On the Movie Scripts page:

Shutter Island – October 3, 2007 draft script by Laeta Kalogridis (based on the novel by Dennis Lehane) – hosted by: Screenplay Explorer – in pdf format

Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.

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Another script For your consideration.

Secretariat – February 3, 2009 unspecified draft script by Mike Rich (revised by Randell Wallace, based on the book by William Nack) – hosted by: Screenplay Explorer – in pdf format

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery — with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin — manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years.

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Yet another script for your consideration. Thanks SteveUK for the heads up.

127 Hours – undated, unspecified draft script by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (based on the book “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” by Aron Ralston) – hosted by: Raindance – in pdf format

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?

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University of Westminster’s MA Directing Film and TV: Annual Show 2011 will be held on January 22, 2011 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm at:

The Old Cinema
Regent Street
London W1B2UW

For more info, check out mad-shorts.com

Michel Duthin will be there. He is a long time member of SimplyScripts. He wrote Silent Blue Eyes which was filmed by Rajesh Divakaran as “Silent Dark Eyes” which will be one of ten films shown at the event.

If you live in or near London, please, please go. Please take a camera and get your picture taken with Michel. Please ‘whoop it up’ when “Silent Dark Eyes” is announced at the event.

If you go, please seek out Michael and give him, from me, either a firm hand-shake or an open mouthed kiss, depending upon your own sensibilities. If that whole human interaction thing isn’t your bag, it is entirely permissible to get Michel’s attention, lay your right finger against your nose, wink and walk away.

Photo by Bérangère Duthin

Congrats to Aaron Sorkin and The Social Network for the Golden Globes best screenplay win.

You can check out other scripts up for award contention on the Oscar Scripts page.

The Social Network – undated, unspecified draft script by Aaron Sorkin (based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich) – hosted by: Sony Awards – in pdf format

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.

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Another screenplay for your consideration.
Hereafter – May 1, 2008 unspecified draft script by Peter Morgan – hosted by: Warner Bros. – in pdf format

A drama centered on three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — who are touched by death in different ways.

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Another screenplay for your consideration.

The Town – August 18, 2009 Pink Revised Draft script by Peter Craig (based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan) – hosted by: Warner Bros. – in pdf format

As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.

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A Warner Bros. For Your Consideration screenplay.

Inception – undated, unspecified draft script by Christopher Nolen – hosted by: Warner Bros. – in pdf format

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one.

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For Your Consideration

Nowhere Boy – February 11, 2009 shooting draft script by Matt Greenhalgh – hosted by: The Weinstein Company – in pdf format

Imagine John Lennons childhood A spirited teenager, curious, sharp and funny, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love – Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of 5 and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimis care. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into art and the new music flooding in from the US. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as Johns new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape.

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