FIGHT CLUB
by
Jim Uhls
based on a novel by
Chuck Palahnuik
2/16/98
SCREEN BLACK
JACK (V.O.)
People were always asking me, did I
know Tyler Durden.
FADE IN:
INT. SOCIAL ROOM - TOP FLOOR OF HIGH RISE -- NIGHT
TYLER has one arm around Jacks shoulder; the other hand
holds a HANDGUN with the barrel lodged in JACKS MOUTH.
Tyler is sitting in Jacks lap.
They are both sweating and disheveled, both around
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FULL METAL JACKET
The screenplay by
Stanley Kubrick, Michael
Herr and Gustav Hasford
Based on the novel The short-Timers by Gustav
Hasford
1987
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FADE IN:
WARNER BROS. LOGO:
WARNER BROS. PICTURES
WB
A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
LOGO FADES OUT:
Music:
Johnny Wrights "Hello Vietnam"
TITLE: A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM
CUT
TO:
TITLE: FULL METAL
Lady: Mummys going to the beauty parlour darling. But Im leaving you with your favorite friend Roger. Hes going to take very very good care of you. Because if he doesnt, hes going back to the science lab!
Roger: Plplpllllease! Dont worry. What ever you say! Yes maam. Aye aye sir. Oke dokey. Why, Ill take care of him like he was my own brother. Or my own sister. Ow! Or my brothers sister. Or my se
It is 7:14 P.M., Monday, September 22, 1975, and we are watching the network news programs on CBS, NBC, ABC and UBS-TV, the network of our story. The AUDIO is OFF; and head shots of WALTER CRONKITE, JOHN CHANCELLOR, HOWARD K. SMITH and HARRY REASONER, and of course, the anchorman of our network, HOWARD BEALE, silently flit and flicker across the four television screens, interspersed with the news
We are moving through a small airfield full of parked light planes. There are no people around. We move through the cluster of planes towards a hangar on the edge of the field.
INT. HANGAR - DAY
We are still moving through light planes, but now we are inside the hangar. Some of the planes have their engine covers open, parts strewn around. Others are partially covered with tarps or have sections
THE SAME SCENE; THE SAME SHOTS. Suddenly time RUSHES FORWARD. Als voice squeaks, the action accellerates.
LEADER (VO)
Run past this stuff.
THE VISUALS SPEED EVEN FASTER. SOMEBODY is running the tapes of
the EXPERIMENT right before the attack...FAST FORWARD.
INTRUDER
You wont believe this.
INT. LAB - The INTRUDERS SLOW the tape and watch with interest.
CU.- THE BEAKER on the pedestal surrounded by
writer...
... and also our colleagues
Michael Hadge...
... and James Bulleit, to join me.
And by taking this one play,
Richard III...
... analyzing it, approaching it
from different angles...
... putting on costumes,
playing out scenes...
... we could communicate
both our passi for it...
... our understanding
that weve come to...
... and in doing that...
... communicate a Shakespeare
that is abou
Jungle Fever Script
Ive got jungle fever
Shes got jungle fever
Weve got jungle fever
Were in love
Shes gone black-boy crazy
Ive gone white-girl hazy
Aint no thinking maybe
Were in love
Shes got jungle fever
Ive got jungle fever
Weve got jungle fever
Were in love
Ive gone white-girl crazy
Shes gone black-boy hazy
Were each others baby
Were in love
Ive got jungle fever
Shes got jungle fever
American Splendor Script
Trick or treat.
Well, look at this.
All the superheroes on our porch.
Aint that cute?
We got Superman here, and Batman...
and his sidekick Robin.
The Green Lantern.
And what about you, young man?
- What about what?
- Who are you supposed to be?
- Im Harvey Pekar.
- Pecker.
Harvey Pekar?
That doesnt sound like a superhero to me.
I aint no superhero, lady.
Im just a kid
fro
It is very early in the dawn - blue light filters through the jungle and across a foul swamp. A mist clings to the trees. This could be the jungle of a million years ago.
Our VIEW MOVES CLOSER, through the mist, TILTING DOWN to the tepid water. A small bubble rises to the surface; then another. Suddenly, but quietly, a form begins to emerge; a helmet. Water and mud pour off revealing a set of bea