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ins playing. Map is shown in background
(green text on black background), zoomed in on Los Alamos, New
Mexico. While remaining credits are shown, the map travels to
Sante Fe, then Albuquerque, then begins following US66 west through
Arizona to California, finally ending up a few miles east of
Goffs (northwest of Needles).
Green '64 Chevy Malibu
Malibu is weaving down the high |
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WE MEET: MUMBLES(late 30s) and ONE TWO (late 30s). They are
listening to a sales pitch from two REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
We SEE all the relevant pictures of their pitch explaining a
changing city, LONDON.
SLICK ESTATE AGENT (V.O.)
Two years ago this property cost one
million pounds.
(we SEE building)
Today, it costs five million.
The camera WHIP PANS o |
l.
2 THEY SPLIT OPTICALLY TO REVEAL THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LOGO.
Fanfare.
3 A SMALL WHITE SCREEN - ACADEMY SIZE - APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
WIDE-SCREEN FORMAT
On the sides of the image are stationary sprocket holes of celluloid.
SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE * Musical Introduction.
Film head runs down numbers: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, START.
Very scratched. During the SONG we see snatches of the films mentioned
in SONG. They look old and scratched and the |
adow of soybeans, and magically sways a copse of
trees.
It's a Fall after-noon. A SUDDEN POUNDING OF GALLOPING HOOVES
breaks the peace and... A HORSE and RIDER burst between the rows
of corn into the meadow. They are running for their lives.
CLOSE ON:
The rider is a bride -- a beautiful woman dressed in a
disheveled wedding gown, it's train tattered and flying like a
knight's banner out behind her. This is MAGGIE CARPENTER.
The horse is frothing and wild-eyed, |
loop outside the terminals is gridlocked -- mostly
with stretch limousines.
INT. LAX - (INCLUDE NEWS REPORT MONTAGE) - DAY
Inside, the airport is done up with festive posters, streamers
and banners: Welcome - Pacific Partners Summit
A planeload of cheerful CHINESE DELEGATES come into the
crowded terminal. Some sport red T-shirts with a picture of
Mao wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
They get onto the people mover, passing by a TV REPORTER:
REPORTER
(to TV CAMERA)
Eager t |
where East meets West for five and
a half million people a day.
EXT. AMERICAN CONSULATE - HONG KONG - DAY
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY - U.S. and Chinese flags side by side.
HU LI, dark glasses, EXITS and slowly moves toward a STREET
VENDOR across the street.
She pays for an order of pork bao; as she takes her first
bite we see:
THE EXPLOSION BEHIND HER
TWO OFFICES ON THE SIXTH FLOOR BLOWN OUT - a huge fireball
erupting over one side of the embassy.
People panic and |
June 10 th, 1992
A FADED KODACHROME PHOTO
Of the 9 best (11-year-old) buddies that ever lived. On a
makeshift baseball diamond - a sandlot... circa 1962:
SCOTTY SMALLS, studious-looking; ALAN "YEAH-YEAH" McCLENNAN,
little, hyper; HAMILTON "HAM" PORTER, tubby with a huge smile;
KENNY |
ar song opening
and then a voice - male.
TRAVERS (V.O.)
(SINGING)
Winds in the East
Mist coming in--
FADE IN:
A whoosh of wind spins us around in a blue sky, spinning,
spinning until we slow to a stop and find ourselves amongst
white fluffy clouds. A shadow (oddly shaped like an umbrella)
dances amongst the nimbus.
TRAVERS (V.O.) |
May 13, 2010
1 EXT. TORONTO RESIDENTIAL STREET - DAY 1
Snowy suburbs of Toronto. From a nondescript house we hear:
KIM PINE (O.S.)
Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler?
2 INT. STEPHEN STILLS' KITCHEN - DAY 2
Four twenty-somethings lounge around a small kitchen table.
STEPHEN STILLS, 2 |
3/16/11
"Too much happens... Man performs, engenders so much more
than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that
he can bear anything."
- William Faulkner
INT. WALTER'S APARTMENT, BROOKLYN - MORNING
Walter Mitty (30s) sits at his small kitchen table, balancing
his che |
faint sounds of a crowd cheering on Kobe Bryant.
