Wednesday 29 July 2009

GOOD READS FOR SCREENWRITERS




A

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) [ds, 12/14/65] by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark

African Queen, The (1951) [ss] by James Agee, John Huston and Peter Viertel

All About Eve (1950) [fs] by Joseph Mankiewicz

All the President's Men (1976) [fs] by William Goldman

American Beauty (1999) [fs] by Alan Ball

American Pie (1999) [fs, 7/7/98] by Adam Herz

American President, The (1995) [fs] by Aaron Sorkin

Annie Hall (1977) by Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, "Oscar"

Apartment, The (1960) by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond

Apocalypse Now (1979) [ts] by John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola

As Good As It Gets (1997) [fs] by James J. Brooks

At First Sight (1999) by Steve Levitt





B

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) [ss] by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman

Barry Lyndon (1975) [fs, February 18, 1973] by Stanley Kubrick

Basic Instinct (1992) [ds] by Joe Eszterhas

Being John Malkovich (1999) [ds] by Charlie Kaufman

Big Lebowski, The (1998) [fs] by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Birds, The (1963) [fs, March 2, 1962] by Evan Hunter

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) [fs] by David Newman & Robert Benton

Braveheart (1995) [fs] by Randall Wallace

Bridges of Madison County, The (1995) [ds, March 24, 1994] by Richard LaGravenese





C
Chinatown (1974) [ds, October 9, 1973.] by Robert Towne

Cider House Rules, The (1999) [fs] by John Irving

Citizen Kane (1941) [fs] by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) [fs] by Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung



D
Dead Poets Society (1989) [fs] by Tom Schulman

Deep Rising (1998) [ds, 1/1/96] by Deric Washburn

Deer Hunter, The (1978) [fs] by Deric Washburn

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) [fs] by Frank Pierson

Donnie Darko (2001) [ss] by Richard Kelly

Doors (1991) [ss] by Randall Jahnson and Oliver Stone

Double Indemnity (1944) [ds] by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler

E
El Mariachi (1992) [fs] by Robert Rodrigues

Enemy of the State (1998) [ts, %] by David Marconi

English Patient, The (1996) [fs] by Anthony Minghella

Entrapment (1999) [ds, December 2, 1996] by Ronald Bass

Erin Brockovich (2000) [ss, 03/22/99] by Susannah Grant

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2003) [ds] by Charlie Kaufman

Exorcist, The (1973) [ds] by William Peter Blatty

F
Fargo (1996) [fs] by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) [fs] by Cameron Crowe

Few Good Men, A (1992) [ds, July 15, 1991] by Aaron Sorkin

Fight Club (1999) [ss, April 18, 1998] by Jim Uhls

Four Rooms (1995) [ts] by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino

From Dusk Till Down (1996) [ds] by Quentin Tarantino

Fugitive, The (1993) [ds] by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy

Full Metal Jacket (1987) [ds] by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford

G
Ghost And The Darkness, The (1996) [ds] by William Goldman

Gladiator (2000) [ts] by David Franzoni

Godfather, The (1972) [ds] by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola

Godfather: Part II, The (1974) [ds, September 24, 1973] by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, 250kb

Good Will Hunting (1997) [ds] by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

Graduate, The (1967) [fs, March 29, 1967] by Buck Henry

Grand Hotel (1932) [ss] by William A. Drake

Great Train Robbery, The (1903) [ds] by Edwin S. Porter

Green Mile, The (1999) [ds, 11/4/97] by Frank Darabont

H
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [fs] by Woody Allen

Hardcore (1979) [fs] by Paul Schrader

Harold and Maude (1971) [ds, 5/29/70] by Colin Higgins

His Girl Friday (1940) [sd] by Charles Lederer

House on Haunted Hill (1999) [fs, 13 Jan 1999] by Dick Beebe

Hustler, The (1961) [ds] by Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen

I
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) [ts] by Kevin Williamson

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) [fs] by Kevin Williamson

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) [ds] by Jeff Boam

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) [ds] by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz

It Happened One Night (1934) [ds] by Robert Riskin

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) [fs] by Philip Van Doren Stern

J
Jackie Brown (1997) [fs, March 1, 1997] by Quentin Tarantino

Jaws (1975) [fs] by Peter Benchley

Jerry Maguire (1996) [fs] by Cameron Crowe

K
Kafka (1991) [fs] by Lem Dobbs

Kill Bill (2003) [fs] by Quentin Tarantino

Kundun (1997) [ds, 16 October 1992] by Melissa Mathison


L
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992) [ds] by Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe

M
Memento (2000) [fs] by Christopher Nolan

Metro (1997) [ss] by Randy Feldman

Midnight Cowboy (1969) [ds, 2/2/68] by Waldo Salt

Miller's Crossing (1990) [fs] by Joel and Ethan Coen

Misery (1990) [fs] by William Goldman

Monty Python's and the Holy Grail (1975) [ts] by Monty Python

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) [fs] by Sidney Buchman

Mulholland Dr. (2001) [ds] by David Lynch

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) [ds] by Ronald Bass

N
Nashville (1975) [ds, June 8, 1974] by Joan Tewksbury

Network (1976) [ds, January 14, 1976] by Paddy Chayefsky

Never Been Kissed (1999) [ds, 6/26/98] by Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein

Ninth Gate, The (1999) [fs] by Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn and Enrique Urbizu

Notting Hill (1999) [fs] by Richard Curtis

Nurse Betty (2000) [ss, 3/9/99] by John C. Richards & James Flamberg

O
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) [fs] by Lawrence Hauben

P
Panic Room (2002) [ds, February 23, 2000] by David Koepp

Passenger 57 (1992) [ds, October 8 1991] by David Loughery

Pet Sematary (1989) [fs] by Stephen King

Phone Booth (2002) [ds] by Larry Cohen

Predator (1987) [fs, January 30, 1987] by Jim Thomas and John Thomas

Pretty Woman (1990) [ds] by Jonathan Lawton, Stephen Metcalfe

Psycho (1960) [ds, December 1, 1959] by Joseph Stefano

Pulp Fiction (1994) [fs, May 1993] by Quentin Tarantino

Q

R
Raging Bull (1980) [fs] by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [ds, August 1979] by Lawrence Kasdan

Raising Arizona (1987) [ds] by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

Reservoir Dogs (1992) [ss, October 22, 1990] by Quentin Tatrantino

Ringu (1998) [fs] by Takahashi Hiroshi

S
Scarlet Letter, The (1926) [fs] by Frances Marion

Searchers, The (1956) [fs] by Frank S. Nugent

Sense and Sensibility (1995) [fs] by Emma Thompson

Shakespeare in Love (1998) [ds] by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

Shampoo (1975) [fs] by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty

Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) [fs] by Frank Darabont

Shining (1980) [fs] by Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick

Sideways (2004) [ds, May 29, 2003] by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

Signs (2002) [ds] by M. Night Shyamalan

Silence of the Lambs (1991) [fs] by Ted Tally

Silver Bullet (1985) [fs] by Stephen King

Sixth Sense, The (1999) by M. Night Shyamalan

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) [fs, May 10, 1992] by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron

Sling Blade (1996) [ss] by Billy Bob Thornton

Some Like It Hot (1959) [ds, November 12, 1958.] by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond

Sunset Blvd. (1950) [fs, March 21,1949] by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman, Jr.

T
Taxi Driver (1976) [fs] by Paul Schrader

Thelma and Louise (1991) [ss, June 5, 1990] by Callie Khouri

There's Something About Mary (1998) [ss, October 21, 1997] by Ed Decter & John J. Strauss and Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly

Thing Called Love, The (1993) [ds] by Carol Heikkinen

Titanic (1997) [ds] by James Cameron

Traffic (2000) [ss] by Stephen Gaghan

Trainspotting (1996) [ss] by John Hodge

U

Unbreakable (2000) [ds, October 8, 1999] by M. Night Shyamalan

Under Fire (1983) [sd] by Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton

Unforgiven (1992) [fs] by David Webb Peoples

Usual Suspects, The (1995) [fs] by Christopher McQuarrie

U-Turn (1997) [fs] by John Ridley

V

V for Vendetta (2005) [ds] by Larry and Andy Wachowski

Verdict, The (1982) [ds] by David Mamet

Vertigo (1958) [ds, 9-12-1957] by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor

Very Bad Things (1998) [ds] by Peter Berg

Viridiana (1961) [ds] by Luis Bunuel

Virtuosity (1995) [ds] by Eric Bernt

W

Wall Street (1987) [ds, 4/23/87] by Stanley Weiser & Oliver Stone

What Lies Beneath (2000) [ds, June 14, 1999] by Clark Gregg

When Harry Met Sally... (1989) [ts] by Nora Ephron

When a Stranger Calls (1979) [ss] by Steve Feke and Fred Walton

Wild Bunch (1969) [fs] by Sam Peckinpah

Wizard of Oz, The (1939) [ds, March 15, 1939] by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allen Woolf

X

Y

You've Got A Mail (1998) [ds] by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron

Z



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