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After Hours   Manuscript
Written by Joseph Minion
Draft Date: 6/6/1984    Draft Stage: 4th draft    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 1   
 
After Hours   Manuscript
Written by Joseph Minion
Draft Stage: 3rd draft    # Pages: 110    Copy #: 2   
 
American Beauty   Published
Written by Alan Ball
# Pages: 118    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book American Beauty: The Shooting Script
 
American Beauty   Published
Written by Alan Ball
# Pages: 118    Copy #: 4   
Notes: published in book American Beauty: The Shooting Script
 
American Beauty   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Alan Ball
Draft Date: 10/23/1998    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 114    Copy #: 1   
 
Being There   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski Based on his novel
Draft Date: 1/10/1979    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 106    Copy #: 1   
 
Breakfast Club, The   Manuscript   Digital
Written by John Hughes
Draft Date: 4/18/1984    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 147    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008
 
Breakfast Club, The   Manuscript
Written by John Hughes
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 132    Copy #: 2   
 
Catch-22   Manuscript
Screenplay by Buck Henry Based on the novel by Joseph Heller
Draft Date: 6/19/1968    Draft Stage: 2nd draft    # Pages: 250    Copy #: 2   
 
Catch-22   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Buck Henry Based on the novel by Joseph Heller
Draft Date: 7/29/1968    Draft Stage: final revised draft    # Pages: 186    Copy #: 1   
 
Clockwork Orange, A   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess
Draft Date: 9/1/1970    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
 
Clockwork Orange, A   Manuscript
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess
Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 159    Copy #: 2   
Notes: this draft by Terry Southern and Michael Cooper
 
Critical Care   Manuscript
Screenplay by Steven Schwartz Based on the novel by Richard Dooling
Draft Date: 8/29/96    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 122    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Independent Spirit Award nomination 1998 best first screenplay
 
Death Becomes Her   Manuscript
Written by Martin Donovan & David Koepp
Draft Date: 7/25/1991    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 119    Copy #: 2   
 
Death Becomes Her   Manuscript
Written by Martin Donovan & David Koepp
Draft Date: 3/25/1992    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 128    Copy #: 1   
 
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern Based on Red Alert a novel by Peter George
Draft Date: 1/25/1963    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 74   
Notes: irregularly paged; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Eating Raoul   Manuscript
Written by Paul Bartel and Richard Blackburn
Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 190    Copy #: 1   
 
Election   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: (127)    Copy #: 1   
Notes: unpaged
 
End, The   Manuscript
Written by Jerry Belson
Draft Date: 6/29/77    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 124    Copy #: 1   
 
Family Plot   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman Based on the novel The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning
Draft Date: 8/14/1975    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 160    Copy #: 1   
 
Fargo   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Date: 11/2/1994    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Fargo   Published    
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 2   
 
Fargo   Manuscript
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Date: 1/20/95    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 3   
 
Get Shorty   Manuscript
Screenplay by Scott Frank Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
Draft Date: 11/15/94    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 133    Copy #: 3   
 
Get Shorty   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Scott Frank Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
Draft Date: 4/95    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 1   
 
Get Shorty   Published
Screenplay by Scott Frank Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
Draft Date: 4/1/1995    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Scenario magazine vol. 2 no. 1 Spring 1996
 
Hammersmith Is Out   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Stanford Whitmore
Draft Date: 4/12/1971    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 149    Copy #: 1   
 
Happiness   Published   Awards    
Written by Todd Solondz
# Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
 
Heathers   Manuscript
Written by Daniel Waters
Draft Date: 2/8/1988    Draft Stage: final shooting script   
Notes: writer won Edgar Allan Poe Award 1990 for best picture
 
in the company of men   Published    
Written by Neil LaBute
Draft Stage: No draft info.    # Pages: 89    Copy #: 1   
 