The real Bob Costas does narration.
BOB COSTAS (V.0.)
Before the NBA was the NBA, there
was another basketball league in
America...
DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE: This is real ABA footage. A series of
great plays are made by ABA stars.
BOB COSTAS (V.0.)
.From 1967 to 1976, there was the
American Basketball Association. A
maverick min |
- NIGHT - TITLE SEQUENCE
A series of traveling shots. A well-dressed, pompous-looking
individual (JOHN DASHWOOD, 35) is making an urgent journey
on horseback. He looks anxious.
EXT. NORLAND PARK - ENGLAND - MARCH 1800 - NIGHT
Silence. Norland Park, a large country house built in the
early part of the eighteenth century, lies in the moonlit
parkland.
INT. NO |
ogue title: "This is a true
story. The screenplay is based on court testimony,
sworn declarations, and hundreds of interviews
conducted by the film-makers". Fade out.
Fade in to second prologue title: "Some of the
innocent characters' names have been changed in the
interests of a larger truth". Fade out.
Fade in to final prologue title: "No one involved
in the crimes received any form of financial
compensation". Fad |
g boutique. In the window -- a MANNEQUIN is
wearing -- the best of everything. A PRETTY TWENTY-SOMETHING
girl looks in at the display: dreaming of the day.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Year after year, twenty-something
women come to New York City in
search of the two "L's": labels and
love.
1 EXT. 5TH AVENUE/TIFFANY -- DAY -- SUMMER 1
Four TWENTY-SOMETHING WOMEN walk a |
E - DAY
From an AERIAL VIEW we see the outline of a city. Any city will
do. Mirrored high rises. Sprawling apartment complexes. A
lot of people live here...whoever they are.
As we move closer we discover that this is not a real city at
all, but a scale model of one.
Everything is in miniature -- the buildings, parks, and freeways.
GLIDING over this tabletop metropoli |
riters and
audiences. North of the city was the Curtain Theatre,
home to England's most famous actor, Richard Burbage.
Across the river was the competition, built by Philip
Henslowe, a business with a cash flow problem...
...The Rose...
Gradually a building is revealed, The Rose Theatre, three-
tiered, open to the elements and empty. On the floor,
roughly printed, a poster--torn, soiled, out of date. It
says: |
ntal strip of
face, eyes motionless and unblinking.
DAVID
(VOICE-OVER)
Take trust, for instance, or friendship: these are the important
things in life, the things that matter, that help you on your
way. If you can't trust your friends, well, what then?
EXT. DAWN
A series of fast-cut static scenes of empty streets.
DAVID
(VOICE-OVER) |
o shadowy people are seated in the darkened room.
A slide projector dimly lights MR. FULLER, a crew-cutted
Robert Stack type in a suit, as he addresses the group. The
current slide is a still from a security video of a blurry
figure - it could be any of about a billion people.
FULLER
...So, let's keep a steely eye out
for this bastard. (THEN) Before we |
upon her of a fearful sort which could
only be broken by love's first kiss.
She was locked away in a castle guarded
by a terrible fire-breathing dragon.
Many brave knights had attempted to
free her from this dreadful prison,
but non prevailed. She waited in the
dragon's keep in the h |
T. MEDIEVAL TIMES THEATER - NIGHT
A familiar beam of light shines down. The beam of light
descends onto a stage. Lightning flashes to reveal Prince
Charming riding his valiant steed Chauncey across the open
plains. The wind blows back his golden mane.
PRINCE CHARMING
Onward Chauncey, to the highest
room of the tallest tower! Where
my pri |
UNDER THE STUDIO LOGO:
KNOCKING at a door and distant dog BARKING.
NOW UNDER BLACK, a CARD --
SATURDAY
The rapping, at first tentative and polite, grows insistent.
Then we hear someone get out of bed.
MILES (O.S.)
...the fuck...
A DOOR is opened, and the black gives |
Shooting draft
INT. KAREL PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY - DAY
OVER BLACK
PAT
What, are you kidding me? Sundays?
I love Sundays. I live for Sundays.
The whole family's together. Mom
makes braciole. Dad puts the jersey
on. We're all watching the game.
