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24 Hour Party People   Manuscript
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Draft Date: 12/20/2000    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 112   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Ali   Manuscript
Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann Story by Gregory Allen Howard
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 50    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book Ali; The Movie and the Man screenplay is compressed into 50 p.
 
Ali   Manuscript
Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann Story by Gregory Allen Howard
Draft Date: 8/7/00    Draft Stage: final production script    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 2   
 
Alive   Manuscript
Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley Based on the book by Piers Paul Read
Draft Date: 10/2/1990    Draft Stage: revised first draft    # Pages: 128   
Notes: this draft written by Monte Merrick
 
All That Jazz   Manuscript
Written by Bob Fosse & Robert Alan Aurthur
Draft Date: 6/26/1978    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 2   
 
All That Jazz   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Bob Fosse & Robert Alan Aurthur
Draft Date: 12/15/1978    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
All The President's Men   Published
Screenplay by William Goldman Based on the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Draft Date: 3/1975    Draft Stage: pre-rehearsal version    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in William Goldman; Five Screenplays
 
All the President's Men   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by William Goldman Based on the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Draft Date: 3/1/1975    Draft Stage: pre-rehearsal version    # Pages: 150    Copy #: 1   
Notes: photocopy of script published in William Goldman; Five Screenplays
 
Almost Famous   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Cameron Crowe
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 110    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Almost Famous   Published
Written by Cameron Crowe
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 188    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book of same title; Sight and Sound small format edition
 
Almost Famous   Published
Written by Cameron Crowe
# Pages: 188    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book of the same title; Sight and Sound small format edition
 
Amelia   Digital
Written by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan Based on the books East To The Dawn by Susan Butler and The Sound Of Wings by Mary S. Lovell
Draft Date: 9/14/2007    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 127   
 
America, America   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by Elia Kazan
Draft Date: 2/22/1962    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 148   
Notes: this draft titled The Anatolian Smile; includes Warner Bros memo; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress; digital copy on disk Film Scripts 4-2010
 
American Splendor   Published
Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman Based on the comic book series American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner
Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 102    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book of same title
 
American Splendor   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman Based on the comic book series American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner
Draft Stage: final script    # Pages: 100    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy; won Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Award 2003
 
Amistad   Manuscript
Written by David Franzoni
Draft Date: 6/21/1996    Draft Stage: first rewrite    # Pages: 135    Copy #: 1   
 
Anne of the Thousand Days   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by John Hale & Bridget Boland Adaptation by Richard Sokolove based on the play by Maxwell Anderson
Draft Date: 3/10/1969    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 144    Copy #: 1   
 
Antwone Fisher   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by Antwone Fisher
Draft Date: 11/24/01    Draft Stage: revised shooting draft    # Pages: 121    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2003
 
Antwone Fisher   Manuscript
Written by Antwone Fisher
Draft Date: 12/4/01    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 2   
 
Apollo 13
Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert Based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Draft Date: 7/13/1994    Draft Stage: third revised draft    # Pages: 145    Copy #: 2   
Notes: this draft written by John Sayles
 
Apollo 13   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert Based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Draft Date: 8/6/1994    Draft Stage: fourth revised draft    # Pages: 141    Copy #: 1   
 
Awakenings   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Based on the book by Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Draft Date: 10/1989    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 120    Copy #: 1   
 
Awakenings
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Based on the book by Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Draft Date: 4/6/1989    Draft Stage: 2nd revisions    # Pages: 127    Copy #: 2   
 
Before Night Falls   Manuscript
Screenplay by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lazaro Gomez Carriles & Julian Schnabel Based on the memoir by Reynaldo Arenas
Draft Date: 6/8/1999    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 1   
 
Black Hawk Down   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Ken Nolan Based on the book by Mark Bowden
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 1   
 
Black Hawk Down   Published
Screenplay by Ken Nolan Based on the book by Mark Bowden
Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book of same title
 
Black Hawk Down   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ken Nolan Based on the book by Mark Bowden
Draft Date: 10/31/01    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 112    Copy #: 3   
 
Blessed Is The Match: The Life And Death of Hannah Senesh   Manuscript
Written by Sophie Sartain & Roberta Grossman
Draft Date: 4/2008    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 44   
 
Blind Side, The   Digital
Written by John Lee Hancock Based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
Draft Date: 4/28/2009    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 131   
 
