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Christopher Nolan Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Being a writer/director really sets him apart from his contemporaries. His screenplays are a master class in the craft. We decided to put together an easy resource for screenwriters and filmmakers to be able to download Christopher Nolan’s Screenplays and study his unique storytelling methods.

When you are done reading, take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guests like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone, and more.


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OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – AS SOON AS IT’S RELEASED

TENET (2020)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

DUNKIRK (2017)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

INTERSTELLAR (2014)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

Screenplay by Johnathan Nolan (2008 Version) – Read the screenplay!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan – Read the screenplay!

INCEPTION (2010)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan – Read the screenplay!

THE PRESTIGE (2006)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan – Read the screenplay!

BATMAN BEGINS (2005)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer – Read the screenplay!

MEMENTO (2000)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

FOLLOWING (1998)

Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

THE KEYS OF THE STREET (1997)

(Unproduced) Screenplay by Christopher Nolan – Read the screenplay!

Star Wars Movies Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

What can be said about Star Wars that hasn’t been said already? Here’s a collection of every Star Wars screenplay available on-line. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link int he comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.

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The Star Wars (Story Treatment) (1973)

by George Lucas

The Star Wars (1974)

by George Lucas

The Star Wars (1974)

by George Lucas (Later Draft)

The Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Starkiller (1975)

by George Lucas (Later Draft)

Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

by George Lucas

Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

by Rod Warren, Bruce Vilanch, Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, and Mitzie Welch

Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan

Star Wars VI – Return of the Jedi  (1983)

by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

by George Lucas

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clone (2002)

by George Lucas

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

by George Lucas

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

by J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

WILL BE HERE AS SOON AS IT’S AVAILABLE ONLINE

Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker (2019)

WILL BE HERE AS SOON AS IT’S AVAILABLE ONLINE

Star Wars IX: Duels of the Fate (2019)

by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow (UNPRODUCED)

The Mandalorian – Pilot (2020)

WILL BE HERE AS SOON AS IT’S AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Mandalorian – Season 2 (2021)

WILL BE HERE AS SOON AS IT’S AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Mandalorian – Season 3 (2022)

WILL BE HERE AS SOON AS IT’S AVAILABLE ONLINE

Obi-Wan Kenobi – Pilot (2022)

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Top 10 Christmas Movie Screenplays: Screenplays Download

Every year I look forward to sitting down and watching a good Christmas movie. From the classics to the new classics, I love them all. Here are the Top Ten Christmas Screenplays in no particular order.  Do you think we’re missing a script?  Let us know by providing the link in the comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guests like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling- Read the script!

DIE HARD

Screenplay by Steven E. de Souza – Read the script!

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION

Screenplay by John Hughes – Read the script!

HOME ALONE

Screenplay by John Hughes – Read the script!

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK

Screenplay by John Hughes – Read the script!

BAD SANTA

Screenplay by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa – Read the script!

A CHRISTMAS STORY

Screenplay by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark – Read the script!

ELF

Screenplay by David Berenbaum – Read the script!

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Screenplay by Caroline Thompson – Read the script!

THE HOLIDAY

Screenplay by Nancy MeyersRead the script!


BONUS X-MAS SCREENPLAYS:

THE FAMILY MAN

Screenplay by David Diamond, David WeissmanRead the script!

STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL

Screenplay by Rod Warren, Bruce Vilanch, Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, and Mitzie Welch – Read the script!

James Bond Movies Script Collection: Screenplay Download

Bond, James Bond. Mr. Bond is responsible for one of the most successful film franchises in Hollywood history. Here’s a collection of every James Bond screenplay available on-line. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link int he comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


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Lord of the Rings Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Here’s a collection of every Lord of the Rings screenplay available on-line. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section. I’ve included The Hobbit: There and Back Again, one screenplay for the entire trilogy.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


 

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Philipa Boyens, & Fran Walsh

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Transcript)

Screenplay by Philipa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, & Fran Walsh

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Transcript)

Screenplay by Philipa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, & Fran Walsh

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Entire Hobbit Trilogy in One Screenplay)

Screenplay by Philipa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, & Fran Walsh

Sam Raimi Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Below you’ll find a list of every film in Sam Raimi’s filmography that is available online. Watch the videos below to get a deeper insight into the writing process. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guests like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


Watch Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead “Prequel” short film Within The Woods.

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BOOK OF THE DEAD – Early Draft of Evil Dead (1979)

Screenplay by Sam Raimi – Read the screenplay!