Ladykillers, The   Published
Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Based upon the movie The Ladykillers Written by William Rose
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 117    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Lion in Winter, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by James Goldman Based on his play
Draft Date: 11/6/1967    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 151    Copy #: 1   
 
Lion in Winter, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by James Goldman Based on his play
Draft Date: 10/24/1967    Draft Stage: revised second draft    # Pages: 150    Copy #: 2   
 
Lion in Winter, The   Published
Screenplay by James Goldman Based on his play
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in Best American Screenplays 2
 
Man Who Wasn't There, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Date: 6/13/2000    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Penn & Teller Get Killed   Manuscript
Written by Penn Jillette and Teller
Draft Date: 9/27/87    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 105    Copy #: 1   
 
Prizzi's Honor   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Richard Condon and Janet Roach Based on the novel by Richard Condon
Draft Date: 11/14/1984    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 124    Copy #: 1   
 
Pulp Fiction   Manuscript   Digital
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Draft Date: 8/18/93    Draft Stage: revised last draft (sic)    # Pages: 159    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Box Office Titans collection; digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2007
 
Pulp Fiction   Published   Awards
Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino Story by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 198    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in Pulp Fiction; A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay
 
Raising Arizona   Manuscript
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Date: 8/18/1985    Draft Stage: revised first draft    # Pages: 124    Copy #: 2   
 
Serious Man, A   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Date: 6/4/2007    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 136    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy on disk WGA & WGAE 2010 62nd
 
Serious Man, A   Manuscript
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 133    Copy #: 2   
Notes: double-sided small page format
 
Servant, The   Published
Screenplay by Harold Pinter Based on the novel by Robin Maugham
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
Notes: in the book Five Screenplays by Harold Pinter
 
Stalag 17   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Billy Wilder & Edwin Blum Based on the play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski
Draft Date: 1/30/1952    Draft Stage: final white    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 1   
 
Stalag 17   Manuscript
Screenplay by Billy Wilder & Edwin Blum Based on the play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski
Draft Date: 1/30/52    Draft Stage: final white script    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 3   
Notes: Billy Wilder special collection
 
Stalag 17   Published    
Screenplay by Billy Wilder & Edwin Blum Based on the play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski
Draft Date: 1/30/52    Draft Stage: final white draft    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 2   
 
Storytelling   Published    
Written by Todd Solondz
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 67    Copy #: 1   
 
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story   Published
Written by Todd Haynes & Cynthia Schneider
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 37    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book Far From Heaven, Safe, and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
 
Thank You For Smoking   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Jason Reitman Based on the novel by Christopher Buckley
Draft Date: 2/22/2005    Draft Stage: revised shooting draft    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Independent Spirit Award 2007 nominee Best Screenplay; digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2007
 
Thank You For Smoking   Published
Screenplay by Jason Reitman Based on the novel by Christopher Buckley
Draft Date: 1/21/2005    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 102    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
To Die For   Published
Screenplay by Buck Henry Based on the novel by Joyce Maynard
Draft Date: 10/11/93    Draft Stage: third draft    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
Notes: in Scenario magazine vol. 2 no. 2 Summer 1996
 
Trainspotting   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by John Hodge Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
Draft Date: 5/23/1995    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 94    Copy #: 1   
 
Trainspotting; A Screenplay   Published    
Screenplay by John Hodge Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 123    Copy #: 2   
Notes: includes interview with John Hodge
 
Wag The Dog   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet Based on the book American Hero by Larry Beinhart
Draft Date: 1/22/1997    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 125   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008
 
Welcome To The Dollhouse   Published
Written by Todd Solondz
Draft Stage: transcribed from film    # Pages: 87    Copy #: 1   
 
Where's Poppa?   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Robert Klane Based on his novel
Draft Date: 3/6/1970    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 93    Copy #: 1   
 
Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe?   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Peter Stone Based on the novel by Nan & Ivan Lyons
Draft Date: 10/12/1977    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 168    Copy #: 1