Yea |
T, OUT-OF-FOCUS, OVAL-SHAPED COLORS.
The colored shapes dart around the screen -- the impression
of looking through a kaleidoscope.
As the image comes into sharp focus, we discover that we are
inside a CANDY BOWL. A MAN'S FINGERS are frantically
removing all the cherry-flavored pieces of candy.
EXT. STUDIO LOT - DAY
The man performing this curious task is
writer/producer/director, VIKTOR TARANSKY, forties,
conservatively dressed in suit and tie. He sits alone at |
are in a parochial school classroom, in the late
Sixties. The children all wear uniforms and sit at little
desks. SISTER IMMACULATA stands at the front of the room;
she is a middle-aged nun, very severe. The children are
all terrified of her.
SISTER IMMACULATA
Who can name all the Apostles? Yes?
ANGLE ON CHRISTINE CARTER
A thirteen-year-old girl sitting at a desk. She raises
her hand. |
ITTREDGE'S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAWN
JOHN FLANDERS KITTREDGE and LOUISA KITTREDGE ("FLAN" and
"OUISA") , an attractive couple in their 40s, in their night
clothes are in an uncharacteristic state of shock.
Some sort of horrible disaster has happened to them.
THEY survey their living room which under normal
circumstances would appear to be a serene haven.
But why are they-so aghast? And terrified?
Has the apa |
o a crisp
dress shirt and tie. His expression is vacant, faraway.
A breeze blows but he doesn't react to it. In the
distance the architecture of the Chicago skyline.
SAM
Mommy got sick and it happened
just like that and there was
nothing anybody would do.
(continued)
And pull back to reveal:
EXT. CHICAGO - A GRAVESITE - DAY
Next to Sam is his son Jonah, age 9. Sam's hand is on
his shoulder. As the mourn |
INT. HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM - DAY
CLOSEUP: A slender woman's hand writes on a chalkboard,
in teacherly cursive.
We PULL BACK to REVEAL STARLA GRANT, a stunningly beautiful
Southern woman in her twenties, as she finishes writing
out, "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST"
Starla glances at the classroom of high school students.
She is a demure woman, somewhat awkward in her |
ther assorted BAR SOUNDS.
KARAOKE ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Let's give a hand to Rodney!
Scattered APPLAUSE and LAUGHTER.
KARAOKE ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Next up, we've got a little lady
named...KATE!
Joyful APPLAUSE.
BAR VOICES (V.O.)
Yeah, Kate!
THE OPENING MUZAK STRAINS OF A "KARAOKE SONG TO BE
DETERMINED" |
A narration accompanies this passage: "The events depicted
herein were believed have taken place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
All manner of record as they might pertain to these events
have been seized by the Department of Justice"
INT. VAN -- NIGHT
Wall-to-wall surveillance set-up. Two FBI AGENTS: DONALD
CARRUTHERS 30's and RICHARD MESSNER 30's, man the post,
staring at video monitors. Both |
and a military-
jacket. Behind him is a list of instructions (in Russian).
He 'sucks in a cigarette as though he's a drowning man lookin
for oxygen. A CAR comes to a stop by the sentry post, the,
guard looks, asks a couple of questions and is given an
-envelope which he quickly examines, he then attempts to stick
his head in the car. A gun barrel is promptly stuck in his
face and a couple of angry words emanate from the back, the
guard jump |
ARIOUS SHOTS OF SAN FRANCISCO - DUSK
Over this we hear a recording of Jack Kerouac's poem, San
Francisco which is accompanied by a BE-BOP trio. Kerouac's
poetry coincides with the various shots of San Francisco. We
come to a sign for Jack Kerouac Street. We PAN OVER to "THE
CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE" and continue along to the ALLEYWAY
where there is a large high-contrast black and white sign |
HOT AUGUST NIGHT - MUSIC OVER
MIDTOWN. A Brunette Beauty crosses in front of a stack of
cabs, her sheer dress clinging to her remarkable body.
A Club in THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT. A long line waits to get
in. A couple of Gorgeous Girls show up at the velvet rope and
are promptly" let inside.
SOHO. A Crowd spills out of a Bar and onto the sidewalk. A
Confident Knock Out in jeans and a tank top laughs, drinking
a beer out of the bottle.