EVIL DEAD II (1986)

Screenplay by Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel – Read the screenplay!

DARKMAN (1989)

Screenplay by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Joshua, and Daniel Gordan, and Chuck Pfarrer – Read the screenplay!

THE ARMY OF DARKNESS (1991)

Screenplay by Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi – Read the screenplay!

THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1992)

Screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi – Read the screenplay!

DRAG ME TO HELL (2009)

Screenplay by Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi – Read the screenplay!

ASH vs EVIL DEAD (2015)

Written by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy – Read the screenplay!

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (2022)

Screenplay by Michael Waldron & Jade Bartlett – AS SOON AS IT’S AVAILABLE


Sam Raimi – How Does Horror Comedy Work?

A horror comedy, in theory, seems very hard. Comedy provides joy by making us laugh, and happy. While horror movies prey upon our deep emotions, disturbing and unsettling us. If successful, they thrust us out- causing uncontrollable laughter or genuine fear. While their aims are different, comedy and horror movies both affect us on a base level. This sets them apart from other genres of movies. So what happens when the line between these two genres fade out? What is so fascinating about horror comedies is that there are so many radical ways to approach it. Maybe the most appropriate method is putting comic features as well as characters in scary movies (which started way back 1948). There is also the medi-textual approach that balances both genres (having a horror and comedy scene).

There is another method used by one of the experts in the horror-comedy “Sam Raimi.” Unlike most horror comedies, there is a scary part and funny part. In this case, the funny parts are the scary parts and vice versa. What Sam Raimi understands is that the creation of a scary movie is more or less the same as the construction of a comedy. There is the setup and a payoff, suspense and then a scare.

Horror movies, like action, is the kind of genre that relies totally on the manipulation of a formal element (the controlled perspective, or the style of editing that can be utilized to create vivid stretches of pregnant intention or immediate action).

The makeup of a scary movie and that of a comedy are the same (a payoff and setup). These two genres rely mainly on ‘timing’ to get the best results. Without the few seconds of intensity to arouse some form of anticipation, both the laugh and scare will fall flat. On an emotional level, these two genres have a significant disparity, but on a physiological note, there is so much in common.

However, when the two genres are being combined, the result can be a very strange satisfying experience which plays with two main opposing sides of our subconsciousness and at the same time gratifying both. And so, even if you decide to play it out through an open comedic situation, dialogue, or gags through a unique creation of Sam Raimi or just as Edgar Wright does, it is entirely up to you.

There is no wrong or right method to produce a horror-comedy movie, but Sam’s approach is much subtle than most directors in the game. The outcome of the integrated piece is hard to recognize and very unexpected, thus making it thrilling, potent, and surprising. So instead of making these two scenes a distinct unit, he intertwines them, making it the same thing. Like the ‘Evil Dead’ movie by Sam Raimi in 1981, the primary tool in his approach tones just like me musical note. Playing them in the right sequence to put the viewers in a role of ‘mind blowing’ experience.

Harold Ramis Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Below are all the screenplays written by the legendary comedy genius Harold Ramis available online. Watch the video below to get a deeper insight into his writing process. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


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CADDYSHACK (1980)

Screenplay by Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, and Douglas Kenney – Read the screenplay!

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

Screenplay by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd- Read the screenplay!

GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989)

Screenplay by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd- Read the screenplay!

GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

Screenplay by Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin – Read the screenplay!

ANALYZE THIS (1999)

Screenplay by Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis, and Kenneth Lonergan – Read the screenplay!

ANALYZE THAT (1999)

Screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Harold Ramis – Read the screenplay!

YEAR ONE (2007)

Screenplay by Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg – Read the screenplay!

John Carpenter Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Below are all the screenplays written by John Carpenter available online. Watch the video below to get a deeper insight into his writing process. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


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DARK STAR (1974)

Screenplay by John Carpenter – Read the screenplay!

HALLOWEEN (1978)

Screenplay by John Carpenter – Read the screenplay!

THE FOG (1980)

Screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill – Read the screenplay!

HALLOWEEN II (1981)

Screenplay by John Carpenter – Read the screenplay!

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)

Screenplay by John Carpenter and Nick Castle – Read the screenplay!

PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)

Screenplay by John Carpenter – Read the screenplay!

THEY LIVE (1988)

Screenplay by John Carpenter – Read the screenplay!

ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996)

Screenplay by John Carpenter, Debra Hill, and Kurt Russell – Read the screenplay!

