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Here are a few geat scripts that happen to be among my favorites. If you would like a copy of any of them, email me and tell me who you are and which one you would like. I will send you a copy of the script file as an email attachment, which you simply download into your own computer. (One at a time, please). Some scripts are formatted as Word (.doc) files and some are PDF files. You will need a recent version of MS-Office and Adobe Acrobat to read or print them.

The 5th ELEMENT - (1995 draft, by Luc Besson)
THE AFRICAN QUEEN - (1951, by John Huston, James Agee & Peter Viertel)
AIRPLANE! - (1979, shooting draft by Jim Abrahams, David & Jerry Zucker)
ALIEN (1st Draft with Synopsis) - (1976, written by Dan O'Bannon)
ALIEN (Rev. Final Draft) - (1978, written by Walter Hill and David Giler)
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - (1975, written by William Goldman)
AMADEUS - (1984, written by Peter Shaffer)
The AMERICAN PRESIDENT - (1995, written by Aaron Sorkin)
ANDROID ARMY - (2000, unproduced, written by William C. Martell)
ANNIE HALL - (1977, written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)
The BREAKFAST CLUB - (1985, written & directed by John Hughes)
The Adventures of BUCKAROO BANZAI - (1983, written by Earl Mac Rauch)
CASABLANCA - (1942, written by Julius & Philip Epstein and Howard Koch)
CHINATOWN - (1973, 3rd draft, written by Robert Towne)
The CINCINNATI KID - (1965, written by Ring Lardner Jr. & Terry Southern)
CITIZEN KANE - (1941, written by Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles)
also RKO 281 - (1999, by Benjamin Ross, Richard Cramer & Thomas Lennon)
COOL HAND LUKE - (1967, written by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson)
COURAGE UNDER FIRE - (1996, 1st draft, written by Patrick Sheane Duncan)
DUEL - (1971, written by Richard Matheson, dir. by Steven Speilberg)
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Star Wars) - (1979, by Leigh Brackett & Larry Kasdan)
FARGO - (1996, written by Ethan & Joel Coen)
A FEW GOOD MEN - (1992 , written by Aaron Sorkin)
FIVE EASY PIECES - (1970, written by Carole Eastman)
HARD DAY'S NIGHT - (1964, written by Alun Owen)
HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE - (2005, written by Steve Kloves)
THE HOSPITAl - ( 1971, written by Paddy Chayevsky)
THE ITALIAN JOB - (2001, written by Donna & Wayne Powers)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - (1946, written by Frank Capra, Albert Hackett, Jo Swerling, Frances Goodrich)
MIDNIGHT RUN - (1988, written by George Gallo)
MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS - (1995, written by Patrick Sheane Duncan)
MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL - (1974, written by Python (Monty))
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? - (2000, written by Ethan & Joel Coen)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - (1975, by Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman)
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - (1998, written by Robert Rodat)
SCHINDLER'S LIST - (1993, written by Stephen Zaillian)
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - (1998, written by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - (1994, written by Frank Darabont)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - (1991, written by Ted Tally)
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - (1993, by Nora Ephron, Jeff Arch, David S.Ward)
SOLDIER - (1997, written by David Webb Peoples*)
SPACE COWBOYS - (2000, written by Ken Kaufman & Howard Klausner)
STATE & MAIN - (2000, written by David Mamet)
THE STING - (1973, written by David S. Ward)
THE FUGITIVE - (1993, written by Jeb Stuart & David Twohy)
The VERDICT - (1982, written by David Mamet)
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - (1988, by Nora Ephron, Rob Reiner, Andrew Sheinman)
The WITCHES OF EASTWICK - (1986, written by Michael Cristofer)

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