HARRY (V.O.) |
tt Stone
&
Pam Brady
Eighth Draft
January 21, 1999
FADE IN:
Very happy, Disneyesque MUSIC swirls in.
PAN DOWN from a pretty blue sky, to a small quaint town
nestled in the hills. A wooden sign tells us this is South
Park.
EXT. SOUTH PARK AVENUE - |
0b BLUE - 11/12/11 1.
OMITTED
1 1
INT. ANTARCTICA LAB (OPENING MONTAGE)
1A 1A
A glowing blue box like a large toaster (the Time Cube) sits
in a sterile lab shelf, plugged in. A rubber duck sits on a
cluttered desk. GARY PINBACK (40) identified by "Gary"
stitched on a white lab coat - enters frame, unplugs the box |
It is a man's
back..... a perfect back... good dark color, slim, muscular.
LATIN MUSIC PLAYS... a song.... if you understood the words
you would hear love confronted and considered in a very
specific way...We are in a Mexico City suburb. The day is
hot; small beads of sweat are seen on the man's back, the
first indication that we are in slow motion..Perfect red
fingernails come into view...and now a woman's hand goes
beautifully to work...part sensual back |
ATE AND MAIN - INTERSECTION - DAY
Morris and Spud, two codgers, are about to cross the street
when they hear a beeping and stop.
As they cross, we see the tail end of a van, and the group
nods in that direction.
MORRIS
You hear that?
SPUD
Yes, I hear it.
MORRIS
Drive a man to drink. Took me near half
an-hour, get across the street |
e of RACHEL KELLY rolls into frame.
Then out of it. Alarm keeps BLASTING. Back she comes, pulling the
sheets OVER her head. Motionless now, as we hear...
... the DEAFENING SILENCE of the alarm shutting off. A beat.
Rachel SITS BOLTS UPRIGHT. LEAPS out of the room. From the back
we see that she's dressed only in a pair of men's boxers.
She makes it halfway down the hall, does a U TURN back into the
bedroom, frantically YANKS a robe hanging from the door, taking the
wall |
the screen:
AUGUST, 1936
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
EXT. A SLUM AREA OF JOLIET - DAY
It's a bleak, windy morning, the kind that clears the
streets of all but the winos (who carry their own heaters),
and the point-men for juvenile gangs. We pick up a solitary
figure, Joe Mottola, coming down the street and entering
what appears to be an abandoned tenement. He pauses a
second to dust his white-winged alligator shoes on the back
of his pants leg. Sharply dressed a |
ARCUS
Hey, you want to hear my short
story now?
VI
Huh?
MARCUS
(lifts a MS from a shelf by his bed)
I can read it to you.
VI
You mean, again?
MARCUS
Well, I changed the ending a
little.
VI
Oh. What happens now?
MARCUS
Well, actually, it's the same, but
longer. I think it's better.
More...raw.
VI
Well then, maybe you should just
read the ending.
MARCUS
But it won't |
From the novel by
Paul Brodeur
FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT
-1-
THE STUNTMAN
FADE IN:
1 EXT. ROADSIDE DINER - EARLY MORNING
A strip of two-lane highway runs through a tall p |
DAY
PAN ACROSS the frightened faces of NINE WITNESSES, eyes fixed
straight ahead. A POLICE OFFICER walks slowly past each -
FOOTSTEPS ECHOING in their fear.
OFFICER
Take your time. Take a good look.
He passes a nervous SAFEWAY CASHIER in uniform.
SAFEWAY CASHIER
Ah, a-are you sure they can't see us?
OFFICER
Two-way mirror, ma'am.
He passes a UNIFORMED CHEERLEA |
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ROSE LORKOWSKI, 30, drives through Albuquerque. She passes
small adobe houses, the Air force base, parched earth
playgrounds, University cafes and other distinctive sights.
On the highway she passes under the freeway interchange, a
tangle of rust and turquoise ramps. The Sandia mountains rise
in the distance as Rose heads up to the nicer neighborhoods
of the foothills.
2 EXT. SEVEN FIGURE HOUSE - D |
lling us with the
expectation of a thrilling, action-packed opening sequence.
