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It's a living.

You Should See the Other Guy — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:22:18 -0800

Unproduced screenplays, including Edward Ford, written by Lem Dobbs (The Limey) and one (pdf) by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine..., Adaptation, Being John Malkovich). The Dobbs script is often cited as one of the best (if not the best) unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. The site also has scripts by Al Jean and Mike Reiss (Simpsons, Sledge Hammer!), Adam Fierro (The Shield), T. S. Cook (The China Syndrome), Nicholas Kazan (Homegrown, Reversal of Fortune, Frances), John Kamps (Charley Varrick, Madigan) and others.

By: menace303

menace303 — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:06:19 -0800

Entire screenplay in PDF format ... *cringe* Some fun stuff to read though.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:08:44 -0800

Wow, I had no idea that my favorite artist's son had written what's considered the best unproduced screenplay ever. Thanks.

By: You Should See the Other Guy

You Should See the Other Guy — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:20:09 -0800

Entire screenplay in PDF format ... *cringe* I don't understand the cringe factor. PDFs are standard for screenplays online. You print 'em and they stay in proper format. You can read some other scripts at Drew's Script-O-Rama... many in html or RTF format, including Dobbs' terrific Limey script and Andrew Kevin Walker's (Se7en, The Game, Fight Club) fantastic 8mm (which was butchered by Joel "the hack" Schumacher).

By: emf

emf — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:36:05 -0800

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"

By: luckywanderboy

luckywanderboy — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:14:52 -0800

Edward Ford is a great script. Unfortunately, it seems to be based on Dobbs' own experiences hanging out with Ed Wood, and it never made it into production before the Tim Burton movie trumped it. That was a fun movie, but it's too bad Edward Ford didn't get made -- it could've been an amazing film, if they found somebody with the balls to play the title character who was "bankable" enough to get the movie made.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:50:50 -0800

I don't understand the cring factor. PDFs Perhaps menace303 is on a Mac. I am, currently, and PDFs make them sad, which in turn make me sad. Lots of things make me sad when I am using a Mac. Eternal Sunshine is a beautiful, beautiful movie. I wish all of Kaufman's work was like it, but perhaps that is hoping for too much. One masterpiece is lots.

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 07:35:48 -0800

all this talk of unproduced screenplays and no mention of harrow alley? for shame, people. for shame.

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:01:06 -0800

(PDFs make Macs sad? At the risk of derailing the thread, that doesn't make any sense. The whole 2D Quarz rendering system in OS X is based on the PDF standard, and PDFs look great and are perfectly usable on my Mac and any Mac I've ever used.) It's interesting that one of the links mentions Intolerable Cruelty as one of the 10 greatest unproduced scripts; when that finally made it to theaters, didn't it get a pretty lukewarm reception? I wonder what the writer of that article thought of the finished product a few years later.

By: You Should See the Other Guy

You Should See the Other Guy — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:14:20 -0800

bcwinters, I have a Mac (OS X) and have no probs with PDFs. The only thing that makes my Mac sad is Flash. Also, I have no doubt that IC is probably a great read. The movie was poo, however, which I think has much to do with the very poor casting choices all-around. There are other scripts on that list (it was written in 2000 I think) that have been produced and turned into crap, most notably Entrapment. Plenty of great scripts get turned into shit-ass movies. pxe2000, I've read Harrow Alley and indeed, it's a good read. (I think Scenario published it in the late 90s).

By: runningdogofcapitalism

runningdogofcapitalism — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:27:30 -0800

This is a fascinating read. Great post...and thanks for sharing!

By: mosch

mosch — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:29:33 -0800

PDFs make macs sad? how odd... I use pdfs absolutely constantly on my macs. Oh, and good post, you've killed an hour of my morning, with a bookmark to return and kill some more!

By: billsaysthis

billsaysthis — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:49:22 -0800

Why any of you is surprised at great scripts getting turned into trash puzzles me as writers have been ranting about this since before movies added sound.