Bobby   Manuscript
Written by Emilio Estevez
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 120    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Bonnie and Clyde   Manuscript   Awards
Written by David Newman & Robert Benton
Draft Date: 11/4/1966    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 134    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Bonnie and Clyde   Published
Written by David Newman & Robert Benton
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 2   
Notes: in Best American Screenplays, First Edition
 
Born on the Fourth of July   Manuscript
Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Ron Kovic Based on the book by Ron Kovic
Draft Date: 8/1/1988    Draft Stage: revised (from original 1978) draft    # Pages: 140    Copy #: 2   
 
Born on the Fourth Of July   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Ron Kovic Based on the book by Ron Kovic
Draft Date: 8/1/1988    Draft Stage: revised (from original 1978) draft    # Pages: 142    Copy #: 1   
 
Born on the Fourth of July   Manuscript
Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Ron Kovic Based on the book by Ron Kovic
Draft Date: 11/1977    Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 3   
 
Boys Don't Cry   Manuscript
Written by Kimberly Peirce & Andy Bienen
Draft Date: 10/26/98    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
 
Bugsy   Manuscript   Awards
Written by James Toback
Draft Date: 5/5/1991    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 155    Copy #: 1   
 
Bugsy; An Original Screenplay by James Toback   Published    
Written by James Toback
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 201    Copy #: 2   
 
Butterflies Are Free   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Leonard Gershe Based on his play
Draft Date: 7/28/1971    Draft Stage: estimating script    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 1   
 
Catch Me If You Can   Published
Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson Based on the book by Frank W. Abagnale and Stan Redding
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 135    Copy #: 1   
Notes: BAFTA Film Award nomination 2003 for Best Screenplay; published in book of the same title
 
Catch Me If You Can   Manuscript
Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson Based on the book by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 124    Copy #: 2   
Notes: doublesided copy
 
Chariots of Fire   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by Colin Welland
Draft Date: 2nd draft   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008; foreign - England?
 
Charlie Wilson's War   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Based on the book by George Crile
Draft Date: 7/9/2005    Draft Stage: second draft    # Pages: 153   
 
Che Part One: The Argentine   Manuscript
Screenplay by Peter Buchman Based on the memoir Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War written by Ernesto Che Guevara
Draft Date: 10/15/2007    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 116   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Civil Action, A   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Based on the book by Jonathan Harr
Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 139    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Won USC's Scripter Award in 1999
 
Coal Miner's Daughter   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Tom Rickman Based on the autobiography Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 105    Copy #: 1   
 
Conrack   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. Based on the book The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 1   
 
Cradle Will Rock   Published
Written by Tim Robbins
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book of same title
 
Da Vinci   Published
by William Goldman
Draft Stage: no draft info.   
Notes: in his book "Adventures in the Screen Trade"; unproduced
 
Diary of Anne Frank, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett From the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Based on the book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Produced on the stage by Kermit Bloomgarden
Draft Date: 3/3/1958    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 146    Copy #: 1   
 
Donnie Brasco   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Paul Attanasio Based on the book by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
Draft Date: 5/22/1996    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
Notes: missing pages 119-127 skips from scene 136 to 143
 
Donnie Brasco   Manuscript
Screenplay by Paul Attanasio Based on the book by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
Draft Date: 11/7/1991    Draft Stage: rewrite    # Pages: 125    Copy #: 3   
 
Donnie Brasco   Manuscript
Screenplay by Paul Attanasio Based on the book by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
Draft Date: 5/22/96    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 2   
 
Elephant Man, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Christopher DeVore & Eric Bergren & David Lynch Based on The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscenses by Sir Frederick Treves and based in part on The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu
Draft Date: 8/1/1979    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 135    Copy #: 1   
 
Erin Brockovich   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Susannah Grant
Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Erin Brockovich   Manuscript
Written by Susannah Grant
Draft Date: 12/3/99    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 2   
 
Erin Brockovich   Manuscript
Written by Susannah Grant
Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Five Pennies, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Melville Shavelson & Jack Rose Story by Robert Smith
Draft Date: 10/31/1958    Draft Stage: revised white script    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 1   
Notes: based on the life of Red Nichols
 
Free Willy   Manuscript
Screenplay by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman Story by Keith A. Walker
Draft Date: 7/30/1992    Draft Stage: revised seventh draft    # Pages: 109    Copy #: 1   
 
Frost/Nixon   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Peter Morgan Based on his play
Draft Date: 8/24/2007    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 111   
 
Funny Girl   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Isobel Lennart Based upon her play With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, book by Isobel Lennart From original story by Isobel Lennart
Draft Date: 6/17/1967    Draft Stage: second revised draft    # Pages: 143    Copy #: 1   
 
