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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 Californ... |
1
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 pro... |
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 ... |
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 d... |
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. ... |
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... |
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 "... |
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 t... |
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 sc... |
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 - M... |
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
g... |
- 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
Silenc... |
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
in... |
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
... |
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
... |
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 rev... |
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, w... |
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... |
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
... |
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 man... |
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.
... |
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'... |
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.
EX... |
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 IMMAC... |
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 ... |
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.
(... |
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... |
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.
... |
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
... |
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 examine... |
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 Stre... |
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... |
tt Stone
&
Pam Brady
Eighth Draft
January 21, 1999
FADE IN:
Very happy, Disneyesque MUSIC swirls in.
... |
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 steri... |
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'... |
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?
... |
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 dress... |
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 th... |
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, a... |
From the novel by
Paul Brodeur
FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT
-1-
THE STUNTMAN
... |
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.
... |
1
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 mounta... |
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. H... |
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. ... |
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.
... |
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, mixe... |
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
... |
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 ... |
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.
... |
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
... |
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... |
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, ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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
... |
irst Draft Polish
August 5, 2005
FADE IN:
EXT. STAR-FILLED SKY - NIGHT 1
Studio logo transitions into a CONSTELLATION in space. Cam
... |
Screenplay by
Joss Whedon
Andrew Stanton
Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow
FINAL DRAFT
November 1995
... |
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 ... |
, 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 APO... |
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 floodligh... |
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.
... |
and William Goldman
Re v. 04 /1 5/ 88 (B lu e)
Re v. 04 /2 2/ 88 (P in k)
Re v. 04 /2 7/ 88 (Y el lo w)
Re v. 04 /2 8/ 88 (G re en )
Re v. 05 /0 2/ 88 (G ol de nrod)
Re v. 05 /0 9/ 88 (B uf f)
Re v. 05 /2 5/ 88 (C he rr y)
Re v. ... |
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
... |
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 thro... |
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
... |
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.... |
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.... |
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 ... |
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 ST... |
"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 eye... |
"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 eye... |
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.
... |
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.
... |
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... |
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... |
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
B... |
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 bi... |
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.
... |
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, sl... |
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, ... |
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, an... |
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 ... |
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
... |
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... |
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 unti... |
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,
... |
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 thro... |
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