Instead we get:
INT. SETH'S CAR - MORNING
Seth, seventeen, a bit heavyset, in the midst of a sad
attempt at growing a goatee and clearly a terrible driver,
cruises along while fiddling with the CD player. He pulls out
his cell and dials.
SETH
Yo.
INTERCUT WITH:
INT. EVAN'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
2 |
EXT. EARLY MORNING. - CUSTOMER SERVICE KIOSK 1
JAFFA, a Jamaican looking fellow in his early 20's, arrives
at Water World, carrying a dusty cardboard box.
There are a few workers milling about, setting up the park
for opening. He passes EDDIE, a 25-something grounds worker
with Down's Syndrome.
JAFFA
Eddie! |
Dec. 13, 1994
Third draft
1 EXT. HOLLYWOOD - NIGHT 1
The soundtrack opens with Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the
Moon".
A HELICOPTER SHOT OF THE L.A. basin.
The pool of golden light disintegrates into the thousands of
points which constitute it as we rapidly draw closer to the |
sound of a radio and pots and pans clanging
fades in. Caden, 40, opens his eyes in bed, and groggily
looks at himself in the bureau mirror. The bedside clock
reads 7:45.
1 INT. CADEN AND ADELE'S KITCHEN - FALL 2005 - SAME1
Adele, 40, in t-shirt and sweats, mixes a bowl of instant
oatmeal, puts it in the microwave.
RADIO VOICE
... a Labor Day luncheon today --
OLIVE (O.S.) RADIO VOICE |
Posy Simmonds
20th October 2009
1 SUMMER. POSY DRAWING 1
2 EXT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE GROUNDS. 2
Andy Cobb, early thirties, is digging an English garden in
the hot sun. He is lean, naked to the waist. It's hard to
tell which century he inhabits. Only when he stops to drink
from a plastic bot |
n the East Coast of the United States.
The camera glides down through the atmosphere, through
the clouds, closer and closer, until we begin to see
large patches of snow covering the upper coastline. It's
winter. We continue to push in, until we arrive at one
small suburban neighborhood. Over the push-in, we hear
the following narration, delivered by Patrick Stewart.
NARRATOR (V.O.) |
FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT
OCTOBER 21, 1997
FADE IN:
EXT. CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL - MORNING
It's the early 1980's and everyone is arriving at school. We push
through the parking lot crowd to a nervous, lanky kid, TED
PELOQUIN.
MAN'S VOICE (V.O.)
When I was sixteen years old I fell in
love...
CLOSE ON - RENISE, a tough girl with stringy brown hair and a |
LIVING ROOM - NIGHT.
ALBERT, a middle-aged man, feeds MELVIN, a two-year-old.
ADULT MELVIN (V.O.)
I loved my father and he taught me
many useful things. But he didn't
teach me anything at all about
women. There was a time when I
resented that. And then, one day,
it occurred to me that perhaps he
didn't know all that much about
the fairer sex.
On the other side of |
3 THE MARVEL LOGO. SMOLDERING, BEGINNING TO TURN ORANGE IN THE A3
HEAT AS WE TILT UP TO SEE-
-FIRE. NOTHING BUT FIRE.
2 INT. TIGHT SPACE - INDETERMINATE TIME 2
Dark and cramped. The soft red light of fire seeps through
iron slats. Inside this cage is a man, bound by chains.
It's THOR. His beard is long and his clothes are worn. That
rough, grizzled look of a man who's spent years on the road.
He awakens wit |
HREE MEN AND A BABY
FADE IN:
1 INT. AIRPLANE - DAY 1
On a chartered plane flying from Miami to Newark Airport.
JACK is the captain. His copilot PAUL is seated beside
him. In the passenger cabin, a female gymnastics team is
celebrating a hard-won, glorious victory over the Miami
team. They are singing, dancing in the aisles and
drinking champagne.
In the rear of the cabin, there are three regular pass- |
employees and
agents. Distribution, disclosure, reproduction or
sale of this material to unauthorized personnel is
strictly prohibited.
