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. . .
2 INT. CAR 2
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 stains on white tuxedo shirts
PLEASANTVILLE
A Fairytale by Gary Ross
October 7, 1996
"He was part of my dream of course
but then I was part of his dream too."
- Lewis Carroll "Through the looking glass"
FADE IN:
INT. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. DAY.
A college counselor stands at the Podium lecturing the high
school seniors about their future.
COLLEGE COUNSELOR
... For those of you going on to college
next year, the chance of fin
Ned Kelly Script
[ Woman Vocalizing ]
[ Vocalizing Continues ]
Australia 1871
- [ Man Narrating ]
I was the hero of Hughes Creek.
- [ Bird Screeches ]
Australia 1871
- [ Man Narrating ]
I was the hero of Hughes Creek.
- [ Bird Screeches ]
I can still see the glint in me das eye
as he looked down at me...
his hand on me shoulder.
What did he call me that day?
Ah, what did Da call me?
Thats right.
Gattaca
A Screen Play
by Andrew M. Niccol
FADE IN
A white title appears on a black screen.
"As night-fall does not come at once, neither
does oppression...It is in such twilight that
we all must be aware of change in the air
- however slight - lest we become victims of
the darkness."
Justice William O. Douglas
The title fades off, replaced by a second title.
"I not only think that we will tamper
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
A top-secret, experimental, offensive/defensive military installation hidden away in the countryside outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CLOSE on a beautiful, intricate, state of the art computer panel as it is lifted out of a large console. A huge, dimly lit display board, sporting a galaxy of small running lights, looms above.
The panels removal creates a large, vulnerable opening, inside of wh
Basic Script
The French tried to build a canal here
before the Americans.
At the height of their effort,
500 workers...
...were dying every week
from malaria and yellow fever.
They couldnt come up with
cemetery space fast enough...
...not to mention the morale problem
all those crosses would have made.
So they bought shiploads
of vinegar in Cuba...
...and in each barrel,
they sealed one corpse.
A
COPYCAT
Third draft by
Frank Pierson
Participating writers:
Ann Biderman
Jay Presson Allen
INT. LECTURE HALL BERKELEY - DAY
The hall is full. On the stage, DR. HELEN HUDSON is
speaking. HELEN is a forensic psychologist. Behind her is
a projected diagram: PREDISPOSITION, DISSOCIATION, TRAUMA,
FANTASY, VIOLENT FANTASY, FACILITATORS, MURDER, and
TRAUMA-REINFORCEMENT which she can point to with a las
SAM ACE ROTHSTEIN, a tall, lean, immaculately dressed man approaches his car, opens the door, and gets inside to turn on the ignition.
ACE: (Voice-over) When you love someone, youve gotta trust them. Theres no other way. Youve got to give them the key to everything thats yours. Otherwise, whats the point? And, for a while . . . I believed thats the kind of love I had.
(Suddenly, the car explode
Murder In The First Script
Theyre coming!
-Lets go to the water!
- Theyre heading for the beach!
Down by the beach!
-Run!
-Look out!
Run, Doc! No! Doc, no!
Dont stop moving!
Theyre down there!
There they go! Okay.
Lay down! Lay down!
Lay down or Ill shoot you, goddamn it!
-Hurry up!
-Lay down!
Thats right, shoot them!
I give up, Mr. Glenn. Please!
-Shut up, Henri!
-Please, dont hit me! Please!
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