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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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

A little blast from the past. Thanks to Toko for the heads up.

Saw - Undated, Unspecified script by Leigh Whannell – hosted by: Moonwitch – in doc format

Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon wake up chained to pipes at opposite ends of a dirty utility room. They soon learn that they have become the victims of the Jigsaw, a man who devises intricate situations to teach his victims to value their life by forcing them to hurt theirselves or others to stay alive. Jigsaw is described as a killer, but never actually does any harm to his victims. Pitted against the clock and each other, the two must work to outwit their captor and save Gordon’s family, who have been taken hostage by the killer.

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Darkman - February 9, 1989 unspecified draft script By Joshua and Daniel Goldin, Sam and Ivan Raimi and Chuck Pfarrer (Story by Sam Raimi) – hosted by: Daily Script – in pdf format

Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has discovered a way to produce synthetic skin. This could revolutionise skin grafting, except for one minor glitch; the synthetic skin degrades after 100 minutes of exposure to light. When gangsters attack Peyton, he is horrifically burnt, and assumed dead. In his quest for revenge, Peyton, aka the Darkman, is able to take on the appearance of anyone (using the synthetic skin,) but he’s only got 100 minutes per disguise.

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Soulshadows II is a weekly supernatural anthology series. Join Tanis, each week, as she highlights an item from her collection – each one containing the shadow of a very special soul.

Next up is Uncle Harry by Steven Dilworth, Tanis by Robert Newcomer and Steven Dilworth.

Scott’s Uncle Harry may have been cruel and vindictive all his life, but who says it has to end there? 27 pages (pdf format).

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Thanks Simon for the heads up on these.

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) - Undated, unspecified draft script by Akira Kurosawa & Shinobu Hashimoto & Hideo Oguni. (Translated by Donald Richie) – hosted by: My PDF Scripts – in pdf format

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village’s request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.

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The Box - September 30, 2006 draft script by Richard Kelly (based on the short story “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson – hosted by: The Script Collector – in pdf format

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

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The Men Who Stare At Goats - March 20, 2006 first draft script by Peter Straughan (based on the book my Jon Ronson) – hosted by: The Script Collector – 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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There are more scripts on the Movie Scripts page.

Over on the Unproduced Scripts page there are 34 original screenplays.

Among them is a script with the tongue-twisting title of Vampocalypse by Brian Lee Johnson (crazyartist).

Three geeks, an ancient evil, a prophecy that hangs in the balance, and a Vampire Apocalypse… what could possibly go wrong? Comedy – 113 pages in pdf format. – Don

Thanks to Wes for the heads up on these.

TMNT - August 5, 2005 Second Revised First Draft script by Kevin Munroe – hosted by: Ninja Turtles.com – in pdf format

The continued adventures of the four adolescent mutated turtles gifted in the art of the ninja, as they attempt to stop a mysterious evil that threatens to end the world.

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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day - September 1, 2007 unspecified draft script by Troy Duffy – hosted by: ScriptCollector – in pdf format

For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle tells them that they have been framed for the murder of a Bostonian Catholic priest. The boys must return to Boston to not only clear their names but find the men who framed them.

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Over on the Movie Scripts page there are a handful of new scripts courtesty of My PDF Scripts and The Script Collector. Notable among them is the controversial Where The Wild Things Are written by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers.

Commentary on the adaptation has been beaten to death, so I’ll only add that I haven’t seen the movie, yet. I am ambivalent. I’ve read the story countless times to my boys who would wait with eager anticipation for the line, “Let the wild rumpus begin!” and begin bouncing on the bed. The book lent itself so much to firing the imagination of little children. I hope the movie doesn’t suck the life out of that and a new generation can continue to enjoy Sendak’s work.

You can also read the first half of the novelization of Max At Sea by David Eggers which appeared in the August issue of The New Yorker.

Also on the Movie Scripts page you can find Cirque Du Freak, Amelia and Obsessed among others. – Don