SPHERE
BY
PAUL ATTANASIO
Based on the novel by
Michael Crichton
BARRY LEVINSON VERSION SHOOTING SCRIPT
FADE IN:
EXT. OCEAN FLOOR - DAY
BEGIN TITLES.
MOVING AMONG the hallucinatory variety of creatures --
barbaric, distorted, sublime -- that haunt the ocean floor.
All but unknown to man except in the deep preconscious brain
that houses the family album of the race... Where we remember
that they ar
into his face.
He jumped up and screamed:
"I was not excellent!
I was not extraordinary!
I was monumental!
I was epochal!"
All this made a very deep
impression on me then...
...and that I would work with him
later and make five feature films...
You would never
have thought that.
No, that was never on
my horizon at the time.
It was beyond my
furthest thoughts.
Did he ever have any training as
act properly throughout ones whole life."
What the hell does that mean?
Or, even worse...
Eve. I wasnt expecting you.
- I hope Im not disturbing you.
- No. I just couldnt imagine who it was.
- Is Joey here? Wheres Joey?
- In the shower. Can I get you anything?
Oh, just some coffee, if you dont mind.
No, its no trouble at all.
I think Ive found a very
nice vase for the foyer.
Uh-huh.
Youll probabl
Along Came Polly Script
I, Reuben, take you, Lisa...
I, Reuben, take you, Lisa,
to be my lawfully wedded wife.
I do. I do.
Hey, Lois.
The room looks beautiful.
Oh, thanks. And all the candles
have been replaced...
with these mini-lamps you asked for,
so now no more fire hazard.
Great.
Hey, did we sanitize these things?
Reuben!
- The best man is in the house! Ohh!
- Oh!
- Oh, my God!
- Sandy, you
Deep as a river
Come rain
Or come shine
Right. Were all done.
- Ill just ring through and test the line. - Oh!
Oh, let me do it. Let me. Let me.
Whats the number again? Oh, no. Dont tell me. I remember.
Start of the war, Bobby Moore.
Thirty-nine, sixty-six and me age, twenty-eight.
- What are you laughin at? -
Music.
Music ringin in my bloody ears.
Hello, me.
Or come shine
Happy together
Un
act together.
Just think of that, yeah.
So, the place is looking really nice.
Barney, Barney, Barney.
Say hello to Will, Barney.
Here we go. Its the Antichrist.
Hello, Barney. How are you?
-Hes lovely. -Yeah.
And what about you, Will? Any desire for a family of your own yet?
Id rather eat Barneys nappies.
Not really. Im sort of all right as I am.
Please, Will.
What does that mean? "Pl
deep-water Santee River.
SUPERIMPOSITION:
SOUTH CAROLINA
April, 1776
The post rider rides along a raised swamp road. On either
side of the road, gorgeous shafts of sunlight pierce the
canopy falling onto soft, swaying ferns that cover the
high grounds. Hundreds of BIRDS SING. The water is
clear, with fields of floating lily pads, each with a
stark white flower rising from it.
EXT. FRESH WATER PLA
Tomorrow Never Dies
Screenplay
by
Bruce Feirstein
(for educational purposes only)
FADE IN ON:
EXT. DESOLATE MOUNTAIN RANGE - HIGH ANGLE - DAWN
Super: THE KHYBER PASS, AFGHANISTAN
Were looking down at what used to be called "The End of the Known
World." A landscape that is both beautiful, and forbidding.
In the center of this vista, there is a deep ravine.
Pushing in on the ravine, there appears t
act scared.
And if you don give them a treat,
they pull some dirty trick on you.
You mean, no trick-or-treaters
have been by here tonight?
Well, there will be. My two kids
will be along here any minute.
One a green skeleton and
the other a Frankenstein monster.
What considered a treat?
Candy, popcorn, gum,
anything like that.
Would they like a piece of cake?
But that your birthday cake.
You shoul
act and disappeared. New York then knew that, a
half-hour later, her annual opera ball would begin.
[Street outside the theatre (14th Street) at night. A line of carriages drawn up in front
of the Academy of Music. Mrs. Beaufort climbs in a carriage at the front of the line and
drives away]
NARRATOR
Carriages waited at the curb for the entire performance. It was widely known in New
York, but neve