Thanks to Phoenix for the heads up on another Oscar Nominated screenplay – In The Loop – November 6, 2008 final shooting draft script by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche – hosted by: IFC Films – in pdf format

The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing..

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Check out other nominated scripts here

Thanks to ‘wb’ over at PassionForCinema for the heads up on the screenplay for UP. It is an undated, unspecified draft, hosted by Disney Studio Awards and is a zip file.

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

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Also, check out other Oscar Nominated Screenplays. – Don

Thanks João for the heads up on another screenplay up for award consideration.
The Hangover – September 30, 2007 unspecified draft script by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore – hosted by: WarnerBros – in pdf format

A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.

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You can find links to many scripts up for award consideration here. – Don

The Oscar Nominations are out. Here are the nominations for screenplays.

Adapted screenplay

Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (District 9)
Nick Hornby (An Education)
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In the Loop)
Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air)

Original screenplay

Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Joel and Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy (Up)

A few of the nominated scripts are available on the Oscar Page.

If you have a moment, check out ScriptShadow’s script review of Kick-Ass about a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero.

Like a lot of people, I was quite taken with the trailer for the movie. Shows promise.

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Thanks Mark for the heads up on this from 20th Century Fox
Avatar – undated, unspecified draft script by James Cameron – hosted by: 20th Century Fox – in pdf format

In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.

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Thanks to Clive Dawson for the donation of his script The Bunker (pdf format).

Seven German soldiers are enclosed in one bunker during the Second World War. They soon feel surrounded by enemies. When they hear about the tunnel-system beneath the bunker and some mystic events that had occurred in this place, they soon begin to go mad…

You can also read some articles about the development of the film, The Bunker on Clive Dawson’s Web Site.

You can check it out on the Movie Scripts page. – Don

Up In The Air – August 19, 2008 unspecified draft script By Jason Reitman (from the novel by Walter Kirn) – hosted by: Clooney’s Cookie Crumbs – in pdf format

Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

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