Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Paul Schrader Draft)

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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

Gershwin

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November 7, 1985 First Draft Revised by Paul Schrader.
Synopsis: A fictionalized account in nine segments of the life of American composer and pianist George Gershwin.
Notes: This script is very similar in structure to Schrader’s “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.”
Source: Scanned – Pages: 132 – Size: 3.5 MB

Sgt. Rock (John Milius Draft)

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June 30, 1993 Third Draft Final Polish by John Milius.
Synopsis: Based on the DC Comics character.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 150 – Size: 4.9 MB

On the Road (Coppola and Herr Draft)

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Undated Second Draft by Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Herr.
Synopsis: Based on the book by Jack Kerouac, a young man sets out to travel the roads and railways of America.
Notes: Scanned exclusively for this site.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 175 – Size: 5.4 MB

Harvey

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Undated Second Revised Third Draft by Craig Mazin.
Based on the original play by Mary Chase.
Synopsis: Elwood P. Dowd is a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit.
Source: Digital – Pages: 114 – Size: 184 kb

Harvey (2002.07.23 Draft)

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July 23, 2002 First Revised Third Draft by Craig Mazin.
Based on the original play by Mary Chase.
Synopsis: Elwood P. Dowd is a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit.
Source: Digital – Pages: 117 – Size: 192 kb

Short, Happy Life, A

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Undated late revised draft by Craig Mazin.
Story by Craig Mazin & Greg Erb.
Based on the short story “The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford” by Philip K. Dick.
Source: Digital – Pages: 108 – Size: 176 kb

Short, Happy Life, A (2001.06.25 Draft)

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June 25, 2001 Draft by Craig Mazin.
Story by Craig Mazin & Greg Erb.
Based on the short story “The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford” by Philip K. Dick.
Source: Digital – Pages: 111 – Size: 168 kb

Sea Dragon of Loch Ness, The

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March 5, 1979 First Revision by John Sayles.
Synopsis: After an explosion at an oil rig in the North Sea of Scotland, an eclectic group of individuals go in search of the Loch Ness Monster.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 106 – Size: 1.3 MB

Red Harvest

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June 1982 First Draft by Bernardo Bertolucci & Marilyn Goldin.
Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett.
Notes: Missing pages 15 & 45.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 145 – Size: 5.9 MB

Amazing Spider-Man, The (Treatment)

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Undated Treatment by James Cameron.
Based on the Marvel Comics Character created by Stan Lee.
Notes: Was printed on eye-burning red paper. Apologies.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 58 – Size: 18.7 MB

Voltron

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May 23, 2007 Draft by Justin Marks.
Adapted from the animated series “Voltron: Defender of the Universe.”
Synopsis: On the planet Arus, five pilots learn how to operate lion robots which come together to form a giant mechanical warrior.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 111 – Size: 3.0 MB

Fahrenheit 451

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September 2005 Draft by Frank Darabont.
From the classic novel by Ray Bradbury.
Synopsis: In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, who’s job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young girl…and begins to rebel against society.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 122 – Size: 4.2 MB

Shazam (William Goldman Draft)

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September 15, 2003 Draft by William Goldman.
Based on the DC Comics character Captain Marvel.
Synopsis: Mild-mannered Billy Batson discovers that he can call on the powers of an ancient Egyptian wizard.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 3.2 MB

Bright Angel Falling

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Undated, unspecified draft by Peter Hyams and James Cameron.
Story by James Cameron.
Synopsis: A young astronomer spots a comet on a collision course with the earth, leaving the human race with only 3 months until extinction. With the United States Government’s best minds unable to produce a feasible solution, things look bleak. Until two Berkley students appear with a thesis paper.
Notes: ScriptShadow has a review of this script here.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 136 – Size: 5.4 MB

Balls Out

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2009 Unspecified Draft by The Robotard 8000 (aka Tim Talbott and Malcolm Spellman).
Synopsis: When insurance salesman Jim Simmers has a near death experience, he decides that nothing matters except getting a promotion, a new car, and the hot girl from work.
Notes: Received 10 votes on the 2009 Black List.
Source: Digital – Pages: 109 – Size: 219 kb

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The

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February 7, 2006 Draft by Danny DeVito.
Based on the novel by Avi.
Synopsis: A young girl is caught in a feud between a captain and his crew while on a transatlantic voyage in this adaptation of novelist Avi’s young adult best-seller.
Source: Digital – Pages: 103 – Size: 166 kb