Gallant Journey   Manuscript
Written by Byron Morgan and William Wellman
Draft Date: 1/18/46    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 143    Copy #: 1   
Notes: original pale green Columbia Pictures cover; original title The Great Highway; in archival box
 
Gandhi   Manuscript   Awards
Written by John Briley
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 201    Copy #: 1   
 
Geronimo: An American Legend   Manuscript
Screenplay by John Milius and Larry Gross Story by John Milius
Draft Date: no date    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 159    Copy #: 1   
 
Glenn Miller Story, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney
Draft Date: 6/5/1953    Draft Stage: revised final screenplay    # Pages: 123    Copy #: 1   
 
Glory Road   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois
Draft Date: 7/27/04    Draft Stage: production draft    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2007
 
Gods and Monsters   Published
Screenplay by Bill Condon Based on the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Gods And Monsters   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Bill Condon Based on the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
Draft Date: 5/30/97    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 110    Copy #: 1   
 
Gods And Monsters   Published
Screenplay by Bill Condon Based on the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
Draft Date: 6/1/97    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 115    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in Scenario vol. 4 # 4 Winter 1998
 
Good Night, And Good Luck   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Draft Date: 2/10/2005    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 101    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy is on disk TV/film scripts scanned 2006
 
Good Night, and Good Luck   Manuscript
Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Draft Date: 3/2/2005    Draft Stage: production draft    # Pages: 98    Copy #: 2   
Notes: double-sided small format
 
Good Night, and Good Luck.   Published
Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Draft Date: 3/2/2005    Draft Stage: production draft    # Pages: 98    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book Good Night, And Good Luck; The Screenplay And History Behind The Landmark Movie
 
Goodfellas   Published
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 132    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book of same title; Sight and Sound small format edition
 
Goodfellas   Published
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Goodfellas   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
Draft Date: 1/12/1989    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 125    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Goodfellas   Manuscript
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
Draft Date: 3/24/1987    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 134    Copy #: 4   
 
Gorillas in the Mist   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan Story by Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy Based on the work by Dian Fossey and the article by Harold T. P. Hayes
Draft Date: 6/23/1987    Draft Stage: final revised draft    # Pages: 103    Copy #: 1   
 
Gorillas In The Mist   Manuscript
Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan Story by Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy Based on the work by Dian Fossey and the article by Harold T.P. Hayes
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 129    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Tab Murphy draft
 
Great Balls of Fire   Manuscript
Screenplay by Jack Baran & Jim McBride Based on the book by Myra Lewis with Murray Silver Jr.
Draft Date: 8/31/88    Draft Stage: second revised draft    # Pages: 122   
 
Great Caruso, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig Based on the biography Enrico Caruso, His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso
Draft Date: 8/31/50    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 2   
Notes: leatherbound original with 12 photos
 
Great Caruso, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screen story and screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig Based on the biography Enrico Caruso, His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso
Draft Date: 8/31/1950    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
 
Great Debaters, The   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Robert Eisele Story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro (as Jeffrey D. Porro)
Draft Date: 6/3/2007    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 2   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008
 
Great Debaters, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Robert Eisele Story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey D. Porro
Draft Date: 3/3/2006    Draft Stage: no draft info    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
 
Guns For San Sebastian   Manuscript
Screenplay by James R. Webb Based on the Novel by William Barby
Draft Date: 10/20/1959    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 139   
Notes: with 9 "photocopied" photos
 
Heavenly Creatures   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
Draft Date: 2/7/1993    Draft Stage: fifth draft    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 1   
 
Heavenly Creatures   Published
Written by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
Draft Date: 3/1/1993    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 2   
Notes: in Scenario magazine vol. 1 no. 4 Fall 1995
 
Hoax, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by William Wheeler Based on the novel The Hoax by Clifford Irving
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: unpaged    Copy #: 1   
 
Hotel Rwanda   Published
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
Draft Stage: shooting draft    # Pages: 128    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book Hotel Rwanda; Bringing The True Story of An African Hero To Film
 
Hotel Rwanda   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 128    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Golden Satellite Award nom 2005 best original screenplay
 
Hurricane, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon Based on the novel The 16th Round by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the novel Lazarus and the Hurricane by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton
Draft Date: 2/1/99    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 122    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
I Shot Andy Warhol   Manuscript
Written by Mary Harron and Daniel Minahan
Draft Date: 10/1/94    Draft Stage: no draft info    # Pages: 119    Copy #: 1   
 
