THE PIANO LESSON
Screenplay for a film by
JANE CAMPION
Producer
JAN CHAPMAN
Script editor
BILLY MACKINNON
Maori dialogue and translator
SELWYN MURU
(c) copyright:
Jan Chapman Productions Pty Ltd
2 Fairlight Street Leichhart 2040
NSW Australia
4th draft 1991
Developed with the assistance of
The Australian Film Commission
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As presentation credits begin, we hear Johnny Cashs "Home of the Blues." Then we see Allisons name, under it Alexs, under that Roberts, under that Quentins, then under that the title logo for Four Rooms, followed by "Starring Tim Roth as the Bellboy." Then "The Guests" listed in alphabetical order of all the actors playing guests. After the actors names, we...
FADE UP ON A WALL
The camera pans
- Funnier stuff happened after the audience "left." - Were "different." Were in "here." Theres no "rules."
Headmasters home, we had the dormitory to "ourselves." "Wait till you hear "this."
I have a recollection of the joke being told at about five oclock in the morning
for a bunch of "comedians."
You always saved it - like a "powerhouse."
It was one of those toppers you could pull "out."
There w
A coffee shop somewhere in New Mexico. MICKEY KNOX, his back turned to us, is sitting at the counter finishing his meal. We hear the PING... BANG... of a pinball machine being played OFF SCREEN.
MABEL, a waitress, comes over and fills Mickeys coffee cup.
MICKEY
What kind of pies do you have?
MABEL
Apple, pecan, cherry, and key lime.
MICKEY
Which do you recommend?
MABEL
The key lime is great, but
The Abyss
AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BY
JAMES CAMERON
August 2, 1988
Directors Revision
THE ABYSS
OMITTED 1
OMITTED 2
TITLE: THE ABYSS -- ON BLACK, DISSOLVING TO COBALT BLUE
EXT. OCEAN/UNDERWATER -- DAY 3
Blue, deep and featureless, the twilight of five hundred feet down.
PROPELLER SOUND. Materializing out of the blue limbo is the enormous but
sleek form of an Ohio-class SSBN ballistic missile submar
Little Monsters
Screenplay by Ted Elliot
Terry Rossio
Produced by John Davis
Andrew Licht
Jeffrey A. Mueller
Directed by Richard Alan Greenberg
Cast List:
Fred Savage Brian
Howie Mandel Maurice
Daniel Stern Glen Stevenson
Margaret Whitton Holly Stevenson
Rick Ducommun Snik
Frank Whaley Boy
Ben Savage Eric
William Murray Weiss Todd
FADE IN:
ON AN OLD ALARM CLOCK
TICKING, the bells gone, the littl
M i M i C
a revision
by
Matt Greenberg
and
Guillermo del Toro
June 19th 1996
FADE IN:
THE SCREEN
Stygean darkness.
Wet CLICKING SOUNDS. A BEAM of purplish ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
reveals a mosaic of moving forms... COCKROACHES. They skitter
restlessly under the beams intensity. SERIES OF SHOTS -- the
UV Beam passing over various parts of the space. Pipe webs,
walls, girders -- all covered with the ins
Men in Black
Screenplay by Ed Solomon
Produced by Walter F. Parkes
Laurie MacDonald
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast List:
Tommy Lee Jones K
Will Smith J
Linda Fiorentino Laurel
Vincent DOnofrio Edgar
Rip Torn Zed
Tony Shalhoub Jeebs
Siobhan Fallon Beatrice
Mike Nussbaum Gentle Rosenberg
Richard Hamilton D
Keith Campbell Perb
John Alexander Mikey
EXT. ROAD - TEXAS / MEXICO BORDER - NIGHT
A mill
Desk Set Script
Penthouse.
Office of the president.
Is Azae in?
Mr. Azaes secretary
is right through that door.
Thank you.
Hello.
Im Richard Sumner.
Would you tell him
Im here?
Mr. Sumner?
Oh, Mr. Sumner!
I know Mr. Azae
is terribly anxious to see you, but...
Whats the matter?
Well, excuse me, Mr. Sumner,
but youre a day early.
Your appointment
isnt until tomorrow.
Oh. Is this Monday?
No, sir, it
Lethal Weapon
Screenplay by Shane Black
Produced by Richard Donner
Joel Silver
Directed by Richard Donner
Cast List:
Mel Gibson Martin Riggs
Danny Glover Roger Murtaugh
Gary Busey Joshua
Mitchell Ryan The General
Tom Atkins Michael Hunsaker
FADE IN:
CITY OF ANGELS
Lies spread out beneath us in all its splendor, like a bargain basement Promised Land.
CAMERA SOARS, DIPS, WINDS its way SLOWLY DOWN,