January 5, 1993
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
OPEN ON:
1 EXT. GASCONY - DAWN 1
Dawn. A verdant field in Gascony. BIRDS CALL from tree-
tops. The WIND RUSTLES through green leaves. A fox
darts into a thick hedge. And last, anti-pasto |
Animated scenes of the Thunderbirds on various rescues begin
to play as some of the cast and crew names show up.
NARRATOR
From a secret island in the South Pacific,
the courageous Tracy family run an organization
called International Rescue. When disaster strikes, anywhere
in the world, they are always first on the |
ve songs, sporadic ZAPS from BUG
LIGHTS, and an occasional random THWOCK as we --
FADE IN:
1 EXT. TEXAS - DRAMATIC ANGLE - SUNSET 1
Out west where the sun descends gloriously over desolate
mountains. A sense of timeless and incorruptible beauty
if you ignore the TWANG of the MUSIC, the SPUTTER of the
TRACTOR, the ZAPS, the THWACKS... and something else...
... MEN'S VOICES. Garrulous with drink, fraternity and
amuseme |
ILLAC DEALERSHIP - DAY 1
BILL BABOWSKY ("BB"), a wiry, dapper-looking man in his
mid-thirties, is circling a baby blue Cadillac. A
SALESMAN follows on his heels.
SALESMAN
She's a beauty.
BB
(looking at Salesman)
Who?
SALESMAN
What?
BB
Wh |
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August 5, 2005
FADE IN:
EXT. STAR-FILLED SKY - NIGHT 1
Studio logo transitions into a CONSTELLATION in space. Cam
pulls BACK, as more stars enter frame, forming a starfield.
SPLINTER (V.O.)
A sensei once counseled a grief- |
Screenplay by
Joss Whedon
Andrew Stanton
Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow
FINAL DRAFT
November 1995
"TOY STORY"
FADE IN:
INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
A row of moving boxes lie on the floor of the room. They
are drawn up in crayon to look like a mini |
WD6
6/21/88
1 EXT. DESERT VALLEY - DAY 1
The high desert -- absolutely silent -- a vast, hard land-
scape stretching away to distant mountains. The silence is
broken by hoof-beats.
2 EXT. EDGAR'S PLACE - DAY |
, we see THE UNIVERSAL LOGO.
The globe stops rotating, and STARTS TO BROWN AND CRACK.
VOLCANOES ERUPT ON IT...
ACTION TRAILER ANNOUNCER
In a world where only one man made a
difference... "n 1a%
AND WE ZOOM ALL THE WAY IN TO,..
A POST APOCALYPTIC FIERY TUNDRA... AND ONE MAN...who
walks across it, looking cool, shirtless, pumped, with
shades on, holding a BABY in one arm and a FLAMETHROWER |
he snow covered Alps stand out clearly in the light of a full
moon. A fortress-like CHATEAU is situated in a flat saddle of
forest partway up the mountain, next to a frozen lake. The
property is surrounded by high stone walls, and the stately
grounds are bathed in floodlights and patrolled by armed guards
with dogs.
2 EXT. CHATEAU - NIGHT
The driveway and motorcourt are filled with cars. A formal-
dres |
appears on a black screen.
"One doesn't discover new lands
without consenting to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time."
Andre Gide
The title fades off, replaced by a second title.
"We're all in this alone."
Lily Tomlin
INT. A WOMB. DAY.
A fiber optic camera observes a five-month-old MALE |
and William Goldman
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CONSOLIDATED FOURTH DRAFT
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all to his SON. The boy swings, connects,
sends the ball flying. DAD smiles.
BRANDON LANG'S VOICE
That's me. Five years old. I remember that day. Believe it
or not, I remember that hit. I remember it because of the smile
that spread over my dad's face...
EXT. HOME MOVIE - 1983 - DAY
BRANDON shooting hoops. DAD drinks a Bud, frowns as he miss |
Current Revisions by
Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith
February 14, 2008
1 INT. KPHX TV - LOBBY - DAY 1
ABBY RICHTER, 30's, pretty, driven and absolutely in control,
walks through the lobby, greeting the SECURITY GUARD.
ABBY
Morning, Freddy.
SECURITY GUARD |
LOGO DE « UFA COMACICO »
Le logo de « UFA Comacico » représente un éléphant de cirque
devant un rideau de scène. Il lève la patte et la trompe, et il
barrit.