In Cold Blood   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Richard Brooks Based on the book by Truman Capote
Draft Date: 2/17/1967    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 152    Copy #: 1   
Notes: includes information on Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock provided by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
In Cold Blood   Manuscript
Screenplay by Richard Brooks Based on the book by Truman Capote
Draft Date: 2/17/67    Draft Stage: (shooting draft)    # Pages: 152    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Richard Brooks collection photocopy of original at AMPAS
 
Insider, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann Based on the article The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner
Draft Date: 11/5/1999    Draft Stage: shooting draft    # Pages: 119    Copy #: 1   
 
Into The Wild   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Sean Penn Based on the book by Jon Krakauer
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 144    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008
 
Into the Wild   Manuscript
Screenplay by Sean Penn Based on the book by Jon Krakauer
Draft Date: no date    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 144    Copy #: 2   
Notes: double-sided, small format
 
Iris   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Richard Eyre and Charles Wood Based on the book Iris: A Memoir and Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 78   
Notes: digital copy on disk Humanitas Prize Titles to 2004
 
Islands in the Stream   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Denne Bart Petitclerc Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway
Draft Date: 9/1975    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 126    Copy #: 1   
 
Juarez   Published
Screenplay by John Huston & Æneas MacKenzie and Wolfgang Reinhardt Based on the play Juarez and Maximilian by Franz Werfel and the novel The Phantom Crown by Bertita Harding
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
Notes: in the book Twenty Best Film Plays
 
Killing Fields, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Bruce Robinson Based on The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sidney Schanberg in the New York Times magazine
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 144    Copy #: 1   
 
Killing Fields, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bruce Robinson Based on The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sidney Schanberg in the New York Times magazine
Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 145    Copy #: 2   
Notes: signed by writer
 
Last Shot, The   Manuscript
Written by Jeff Nathanson Based on an article by Steve Fishman
Draft Date: 1/3/03    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 1   
Notes: doublesided copy
 
Lawrence of Arabia   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson Based on the life and writings of Col. T. E. Lawrence and Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his collection of stories
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 267    Copy #: 1   
Notes: blacklisted writer Michael Wilson's credit restored by WGA Board of Directors 8/95; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Lawrence of Arabia   Manuscript
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson Based on the life and writings of Col. T. E. Lawrence
Draft Stage: undated production draft    # Pages: 267    Copy #: 2   
Notes: blacklisted writer Michael Wilson's credit restored by WGA Board of Directors 8/95; Part I 142 pages, Part II 125 pages
 
Let Him Have It   Manuscript
Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade
Draft Date: 9/10/1990    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 88   
 
Letters From Iwo Jima   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis Based on the book Picture Letters From Commander In Chief by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and edited by Tsuyoko Yoshido
Draft Date: 3/9/2006    Draft Stage: fourth draft    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided small format
 
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
 
Lovelock   Manuscript
Written by Stuart Hoar
Draft Date: 9/20/92    Draft Stage: export script    # Pages: 10    Copy #: 1   
Notes: short film; includes treatment; winner of International Screen and Television Writers Festival Award (for Film) 1993
 
Magdalene Sisters, The   Manuscript
Written by Peter Mullan
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 99    Copy #: 1   
 
Mask   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Anna Hamilton Phelan
Draft Date: 4/19/1984    Draft Stage: revised third draft    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 1   
 
Melvin and Howard   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Bo Goldman
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 152    Copy #: 1   
 
Mighty Heart, A   Manuscript
Screenplay by John Orloff Based on the book by Mariane Pearl
Draft Date: 10/11/2006    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 140    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Independent Spirit Award nom 2008 Best First Screenplay
 
Milk   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Draft Stage: revised production draft    # Pages: 103    Copy #: 1   
Notes: signed copy
 
Milk   Manuscript
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 2   
Notes: double-sided small format
 
Milk   Published
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Milk   Manuscript
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 4   
 
Milk   Manuscript   Digital
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Draft Date: 3/7/2008    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 100    Copy #: 5   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Humanitas Prize awards 2009
 
Missing   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Constantin Costa-Gavras & Donald E. Stewart Based on The Execution of Charles Horman by Thomas Hauser
Draft Date: 12/1/1980    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 140    Copy #: 1   
 
Missing   Manuscript
Screenplay by Constantin Costa-Gavras & Donald E. Stewart Based on The Execution of Charles Horman by Thomas Hauser
Draft Date: 5/4/1981    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 140    Copy #: 2   
 
