Alright so this is the world and there are five billion people on it. When I was a kid there were three. Its hard to keep up.
AMERICA FROM SPACE
The great continent through mist and swirling skies. (Satellites and other pieces of skycasting equipment float by.)
JERRYS VOICE
Thats better. Thats america. See, America still sets the tone for the world...
KID ON BASKETBALL COURT
A puberty-ravaged kid
All around this is an almost totally black screen. Now, as the camera moves slowly towards the window which is almost a postage stamp in the frame, other forms appear; barbed wire, cyclone fencing, and now, looming up against an early morning sky, enormous iron grille work. Camera travels up what is now shown to be a gateway of gigantic proportions and holds on the top of it - a huge initial "K"
Amelie Script
-On September 3, 1973 6:28 pm and 32 sec.
a blue fly of the Calliphorides species,
whose wings can flutter 14670 times per minute
landed in Saint-Vincent Street, Montmartre.
At the exact same second, outside a restaurant,
the wind was sweeping in under a tablecloth,
causing the glasses to dance without anybody noticing it.
At the same time, on the fifth floor of avenue Trudaine,
His is the only one still occupied, and it doesnt look that permanent. In the window is a cardboard, handwritten sign that reads "Kwans Shaolin Kung Fu". What remains visible behind the poster and the security grate is an IMPRESSION of people moving and milling around.
INT. WORKOUT AREA - SAME NIGHT
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF KWANS SHAOLIN KUNG FU SCHOOL.
The students are doing their own thing, and the
Barcelona Script
I couldnt believe my cousin Fred
would just show up that way.
On the other hand,
it was absolutely typical.
I was furious, but tried not to show it.
- You could have called.
- I did call.
From a pay phone that cut me off
and swallowed my change.
- You called once from the airport.
- At least once. I would not, not call.
- How long do you plan to stay?
- Good question.
- More than
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
Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India Script
The year is 1863.
Champaner.
A small village in
the heart of India.
The people of Champaner
depended on agriculture...
... like those in
thousands of villages.
A British cantonment
bordered the village.
Two miles south, beyond
the cantonment, was the fort...
... of the Rajah
of this province.
The British protected the Rajahs
domain from neighbouring attack
KING KONG
Screenplay by
FRAN WALSH & PETER JACKSON
From an idea conceived by
EDGAR WALLACE & MERIAN C. COOPER
1st Draft
1996
EXT. SKIES OVER FRANCE 1917 - DAY
CAMERA drifts towards a large puffy cloud floating 6000ft above the
French countryside ...
... a roar of engines - sounding like angry buzzing bees - and three ...
six ... NINE SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER PLANES emerge from the cloud, flying
in t
Jules And Jim Script
You said l love you!
and l said Stay!
l nearly said Take me!
but you said Go away!
Circa Jules,
a foreigner in Paris, asked...
Jim, a new pal, to get him
a ticket to the Fine Arts Bal
Jim did and took...
him to get a costume
As Jules chose his slave outfit,
Jims friendship for Jules was born.
and flowered at the ball where Jules
sat with tender, laughing eyes.
Next day, they
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE
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by
Roselyne Bosch
REVISED
September 23, 1991
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FADE IN:
CREDITS AND MUSIC OVER:
INT. AUDIENCE ROOM - GRANADA - DAY
We start on a mans elegant slipper. He is seated in a
splendid chair. Moving up the stocking leg, we pass the
garter of Castile, coming to rest on a pair of delicate
hands. His fore finger impatiently plays with a large
topaz ring. Over this, we hear