Passing Glory (John Sayles Draft)

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February 6, 1994 First Draft Rewrite by John Sayles.
Synopsis: A talented all-black high school basketball team challenges the top all-white team in civil-rights-era New Orleans.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 127 – Size: 3.5 MB – IMDb

Alien³ (1987 Draft)

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Undated Revised First Draft by William Gibson.
From a story by David Giler and Walter Hill.
Synopsis: The Sulaco drifts into an area of space claimed by the “U.P.P.” who take Bishop. The Sulaco then arrives at a Company run space station. A fire on the ship caused by Aliens puts Ripley into a coma and Hicks is left to investigate if Weyland-Yutani are developing alien warriors.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 116 – Size: 4.9 MB – IMDb

Alien³ (1988.01 Draft)

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January, 1988 Second Draft by William Gibson.
From a story by David Giler and Walter Hill.
Synopsis: The Sulaco drifts into an area of space claimed by the “U.P.P.” who take Bishop. The Sulaco then arrives at a Company run space station. A fire on the ship caused by Aliens puts Ripley into a coma and Hicks is left to investigate if Weyland-Yutani are developing alien warriors.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 118 – Size: 4.2 MB – IMDb

Alien³ (1989.02.07 Draft)

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February 7, 1989 First Draft by Eric Red.
Synopsis: A team of Special Forces marines board the Sulaco unarmed and find that all the survivors of the LV-426 mission have fallen victim to the aliens.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 99 – Size: 4.3 MB – IMDb

Alien³ (1989.10 Draft)

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October, 1989 First Draft by David Twohy.
Synopsis: A prison planet illegally experiments on the aliens for a Biological Warfare division.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 117 – Size: 4.8 MB – IMDb

Alien³ (1990.03.29 Draft)

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March 29, 1990 First Draft by John Fasano.
Story by Vincent Ward & John Fasano.
Synopsis: Ripley’s escape pod crash lands on a monastery-like satellite: a place of refuge for Luddite-like monks.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 110 – Size: 3.8 MB – IMDb

The Hunt: Alien vs Predator

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September 4, 1991 First Draft by Peter Briggs.
Synopsis: An adaptation of the original comic book miniseries “Aliens versus Predator” published by Dark Horse Comics.
Notes: Missing pages 79 & 84.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 125 – Size: 5.7 MB

Batman, The (1984.01.10 Draft)

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January 10, 1984 Second Draft by Tom Mankiewicz.
Notes: Mankiewicz is best known for three James Bond films and the first two Superman films.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 132 – Size: 5.8 MB

Right Stuff, The (William Goldman Draft)

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May, 1980 First Draft by William Goldman.
Based on the book by Tom Wolfe.
Synopsis: The original US Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 138 – Size: 4.1 MB – IMDb

Gladiator 2 by Nick Cave

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Undated, unspecified draft by Nick Cave.
Synopsis: Maximus meddles with Roman gods in the afterlife, is reincarnated, defends early Christians, reunites with his son, and ultimately lives forever.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 103 – Size: 2.4 MB

Black Widow (David Hayter Draft)

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December 11, 2005 Sixth Draft by David Hayter.
Based on the Marvel Comics character.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 122 – Size: 2.5 MB

Elektra Assassin

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November 13, 1987 Revised First Draft by L.M. Kit Carson & Jim McBride.
Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller.
Synopsis: A young girl survives a near-death experience and becomes an assassin-for-hire.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 109 – Size: 4.2 MB

Elektra (Frank Miller Draft)

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Undated First Draft by Frank Miller.
Synopsis: A young girl survives a near-death experience and becomes an assassin-for-hire.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 101 – Size: 3.5 MB

Heart of Darkness by Orson Welles

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November 30, 1939 Revised Draft by Orson Welles.
Synopsis: Marlow, an Englishman, takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in Africa.
Notes: The first ten pages are an introduction to the filming technique Welles was to employ for the film.
The actual script is missing pages 86, 105, 131, 156, and 170.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 183 – Size: 6.2 MB

Daredevil (Chris Columbus Draft)

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September 18, 1996 First Revised Draft by Chris Columbus & Carlo Carlei.
Based on the Marvel Comics character.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 128 – Size: 5.5 MB

Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe

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May 23, 2008 Draft by Justin Marks.
Based on characters by Mattel.
Synopsis: A gritty fantasy and re-imagining of Prince Adam as a soldier who sets off to find his destiny, happening upon the magical world of Eternia. There, Skeletor has raised a technological army and is bent on eradicating magic.
Source: Digital – Pages: 114 – Size: 173 kb