Mommie Dearest   Manuscript
Screenplay by Frank Yablans & Frank Perry and Tracy Hotchner and Robert Getchell
Draft Date: 12/22/1980    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 139    Copy #: 1   
 
Motorcycle Diaries, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Jose Rivera Based on the books Notas de Viaje by Ernesto Guevara and Con El Che Por America Latina by Alberto Granado
Draft Date: 10/5/04    Draft Stage: third draft    # Pages: 90    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided unpaged small format
 
Munich   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth Based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas
Draft Date: 11/17/2005    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 170    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy is on disk TV/film scripts scanned 2006
 
Munich   Manuscript
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth Based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 163    Copy #: 2   
 
My Left Foot   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan Based on the book by Christy Brown
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
 
One Foot In Heaven   Manuscript
Screenplay by Casey Robinson Based on the biography of his father by Hartzell Spence
Draft Date: 5/7/41    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 91    Copy #: 1   
Notes: original (mimeo) script with blue WB cover; incomplete (missing final pages) in archival box
 
Out of Africa   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Kurt Luedtke Based on the books Out of Africa, Shadows on the Grass, and Letters From Africa by Isak Dinesen, The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman, and Silence Will Speak by Erroll Trzebinski
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 125    Copy #: 1   
 
Patch Adams   Manuscript
Screenplay by Steve Oedekerk Based on the book Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Hunter Doherty (Patch) Adams with Maureen Mylander
Draft Date: 2/13/98    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 2   
Notes: later draft
 
Patch Adams   Manuscript
Screenplay by Steve Oedekerk Based on the book Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Hunter Doherty (Patch) Adams with Maureen Mylander
Draft Date: 10/13/97    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 127    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Box Office Titans collection
 
People vs. Larry Flynt, The   Published
Written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
Draft Stage: shooting draft    # Pages: 145    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
People vs. Larry Flynt, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
Draft Date: 3/10/1996    Draft Stage: fifth draft    # Pages: 119    Copy #: 1   
 
Pianist, The   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood Based on the memoir by Wladyslaw Szpilman
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 102   
Notes: double-sided copy; Golden Satellite Award NOM 2003; digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2003
 
Pursuit of Happyness, The   Manuscript
Written by Steven Conrad
Draft Date: 11/19/2005    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 134    Copy #: 1   
 
Queen, The   Published   Awards
Written by Peter Morgan
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 134    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Queen, The   Manuscript   Digital
Written by Peter Morgan
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 96    Copy #: 2   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008
 
Quiz Show   Manuscript
Screenplay by Paul Attanasio Based on the book Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin
Draft Date: 8/12/93    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 144    Copy #: 3   
 
Quiz Show   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Paul Attanasio Based on the book Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin
Draft Date: 8/1993    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 151    Copy #: 1   
 
Reds   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
Draft Stage: combined continuity draft    Copy #: 1   
 
Reds   Manuscript
Written by Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 211    Copy #: 2   
Notes: this draft titled Comrades (The John Reed-Louise Bryant Story)
 
Remember The Titans   Manuscript
Written by Gregory Allen Howard
Draft Stage: "as broadcast"    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 1   
 
Remember The Titans   Manuscript
Written by Gregory Allen Howard
Draft Date: 12/12/99    Draft Stage: revised final script    # Pages: 103    Copy #: 2   
 
Reversal of Fortune   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan Based on the book by Alan Dershowitz
Draft Date: 7/21/1989    Draft Stage: final revised draft    # Pages: 121    Copy #: 1   
 
Rose, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bill Kerby and Bo Goldman Story by Bill Kerby
Draft Date: 12/21/78    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 98    Copy #: 1   
 
Rose, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bill Kerby and Bo Goldman Story by Bill Kerby
Draft Date: 4/1/1974    Draft Stage: revised first draft    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Robert Lewin collection; this early draft by Bill Kerby; includes original note by writer
 
Schindler's List   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
Draft Date: 6/1/1993    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 191   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Seabiscuit   Published
Screenplay by Gary Ross Based on the novel by Laura Hillenbrand
Draft Date: no date    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 169    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Seabiscuit   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Gary Ross Based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand
Draft Date: 1/13/03    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 149    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Searching For Bobby Fischer   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Based on the book by Fred Waitzkin
Draft Date: 6/1/92    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 128    Copy #: 1   
Notes: in 1993 won the Tokyo International Film Festival Special Jury Prize, and in 1994 won the MTV Award for Best New Filmmaker
 