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (2005)

Screenplay by Ames DeMonaco and John Carpenter – Read the screenplay!


John Carpenter: The Master of Horror

Although John Howard Carpenter has worked in several film genres, he is usually associated with science fiction and horror films from the 1970s and 1980s.

John Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York on January 16th, 1948. He grew up in Bowling Green Kentucky as his family moved there in 1953. From a young age, showed great interest in films and filmmaking.

The westerns which were directed by Howard Hawks and John Ford especially captivated him. He was also really fascinated by the low budget horror films of the 1950s like The Thing From Another World and high-budgeted science fiction such as Forbidden Planet. Carpenter began to film short horror films on 8 mm long before he had even entered high school.

John’s father Howard Ralph Carpenter, was an established musician and music professor as well who influenced him in polishing his music skills. John attended Western Kentucy University where his father presided over the music department.

Later on he transferred to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 1968. In his early film course at USC Cinema, Carpenter directed and wrote an 8-min short film, Captain Voyeur. The year 2011 brought rediscovery of this film in the USC archives which proved to be interesting due to the revelation of its elements which would be appearing in his later film, Halloween (1978).

Carpenter collaborated with the producer John Longenecker as a film editor, co-writer and music composer for The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970).It won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
It was blown-up to 35mm and sixty prints were made.

John Carpenter’s first feature as a director was Dark Star (1974)which was a science fiction black comedy he had co-written with Dan O’Bannon (who later wrote Alien, and borrowed freely from Dark Star). It tells the tale of four astronauts who are on a mission to abolish unstable worlds with hope to make future space exploration and colonization a safe journey. It depicted a postmodernist space-age environment years before the arrival of Alien (1979).It was a challenging film to make with the cost of $60,000 only and O’Bannon and Carpenter had to multitask vigorously. It became an instant cult classic. Efforts made by Carpenter did not go unnoticed and Hollywood praised his filmmaking abilities within the limits of a restricted budget.

Assault on Precinct (1976) was Carpenter’s next film which was low-budget thriller greatly influenced by the film Rio Bravo. It depicts the story of a police station which is under attack by a viciously ruthless gang and how the characters have to endure brutal attack which is carried out by a group of faceless invaders. Carpenter not only directed and scored it but under the pseudonym of John T. Chance, edited it as well. Carpenter enjoyed complete creative control over it enabling him to craft a very violent and stylized tale of urban violence. Assault on Precinct marked the time when Debra Hill worked with Carpenter for the first time and later on went on to become a prominent lead in some of his most important films.

Lauren Hutton’s thriller Someone’s Watching Me! was both written and directed by Carpenter. This TV movie happens to be the tale of a single working woman who finds out upon her arrival in L.A. that someone is stalking her.

A thriller film of 1978, Eyes of Laura Mars directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Faye Dunaway was adapted from a spec script titled Eyes in collaboration with David Zelag Goodman and written by John Carpenter which became his major studio film career.

The most successful film of his career, Halloween (1978) was a commercial hit which gave birth to the slasher film genre. It became one of the most enduring and influential films of the horror genre. It was originally Irwin Yablans idea titled as The Babysitter Murders. With another suggestion from Yablans that the movie to be set during Halloween, Carpenter took the idea and developed a story. A very simple storyline of a babysitter being menaced by a stalker and serial killer Carpenter produced a powerful narrative with a relatively small budget. Creating a memorable and frightening experience, Halloween grossed over $65 million initially making it among one of the most successful independent films.

The theme composed by Carpenter became recognizable apart from the movie in addition to the critical and commercial success of Halloween.

The year 1979 brought about the first of numerous collaborations with the actor Kurt Rusell when the TV movie Elvis was directed.

The success of Halloween was followed with The Fog (1980) co-written by Hill was a spooky revenge tale and was inspired by The Crawling Eye (1958)a monster film about monsters hiding in the clouds and horror comics like Tales from the Crypt.

The Fog’s completion was a difficult process for Carpenter as there were production problems and negative reception mostly. The Fog is considered a minor horror classic by Carpenter. It is a beautifully photographed atmospheric ghost story where the paranormal entities are result of the guilt of a small town community. To make it more frightening, additional shots were added including numerous new scenes. The Fog turned out to be a commercial success grossing over $21,000,000 in the U.S alone and was made on a budget of $1,000,000.