Silver Surfer, The

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August 24, 1995 Draft by John Turman.
Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Lee & Kirby.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 115 – Size: 3.0 MB

Sin City

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April 27, 1993 Draft by Frank Miller.
Based on the graphic novel “Sin City” by Frank Miller.
Synopsis: A story that explores the dark and miserable town Basin City and tells the story of the people caught up in the violent corruption of it.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 131 – Size: 4.8 MB

Speed Racer (Johnson & Lau Draft)

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July 24, 1992 First Revised Draft by Patrick Reed Johnson and John Lau.
Based on the Animated Series.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 133 – Size: 6.4 MB

Speed Racer (J.J. Abrams Draft)

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April 28, 1994 Draft by J.J. Abrams.
Based on the Animated Series.
Notes: Missing pages 79-80.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 127 – Size: 4.6 MB

Spider-Man: The Movie

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Undated, unspecified draft by Ted Newsom & John Brancato, Barney Cohen.
Rewrite by “Joseph Goldman” (pseudonym of Menahem Golan).
Notes: No cover page. Was written around 1989/1990 for Cannon Films.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 125 – Size: 4.9 MB

Sub-Mariner

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January 9, 2004 Draft by David Self.
Based on the Marvel Comic.
Synopsis: Based on Marvel’s first superhero, Prince Namor, a half-amphibian man from the kingdom of Atlantis. A troubled rebel with a fierce temper, he has both helped the human race and fought against it when humankind polluted his underwater kingdom.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 136 – Size: 889 kb

Tarzan by Gene Roddenberry

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Undated, unspecified draft by Gene Roddenberry.
Notes: Also includes a newspaper article, a June 7, 1968, article entitled “How I’d Film Tarzan,” and a correspondence by Gene Roddenberry at the end of the script.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 181 – Size: 11 MB

V for Vendetta (Hilary Henkin Draft)

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July 9, 1991 First Draft Revised by Hilary Henkin.
Based on the comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Synopsis: A shadowy freedom fighter known only as “V” uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 122 – Size: 4.9 MB

Wonder Woman (Todd Alcott Draft)

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July 27, 2001 First Draft by Todd Alcott.
Based on the DC Comic.
Synopsis: An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man to become the greatest of the female superheroes.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 112 – Size: 3.8 MB

Wonder Woman (Laeta Kalogridis Draft)

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August 26, 2004 Fourth Draft by Laeta Kalogridis.
Based on the DC Comic.
Synopsis: An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man to become the greatest of the female superheroes.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 128 – Size: 4.9 MB

Wolverine and the X-Men (Gary Goldman Draft)

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June 18, 1991 Draft by Gary Goldman.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 120 – Size: 3.2 MB

Wolverine and the X-Men (Laeta Kalogridis Draft)

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August 18, 1995 First Revised Draft by Laeta Kalogridis.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 127 – Size: 4.4 MB

X-Men (Andrew Kevin Walker 1994.10.17 Draft)

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October 17, 1994 Second Draft by Andrew Kevin Walker.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 127 – Size: 1.1 MB

Y: The Last Man

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Undated Draft 1.2 by Brian K. Vaughan.
Based on the series from Vertigo Comics. Created by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra.
Synopsis: A young escape artist and a Capuchin monkey become the only male survivors of a deadly plague that kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome.
Source: Digital – Pages: 121 – Size: 217 kb

National Lampoon’s Jaws 3 – People 0

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August 24, 1979 Second Revised Final Draft by John Hughes and Tod Carroll.
Original story by Matty Simmons.
Synopsis: A shark wreaks havoc while a film company tries to shoot “JAWS 3.”
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 4.1 MB

Tickets by John Hughes

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July 26, 1996 Draft by John Hughes.
Synopsis: A motley group of people wait overnight in front of a rundown concert venue for tickets to a free concert.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 120 – Size: 2.9 MB

Warhead

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September 6, 1978 First Draft by Len Deighton, Sean Connery, and Kevin McClory.
Based on “James Bond of the Secret Service” by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, and Jack Whittingham.
Synopsis: James Bond battles terrorists bent on exploding a nuclear warhead underneath Wall Street and destroying the Statue of Liberty.
Source: Scanned – Pages: 142 – Size: 17.9 MB


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