TIGREVILLE - PLAGE - EXTÉRIEUR JOUR
Plan d'une portion déserte de la plage. Une ponton en béton part
de la plage et s'avance dans l |
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
"Movietown News" presents...
Spotlight on Adventure!
The mysterious SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE. A massive waterfall
cascades down a gigantic, flat-topped mountain.
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
What you are now witnessing is
footage never before seen by
civilized humanity: a l |
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
"Movietown News" presents...
Spotlight on Adventure!
The mysterious SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE. A massive waterfall
cascades down a gigantic, flat-topped mountain.
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
What you are now witnessing is
footage never before seen by
civilized humanity: a l |
Pitch black. Dead quiet. Dim faint light appears in the
distance, approaching, growing larger. As the light nears,
we recognize car headlights. Closer and closer until the car
is bearing down upon us with great force...
INT. CAR
Two men in the front seat, FISHER and MOORE. Fisher drives.
All seems quite normal until we take a closer look, sweat
matts hair, dirt st |
Why does a dog wag its tail?
BENEATH IT, THE NEXT LINE FADES IN:
Because a dog is smarter than its tail.
CROSS-FADE TO THE NEXT CARD, WHICH READS:
If the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog.
DISSOLVE
FADE IN:
EXT THE WHITE HOUSE NIGHT
A VAN FULL OF PEOPLE STOPS AT A SIDE ENTRANCE.
ANGLE INT THE WHITE HOUSE
AT THE SIDE, UTILITY ENTRANCE, WE SEE THE DISGORGING WORKING-CLASS MEN AND
WOMEN, THEY PASS THROUGH SECURIT |
"Out there, there's a world outside of Yonkers..."
More stars.
Distant galaxies, constellations, nebulas...
A single planet.
Drab and brown.
Moving towards it.
Pushing through its polluted atmosphere.
"...Close your eyes and see it glisten..."
EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - CONTINUOUS
A range of mountains takes form in the haze.
Moving |
"Out there, there's a world outside of Yonkers..."
More stars.
Distant galaxies, constellations, nebulas...
A single planet.
Drab and brown.
Moving towards it.
Pushing through its polluted atmosphere.
"...Close your eyes and see it glisten..."
EXT. PLANET'S SURFACE - CONTINUOUS
A range of mountains takes form in the haze.
Moving |
December 24, 1944, in the first safe area directly
behind the battle line, in the Italian theatre.
In the distance occasional artillery light flashes are seen
and artillery rumbles are heard. The battered terrain shows
the effects of battle.
In the foreground is a recreation area, covered with
camouflage; entertainment is in progress on a raised stage.
Men of the division ar |
December 24, 1944, in the first safe area directly
behind the battle line, in the Italian theatre.
In the distance occasional artillery light flashes are seen
and artillery rumbles are heard. The battered terrain shows
the effects of battle.
In the foreground is a recreation area, covered with
camouflage; entertainment is in progress on a raised stage.
Men of the division ar |
sky. A TEENAGED BOY'S VOICE greets us...
TED NELSON (V.O.)
On any given day, your life can
change in the blink of an eye.
It's a cliché, I know...
Descending through the clouds, we are caught for a moment in
a dreamy gauze. We emerge to find ourselves gliding above a
small town. Descending lower. And lower. To Xenia, |
FADE IN:
INT. KITCHEN - MORNING
ANGLE ON: BILLY MATTHEWS, 8, ravenously eating a plate
of hashbrowns, runny fried eggs and syrupy waffles.
WOMAN'S VOICE (O.C.)
Doug?...
We see DOUG MATTHEWS, 40's, sitting across the table,
staring at his son, Billy. Doug is handsome in that
honest, sincere way. A guy you would call to help you
move a couch. He watches B |
Rev. 04/09/99 (Salmon)
WILD WILD WEST
Story by
Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Screenplay by
S.S. Wilson & Brent Maddock
and Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman
Based on the Television Series
"Wild Wild West"
REVISED FINAL DRAFT |
Third Revision
November 14, 1986
(c) LFL 1986
Lucasfilm LTD.