Serpico   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Waldo Salt & Norman Wexler Based on the novel by Peter Maas
Draft Date: 2/9/1973    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 172    Copy #: 1   
 
Shadow of the Vampire   Manuscript
Written by Steven Katz
Draft Date: 3/22/99    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 2   
 
Shadowlands   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by William Nicholson Based on his play
Draft Date: 4/5/93    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 117    Copy #: 1   
 
Shine   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Jan Sardi Story by Scott Hicks
Draft Date: 3/1/1995    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 112    Copy #: 1   
 
Shine   Manuscript
Screenplay by Jan Sardi Story by Scott Hicks
Draft Date: 3/1995    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 112    Copy #: 2   
 
Shine   Manuscript
Screenplay by Jan Sardi Story by Scott Hicks
Draft Date: 10/5/95    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 112    Copy #: 2   
 
Sid & Nancy   Published
Written by Alex Cox & Abbe Wool
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 126    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book Sid & Nancy; Love Kills
 
Silkwood   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen
Draft Date: 8/25/1982    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 126    Copy #: 1   
 
Somebody Up There Likes Me   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman Based on the autobiography of Rocky Graziano Written with Rowland Barber
Draft Date: 10/21/55    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 134    Copy #: 2   
Notes: original copy
 
Song of Bernadette, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by George Seaton Based on the novel by Franz Werfel
Draft Date: 3/8/1943    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 166    Copy #: 1   
 
Spirit of St. Louis, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Wendell Mayes Adaptation by Charles Lederer Based on the book by Charles A. Lindbergh
Draft Date: 1/8/57    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 97    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Billy Wilder special collection
 
Star!   Manuscript   Awards
Written by William Fairchild
Draft Date: 2/17/1967    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 202    Copy #: 1   
 
Straight Story, The   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Written by John Roach & Mary Sweeney
Draft Date: 10/10/98    Draft Stage: 3rd revised draft    # Pages: 112    Copy #: 2   
Notes: digital copy on disk Humanitas Prize Titles to 2004
 
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
 
Taking Woodstock   Published
Screenplay by James Schamus Based on the book by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte
Draft Date: 9/8/2008    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 126   
Notes: published in book of same title
 
Titanic   Manuscript   Awards
Written by James Cameron
Draft Date: 5/7/1996    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 153    Copy #: 1   
 
Total Eclipse   Published    
Written by Christopher Hampton
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 120    Copy #: 1   
 
United 93   Published
Written by Paul Greengrass
Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 85    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Vicky   Published
Screenplay by James Toback
Notes: unproduced Victoria Woodhull biopic - in Scenario magazine vol. 2 no. 2 Summer 1996
 
Visas and Virtue   Manuscript
Screenplay by Tom Donaldson & Chris Tashima Based on the play by Tim Toyama
Draft Date: 1/12/1997    Draft Stage: picture script    # Pages: 24    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Won Oscar (70th annual, in 1998) for best live action short film includes 5 original photos of cast and crew
 
Voyage of the Damned   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Steve Shagan and David Butler Based on the book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
Draft Date: 2/28/75    Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 184    Copy #: 1   
 
Wilson   Published   Awards
Written by Lamar Trotti
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in the book Best Film Plays 1943-44; preface to Wilson by Daryl Zanuck
 
Wilson   Manuscript
Written by Lamar Trotti
Draft Date: 3/6/44    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 156    Copy #: 2   
Notes: photocopy
 
Without Limits   Manuscript
Written by Robert Towne and Kenny Moore
Draft Date: 5/9/96    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 2   
Notes: formerly titled Pre
 
Without Limits   Manuscript
Written by Robert Towne and Kenny Moore
Draft Date: 7/2/96    Draft Stage: shooting draft    # Pages: 122    Copy #: 1   
Notes: formerly titled Pre
 
World Trade Center   Manuscript
Written by Andrea Berloff Based on the true life events of John & Donna McLoughlin and William & Allison Jimeno
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided small format
 
World Trade Center   Manuscript
Written by Andrea Berloff Based on the true life events of John & Donna McLoughlin and William & Allison Jimeno
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 3   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
World Trade Center   Manuscript
Written by Andrea Berloff Based on the true life events of John & Donna McLoughlin and William & Allison Jimeno
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 2   
Notes: double-sided small format edition
 
Zodiac   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by James Vanderbilt Based on the book by Robert Graysmith
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 158   
Notes: digital copy is on disk Film scripts scanned 2008