Carpenter realized one of his dream projects Escape from New York (1981) which starred several actors that Carpenter had collaborated with before. Carpenter had its script in mind since the mid of 1970s. It presented a cynical picture of crime, greed, corruption, violence and selfishness found in existing America. It went on to become a critical and commercial success grossing over $25 million. And it not only received warm reception but also happened to become a seminal science fiction film creating various limitations.

Carpenter’s next film, The Thing (1982) is prominent for its special effects by Rob Bottin, matte artist Albert Whitlock’s special visual effects and a score by Ennio Morricone. The cast comprised of rising star Kurt Russell and various respected artists like Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan, Wilford Brimley and Keith David.

The source material for The Thing came from a 1951 Howard Hawks film, it is more related to Who Goes There?, a John Campbell novella. The Thing was part of Carpenter’s Apocalyptic Trilogy having Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness as other parts all having bleak endings for the characters.

Being a graphic horror film, it failed to appeal to the audiences as E.T. the Extra Terrestrial had just come out with a light hearted alien theme. It happened to be Carpenter’s first financial disappointment.

Soon after the post-production of The Thing had finished, Universal offered Carpenter to direct Firestarter which was based on a Stephen King’s novel but when The Thing failed to do well, Universal replaced Carpenter by Mark L. Lester.

Christine which was the 1983 adaptation of Stephen King novel of the same name, was Carpenter’s next film. The plot focused around a high school nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) who purchases a discarded 1958 Plymouth Fury which happens to have demonic powers. As the car is rebuilt and restored, Arnie becomes unnaturally obsessed and faces horrendous consequences. The movie did respectable business and was well received by critics.

Michael Douglas produced Starman (1984) and he chose Carpenter to be the director because of his repute as an action director who could convey a strong sentiment. The movie was favorably reviewed. It also earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Starman character played by Jeff Bridge. It earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical Score.

After Carpenter’s big budgeted action comedy Big Trouble in Little China (1986), getting his films financed was a struggle and Carpenter retreated to lower budget films.

The Exorcist III (1989) was also offered to Carpenter and he met with the writer and the co-author of the book Legionon which it was based. However, the seemed to create a clash on the climax resulting in Carpenter passing on the project.

Over the course of 90s, Carpenter faced number of misfires in the form of Memoires of an Invisible Man (1992), Village of the Damned (1995) and Escape from L.A (1996)which were both critical and commercial failures. In the Mouth of Madness (1994) a Lovecraftian tribute, also failed to do well.

John Carpenter was supposed to be directing the follow up project for Halloween called the Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). But he demanded his starting fee to be 10 million dollars which his rationalized by stating that he had not received revenue from the original Halloween which was still a topic of contention between him and the director Moustapha Akkad after passing of 20 years. Carpenter walked away from the project eventually.

First movie since Ghost of Mars, The Ward premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Freak Show Horror Film Festival was awarded to Carpenter in 2010. He is to executively produce a new Halloween film releasing in October 2017.

Robert Towne Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Multi-awards winning screenwriter, Robert Towne’s illustrious career has influenced a big wave of Hollywood writers and has written for some of the biggest films of the last decades such as Chinatown, Mission Impossible, The Firm, just to name a few.

The screenplays below are the only ones that are available online. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


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Ask The Dust (2006)

Screenplay by Robert Towne and John Fante – Read the screenplay!

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Screenplay by Robert Towne – Read the screenplay!

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Screenplay by Robert Towne and David Koepp Read the screenplay!

The Firm (1993)

John Grisham, David Rabe, Robert Towne, and David Rayfiel – Read the Screenplay!

The Two Jakes (1990)

Screenplay by Robert Towne – Read the screenplay!

Tequila Sunrise (1988)

Screenplay by Robert Towne – Read the screenplay!

Personal Best (1982)

Screenplay by Robert Towne – Read the screenplay!

Chinatown (1974)

Screenplay by Robert Towne – Read the screenplay!

James V. Hart Scripts Collection: Screenplays Download

Alex had the pleasure of sitting down with James and discussed his career, the craft, his writing process and more. The screenplays below are the only ones that are available online. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.

When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. HartDavid ChaseJohn AugustOliver Stone and more.


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CONTACT (1997)

Screenplay by James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, and Carl Sagan – Read the screenplay!

BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992)

Screenplay by James V. Hart and Bram Stoker – Read the screenplay!

HOOK (1991)

Screenplay by James V. Hart and Nick Castle – Read the screenplay!