All Rights Reserved
Act I
FADE IN:
EXT.. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY
Under gloomy sky a huge fortress looms on a volcanic
mountainside. From within WE HEAR the agonizing scream
of a woman giving birth.
INT.. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY
The scream continues as WE MOVE THROUGH the grim corri-
dors of the castle TOWARD stairs leading down to a
dungeon.
INT.. DUNGEON - |
esolate. In the far off distance a man is jogging. He banks
around the end of a small pond and runs right at us. This is
MIKE FLAHERTY, FORTY-TWO. He is running hard. Or at least as
hard as he can.
Suddenly TWO JOGGERS blow past him.
INT. HOUSE, BEDROOM - SAME.
A HOME MADE STAIN GLASS ANGEL hangs on a window. It falls to |
of bottles and dirty washing up. He lights the gas on the stove and puts on
the kettle.]
['I' knocks on the door to Withnail's bedroom]
I:
I'm having a cup of tea, do you want one?
[He waits for a response.]
I:
Do you want a cup of tea Withnail!?
Withnail:
No.
['I' leaves the flat, slamming the front door behind him]
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The Cafe
['I' is reading a paper at a table in the cafe. The |
Script - September 7th, 2012
Blue Revised Pages - September 25th, 2012
Pink Revised Pages - October 9th, 2012
Yellow Revised Pages - October 15th, 2012
Green Revised Pages - October 16th, 2012
Goldenrod Revised Pages - October 19th, 2012
Buff Revised Pages - March 5th, 2013
1 INSERT - T |
DS appear, twisting and vaguely transparent,
reflected on the window GRADY TRIPP stands before as he
reads from a sheaf of NEATLY-TYPED PAGES.
GRADY
'The young girl sat perfectly still in the
confessional...
1 INT. CLASSROOM - UNIVERSITY - AFTERNOON
Grady--45-year-old novelist, professor, and insomniac--is
in the midst of reading a story to the dozen college
STUDENTS who make up his Advanced Writing Workshop.
GRADY
...listening to her father's boots s |
K an infinite void but at the center a SINGULARITY, a
particle infinitely small and infinitely dense that contains
all the potential matter and energy in the universe.
THE BIG BANG
A blinding flash of light as the singularity explodes,
particles expanding in all directions until they fill the
screen, a shimmering cloud of electromagnetic dust.
Then the particles start to attract one another to form
atoms, t |
First Draft
February 2, 2007
EXT. RUDY'S - NIGHT
It's New Year's Eve at Rudy's, a hole-in-the-wall dive.
People stream into the bar to celebrate. Outside, CARL
KENDALL (30s) and his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend KATH are
having a q |
s we hurtle through a
sky that's just beginning to get light. There are a few
stars but they fade and the sky turns a milky blue and a big
computer sun starts to rise.
We continue hurtling through space and see that we're heading
over a computer version of the New York City skyline. We
move over Central Park. It's fall and the leaves are
glorious reds and yellows.
We reach the West Side of Manhattan and move swiftly down
Broadway with its stores and gyms and movies theat |
deep HEAVING BREATHS. Moist
FLESH FLAPPING accompaniment. Someone is beating off.
A pause as the someone turns the page of a magazine.
The beating off resumes at a quickened pace. The SQUEAKING of
bed springs joins in.
Another page is turned. Feverish THUMPING until a MALE VOICE
lets out a quiet MOAN.
The breathing gradually slows to normal and lets out a
relieved sigh of finality. |
1.
FADE IN:
EXT. WILDERNESS - NIGHT
Mist. Dark trees. Dripping vines. An ENGINE RUMBLES in the
distance.
The full moon shimmers on a puddle. A FROG SPLATS IN,
splashing a one man pup tent.
INSIDE THE TENT
LUKE's eyes pop open, disoriented, realizing he's fal |
Jared Bush, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad,
Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee
IN BLACK --
We hear the feral, primeval sounds of a jungle at night. A
timpani bangs an ominous beat.
FADE IN ON:
A JUNGLE - NIGHT
A BUNNY nervously walks through the dark, foreboding forest,
frightened by every shadow and moving leaf.
YOUNG JUDY (V.O.)
Fear. Treachery. Bloodlust! |