New Moon opens this weekend. The reviews have been mixed. Thanks to The Script Collector you can relive the movie. I’ve also included a link to the Twilight script thanks to Raindance

The Twilight Saga: New Moon - December 21, 2008 second draft script by Melissa Rosenberg (Adapted from the novel by Stephie Meyer) – hosted by: The Script Collector – in pdf format

After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella’s blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward’s sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits.

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Twilight - February 11, 2008 blue shooting draft script by Melissa Rosenberg (based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer – hosted by: Raindance – in pdf format

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.

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Diner - Undated, unspecified draft script by Barry Levinson – hosted by: Daily Script – in pdf format

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

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Doctor Zhivago - September 1964 shooting script script by Robert Bolt – hosted by: Daily Script – in pdf format

Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother’s lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can’t compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago’s half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago.

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or Fear of Clowns. Thanks Mitch for the heads up on this one.

Fear of Clowns - 2002 unspecified draft script by Kevin Kangas – hosted by: Kangas Kahn Films – in html format

An artist with coulrophobia (”fear of clowns”) is stalked by a murderous clown resembling one of the ones she paints.

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More scripts on the Movie Scripts page. – Don

More scripts for award consideration. These three are from Focus Films

9 - Undated, unspecified draft script by Pamela Pettler (Story by Shane Acker) Based on the short “9″ witten by Shane Acker – hosted by: Focus Films – in pdf format

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

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Sin Nombre - October 25, 2007 unspecified draft script by Cary Fukunaga – hosted by: Focus Films – in pdf format

Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.

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Coraline - Undated, unspecified draft script by Henry Selick (based on the novel by Neil Gaiman) – hosted by: Focus Films – in pdf format

A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home – and save her family.

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A Serious Man - Undated, unspecified draft script by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – hosted by: Focus Films – in pdf format

A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won’t move out of the house

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Check out Other Scripts Up For Award Consideration this 2009 season

2012 has been burning up the box office. Check out some Reviews by SimplyScripters. Worried that the world is coming to an end? NASA sets us straight.

2012 - February 19, 2008 2nd draft script by Roland Emmerich & Harald Kloser (polished by Matt Charman) – hosted by: My PDF Scripts – in pdf format

An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.

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Two more scripts in the running for award consideration. These two from Overture Films.

Sunshine Cleaning - March 5, 2007 green revised draft script by Megan Holley – hosted by: Overture Films – in pdf format

A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible – a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She’s also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can’t hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it’s a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out?

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The Men Who Stare At Goats - October 21, 2008 unpsecified draft script by Peter Straughan (based on the book by Jon Ronson) – hosted by: Overture Films – in pdf format

A reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, psychic military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. The founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends.

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Thanks Simon for the heads up on another script on the Oscar road.

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - January 16, 2008 first revised (green) draft script by Geoffrey Fletcher Revisions by Lee Daniels (Based on the novel by Sapphire) – hosted by: Lionsgate – in pdf format

Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect.

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Check out Other Scripts Up For Award Consideration this 2009 season

K-2 - November 1989 first draft script by Scott Roberts (based on screenplay by Patrick Meyers) – hosted by: Daily Script – in pdf format

Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.

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We Own The Night - Undated, Unspecified draft script by Jams Grey – hosted by: My PDF Scripts – in pdf format

Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York’s Finest; he’s a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother’s maiden name, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby’s club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby’s loyalties face the test.

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More scripts on the Movie Scripts page. – Don

Two more studio released scripts in the race to the Oscars.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - August 28, 2007 unspecified draft script by Steve Kloves (Based on the book my J. K. Rowling) – hosted by: WarnerBros – in pdf format

In Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry finds a book marked mysteriously, “This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince,” which helps him excel at Potions class and teaches him a few dark and dangerous ones along the way. Meanwhile, Harry is taking private lessons with Dumbledore in order to find out about Voldemort’s past so they can find out what might his only weakness.

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The Informant! - undated, ‘as produced’ draft script by Scott Z. Burns (based on the book by Kurt Eichenwald) – hosted by: WarnerBros – in pdf format

Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake – being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he’s a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him.

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Of course, there are more scripts on the Movie Scripts page. – Don