooler Ramona Quimby from Beverly Cleary’s popular children’s book series.
Source: Digital – Pages: 117 – Size: 288 kb – IMDb
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(aka Edwin A. Salt)
March 2, 2007 Draft by Kurt Wimmer.
Synopsis: As a CIA officer, Edwin Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. His loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses him of being a Russian spy.
Notes: Original version before the Salt character was tailored for Angelina Jolie.
Source: Digital – Pages: 118 – Size: 271 kb – IMDb
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January 16, 2009 Draft by Kurt Wimmer.
Current revisions by Brian Helgeland.
Synopsis: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture.
Source: Digital – Pages: 109 – Size: 185 kb – IMDb
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September 30, 2008 Revised Draft by Jordan Melamed.
Based upon the novel by Nick McDonnell.
Synopsis: A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin’s murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.
Source: Digital – Pages: 98 – Size: 276 kb – IMDb
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September 24, 1979 Revised Draft by John Cassavetes.
Synopsis: Jack Dawn and his family are eliminated by the mob, however, his six-year-old Puerto Rican son, Phil, escapes with Gloria, a neighbor who was a former girlfriend of one of the gangsters. Gloria and Phil are chased throughout New York City because Phil has a black book containing the accounts of the mob.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 4.3 MB – IMDb
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Undated, unspecified draft by Elaine May.
Synopsis: When Nicky calls Mikey yet again to bail him out of trouble — this time a contract on his life for money that he stole from his mob boss — Mikey, as always, shows up to help.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 128 – Size: 3.3 MB – IMDb
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April 1, 1971 Revised Draft by John Cassavetes.
Synopsis: A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 143 – Size: 4.4 MB – IMDb
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May 16, 1996 Shooting Draft by John Cassavetes.
Synopsis: A romantic fable about Eddie and Maureen–young, married and passionately crazy about each other. Drunk, unstable and about to have a baby, they live in a world of barflys and low-lifes, living it up on no money and their manic, co-dependent need for each other.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 108 – Size: 2.5 MB – IMDb
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June 1978 Second Draft by Oliver Stone.
From the book by Ron Kovic.
Synopsis: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 150 – Size: 3.1 MB – IMDb
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August 1988 Revised Draft by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic.
Based on the book by Ron Kovic.
Synopsis: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Notes: Missing page 4.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 140 – Size: 7.8 MB – IMDb
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September 30, 2007 Draft by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore.
Synopsis: A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
Source: Digital – Pages: 110 – Size: 219 kb – IMDb
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August 17, 2008 Revised Draft by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore.
Revisions by Todd Phillips & Jeremy Garelick.
Synopsis: A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 118 – Size: 1.7 MB – IMDb
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March 2009 Draft by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg.
Synopsis: Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life.
Source: Digital – Pages: 122 – Size: 196 kb – IMDb
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August 2, 1996 First Draft by Robert Rodriguez.
Synopsis: A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 116 – Size: 3.2 MB – IMDb
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July 12, 2009 First Draft by Robert Rodriguez.
Current Revisions by Mike Finch and Alex Litvak.
Synopsis: A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators.
Source: Digital – Pages: 94 – Size: 122 kb – IMDb
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July 18, 2008 Revised Draft by Matt Lopez.
Based on a screenplay by Larry Konner and Mark Rosenthal.
Synopsis: A sorcerer leaves his workshop in the hands of his apprentice, who gets into trouble when the broomstick he’s tasked to do his chores for him somehow develops a mind of its own.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 108 – Size: 4.0 MB – IMDb
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May 11, 1995 Second Draft by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.
Synopsis: The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man’s best weapon is the will to survive.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 139 – Size: 4.0 MB – IMDb
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October 31, 2007 Draft by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor.
Based on the comic book characters appearing in DC Comics “Jonah Hex.”
Synopsis: In the Wild West, a scarred bounty hunter tracks a voodoo practitioner bent on liberating the South by raising an army of the undead.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 125 – Size: 4.2 MB – IMDb
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(aka Wichita)
October 31, 2007 Revised Draft by Patrick O’Neill.
Current revisions by Scott Frank.
Synopsis: An action-comedy centered on a fugitive couple on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 109 – Size: 3.0 MB – IMDb
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July 14, 2009 Revised Draft by Melissa Rosenberg.
Synopsis: As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella, whose high school graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for vampire Edward and her friendship with werewolf Jacob.
Notes: Can be difficult to read.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 113 – Size: 2.7 MB – IMDb
