Thanks to a ton of people who sent this in: Here is the show bible for The Wire. Please note, it is 2.5 megabytes. This is from http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/ which has quite a few pilot teleplays and other show bibles. – Don

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Art dealer captures criminals in his spare time, 19th century German youths with ‘ish’, rules for dating teenage girls and brother marries sisters high school nemesis.

Thanks to an anonymous heads up (I shall call him, ‘Sophie’) we have another gift from Scribd.com. This time, we have a July 15, 1996 draft of the movie Ginger Snaps. Basically, girl turns into a werewolf. It is on the Movie Scripts page. – Don

Catastrophic event wipes out all human life on earth and stuff breaks, humble inventor becomes megalomaniac, family on tough times forced to move back in with their parents and commentary on leaked Wolverine movie.

Steve Dexheimer’s The Last Few Minutes of Sunlight has been named the winner of the February, 2009 MoviePoet short script competition.

“The Last Few Minutes of Sunlight” by Steve Dexheimer – First Place
A terminally ill young woman escapes from a hospital to witness a solar eclipse – one of the last few items on her “To Do” list.

“Staring At The Sun” by Caroline Coxon – Second Place
An imminent total eclipse in Varanasi provides opportunity for commercial gain and exploitation, and when it happens, moments of profound beauty and self-realisation.

“The Deplorable Word” by Micah Ricke – Third Place
A young boy with incredible powers is kidnapped by a covert agency bent on recreating him as a weapon, but can they destroy his conscience?

Thanks “Tony” for the heads up on a purported 2007 draft of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I say “purported” because it is listed as being written by “Terry McKeown and Charles Gilliam” rather than by Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown. And nobody has been able to either confirm or deny that it is a true draft of the script.

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – May 26, 2007 draft script by “Terry McKeown and Charles Gilliam” (Terry Gilliam and Chalres McKeown) – hosted by: Scribd.com – in pdf format

The immortal 1,000-year-old Doctor Parnassus leads a traveling theater troupe that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession. Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil, who now comes to collect on the arrangement, targeting the doctor’s daughter. The troupe, joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony travel through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.

Information courtesy of imdb.com

Congratulations to Stephen Brown whose short script, House Eighteen (pdf format) has been filmed as House 310 Mary has asked her husband Brian a very simple question; the drink or her. What will he decide on and will he be able to stick to his word? 6 pages

Shout out at Stephen over on the Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

ScriptShack’s March Madness Sale with a twist! Sweet 16 Scripts are 50% off. All other scripts are 15% off. – Don

Hey Gang!

Script Shack is having a March Madness Sale! Get 15% off all scripts! Check ’em out!