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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Funny People and Public Enemies - post author Don

Looks like Universal has kicked off the race to the Oscars (through the Golden Globes, the Spirit Awards and BAFTA). Universal has put up two scripts “for your consideration”. – Don

Funny People – Undated, unspecified Draft script by Judd Apatow – hosted by: Universal Pictures – in pdf format

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.

Information courtesy of imdb.com
Public Enemies – February 19, 2008 revised draft script by Ronan Bennett (revisions by Michael Mann & Ann Biderman) – hosted by: Universal Pictures – in pdf format

The difficult 1930s is a time of robbers who knock over banks and other rich targets with alarming frequency. Of them, none is more notorious than John Dillinger, whose gang plies its trade with cunning efficiency against big businesses while leaving ordinary citizens alone. As Dillinger becomes a folk hero, FBI head J. Edger Hoover is determined to stop his ilk by assigning ace agent Melvin Purvis to hunt down Dillinger. As Purvis struggles with the manhunt’s realities, Dillinger himself faces an ominous future with the loss of friends, dwindling options and a changing world of organized crime with no room for him.

Information courtesy of imdb.com

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