Great Falls
by
Adam Herz
WHITE REVISION: 7/7/98
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS
AND SOME "SCENE OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR
THIS SOFT COPY.
INT. JIMS BEDROOM - NIGHT
PAN across details in a bedroom...we see discarded
shirts...pants...socks...and hear
PORNO-CHANNEL CHICK (V.O.)
Oooh, yeah. Oh, baby, youre so good.
JIM (O.S.)
Yeah, Im the best, baby.
Now we
Broadcast News
by
James L. Brooks.
FADE IN
EXT. CITY STREET - DAY
A restaurant supply truck is curbside, near a small
restaurant. GERALD GRUNICK, forty-one, is closing the back
door of his truck, feeling good about the world, a common
state for him. He moves towards the cab of the truck and gets
inside as we SUPER:
KANSAS CITY, MO. - 1963
INT. TRUCK - DAY
As he sits down beaming over his recen
none-too inviting. They
begin to poke at her with the reeds, driving her back.
The girl now moves to the center of the circle, no longer
wishing to tag anyone.
ONE DEVIOUS CHILD seems to get an idea. He takes his
stick and smacks it across her shoulder. She turns to
face the child and another swings his stick across her
back with a solid THWACK. Before long, mob rule gives
way and all the kids
Layer Cake Script
When I was born,
the world was a far simpler place.
It was all just cops and robbers.
Fucking get down! Get down now!
And you! Stay down! Stay down!
But it wasnt for me.
Then came the Summer of Love.
Hashish and LSD
arrived on the scene.
There were villains
locked away for years...
... for robbing a bank of grand...
... doing time with drippy hippies
doing months...
... for smug
Three of these creatures are men: the fourth is a woman. She is tall and has a magnificent body which is shown to its best advantage in a Krypton outfit that reveals more than it conceals: high boots, a clinging body suit, and all shiny black. Long raven hair frames a strikingly beautiful face; her eyes are almost fiery in their grace. A woman whose beauty makes strong men weak, she is consumed b
Rolls into FRAME. A bauble of green and blue and white swirls of cloud cover. The eerie clip and whistle of cosmic rays is drowned out by static and someone singing 몵MY WAY몶 - in Russian.
2 MOVING INTO FRAME - A SOVIET CAPSULE
Gleaming white. Black letters on its side, CCCP. A Russian COSMONAUGHT in his space suit is outside, repairing radio antenna. He몶s the one singing.
3 INSIDE THE CAPSU
Contact
??
FADE IN:
INT. ARROWAY HOUSE - EVENING
We open on the upstairs of a two-story house, where we see a young girl
talking into a radio transmitter.
YOUNG ELLIE
CQ, this is W9GFO. CQ, this is W9GFO here, come back. CQ, this is
W9GFO here, come back. CQ, CQ, this is W9GFO, is anybody out
there? (looks to her father) It not getting anything.
TED ARROWAY
Small moves Ellie, small moves.
YOUNG E
A SILHOUETTED MAN in front of mirror dons his Marine dress blues. Spit polish shoes laced. Medals clipped to jacket. All in CLOSEUP. We never see him fully.
The Man puts HIS HAT squarely on his head. EYES glint.
On the mans dresser: MARINE MEMORABILIA. Three Purple Hearts, photos of a WOMAN (his wife), PHOTOS OF MARINES in combat locales.
TIGHTER INTO THE PHOTOS
We HEAR PANICKED VOICES, EXPLOSION
-
Fail-Safe Script
Warren?
Youll wake yourself up.
Ill get you breakfast.
No time.
The meeting starts.
Dont worry about it.
They always have coffee there.
Youre flying down?
Ill check out one of the trainers.
Then I can get back when I want.
What are you doing today?
Shopping.
Have to get clothes
for the boys.
They grow so fast.
Need any money?
I cashed a check.
I had the dream again.
Always ends
Heist Script
-Keep the change.
-What are you waiting on?
-Four cappuccinos.
-Four cappuccinos. Lets go.
-There you go.
-Thanks.
-Ive got a break.
-You cant smoke in here.
Hey, buddy, you forgot your change.
-Makes the worId go round.
-Whats that?
GoId.
Some peopIe say Iove.
Theyre right too. It is Iove.
Love of goId.
HoId on.
Thank God youre there.
Theres been an expIosion.
Pick up the phone and