WITNESS
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Screenplay by
EARL W. WALLACE
WILLIAM KELLEY
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from a
story by
WILLIAM KELLEY
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REVISED DRAFT
APRIL 23, 1984
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1 EXT. LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY
(TITLE SEQUENCE)
The faces of several young children are presented in
CLOSEUP, as they walk TOWARD US across a ploughed
field. On the SOUND TRACK, the haunting SOUNDS OF A
GREGORIAN FUNERAL CHANT. The CAMERA PANS UP to the
f
TRACKING DOWN the line of empty, open capsules. Frozen twilight. The final four capsules are sealed, lids in place.
ANGLE - INSIDE CAPSULE
NEWT, then RIPLEY. HICKS next, his head and chest bandaged. Then BISHOP in his caul of plastic. But the lid of Bishops capsule is misted with hothouse condensation.
CLOSER
A tear of fluid streaks the condensation.
An alarm SOUNDS.
A monitor begins to scroll da
Krypton, is empty for the moment. But the signs of its members are ever-present: around the great floating slab that is their conference table each has his (or her) own console of crystals - a transparent container marked with the identifying insignia, c.f. the symbols on each of their robes in Part I.
As Non and Ursa follow two paces behind. Zod strides along the slab, ignoring console after con
Man Who Sued God Script
In the latest weather news...
a severe storm warning
has been issued for the Eastern coast.
The weather bureau has also warned of high
winds and flash flooding in low lying areas.
Farmers are advised
that a sheet weather alert is coming.
Whats wrong with you, Arthur?
Surely youre not scared of a wee bit sheet weather.
I know, thats where Im going.
Here we go.
Were nearly t
The camera is moving toward an Indian city. We are high and far away, only the sound of the wind as we grow nearer and nearer, and through the passing clouds these words appear:
No mans life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the
Luther Script
Help me: Dont let me die
like a dog on this road:
Dont let me die:
Ill become a monk:
Ill become a monk:
Ill give myself to God:
Ill give myself to God:
Ill give myself to You:
Ill give myself to You:
Just spare me: Spare me:
Just help me:
Your fathers here.
Hes brought
the whole family.
Hes leaving.
Father, please stay for supper:
Father:
Your first Mass,
and you crap yourself:
I h
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Screenplay by Ron Bass and Scott Hicks
Based on the novel by David Guterson
May 4, 1998
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS
AND SOME "OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS
SOFT COPY.
EXT. THE SUSAN MARIE, SHIP CHANNEL BANK - NIGHT
Fog. Penetrated only by sound. The LAPPING of sea at a
drifting hull. Tendrils of mist part, revealing...
...a f
Doctor Detroit Script
Dont you stop
Dont you wonder why
life itself pops in
and takes you by surprise
Dont you try to run
It gets you from behind
Like a common cold
it takes you for a ride
Dont you stop to think
Dont you even try
Call me doctor
Five eight-minute miles,
less corrections
for construction zone
plus traffic
and liquids...
Adjusted ETA downtown
is now three minutes
plus coming down.
C
Merchant Of Venice Script
(Water splashing)
(Men shouting)
(Creaking)
(Men shouting)
(Man) Usurer!
Usurer!
(Man murmers)
"If a man is righteous,
and does what is lawful and right,
"if he has not exacted usury
nor taken any increase
"but has withdrawn his hand
from all iniquity
"and executed true judgment
between men and men,
"if he has walked in my statutes
"and kept my judgment faithfully,
then