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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - August 25, 1969 draft script by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond - hosted by: Archives.org - in pdf format

Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery?

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Venom - 7 February 1997 unspecified, unused draft script by David S. Goyer - hosted by: Google - in pdf format

Venom is a sentient alien symbiote with an amorphous, liquid-like form, who survives by bonding with a host, usually human. This dual-life form receives enhanced powers and usually refers to itself as "Venom".

Information courtesy of imdb
Batman Meets Godzilla - 1966 Outline for a feature film script by William Dozier - hosted by: Lost Media Wiki - in pdf format

Commissioner Gordon and his daughter, Barbara are on vacation aboard a cruise ship in the Far East. Commissioner is on the trip so he can scout "police facilities in the Orient", and Barbara is coming so she can reunite with her old college friend, Reiko Hammamoto. Everything is going well until an enormous tidal wave falls over the ship and capsizes it. The giant wave turns out to be the work of Klaus Finster, a German meteorologist who moved to Japan. In his secret lair (hidden under Mount Fuji), Klaus claims that he has control of the entire weather, and will destroy Japan unless he is given 20 million dollars in gold. Gordon decides that there is only one way to stop Klaus from destroying Japan: calling Batman and Robin.

Information courtesy of Lost Media
The Hulk - February 6, 200 second draft script by Michael France (based on characters by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby) - hosted by: DailyScript - in pdf format

Bruce is an ordinary Gamma expert who one day gets blasted with radiation and somehow survives. But in the process a monster was born. Now whenever he gets angry he grows bigger and stronger until he is no longer Bruce Banner. He becomes The Hulk

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Come to Daddy - undated, unspecified draft script by Toby Harvard - hosted by: SimplyScripts - in pdf format

A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2019


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Desperado - April 28, 1993 second draft script by Robert Rodriguez - hosted by: DailyScript - in pdf format

Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.

Information courtesy of IMDb
The Imitation Game - Undated, unspecified draft script by Graham Moore (Based on "Alan Turing: The Enigma" By Andrew Hodges) - hosted by: RainDance - in pdf format

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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Inside Llewyn Davis - Undated, unspecified draft script by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - hosted by: Rain Dance - in pdf format

Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Il Postino (aka The Postman) - Undated, unspecified fyc draft script by Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi - hosted by: UCLA Extension Writers' Program - in pdf format

Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.

Information courtesy of IMDb
The French Lieutant's Woman - November 3, 1979 unspecified draft script by Harold Pinter (based on the novel by John Fowles) - hosted by: UCLA Extension Writers' Program - in pdf format

A movie is being made of a story, set in nineteenth century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna and Mike, who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the movie, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Chariots of Fire - February 13, 1980 second draft script by Colin Welland - hosted by: UCLA Extension Writers' Program - in pdf format

ritons Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell are both naturally gifted fast sprinters, but approach running and how it fits into their respective lives differently. The son of a Lithuanian Jew, Harold, who lives a somewhat privileged life as a student at Cambridge, uses being the fastest to overcome what he sees as the obstacles he faces in life as a Jew despite that privilege. In his words to paraphrase an old adage, he is often invited to the trough, but isn't allowed to drink. His running prowess does earn him the respect of his classmates, especially his running teammates, and to some extent the school administration, if only he maintains what they consider proper gentlemanly decorum, which isn't always the case in their minds. Born in China, the son of Christian missionaries, Eric, a Scot, is a devout member of the Church of Scotland who eventually wants to return to that missionary work. He sees running as a win-win in that the notoriety of being fast gives him an added outlet to spread the word of God, while he sees his speed as being a gift from God, and he wants to run to honor God and that gift. This view does not sit well with his sister, Jennie Liddell, who sees his running as only taking away time from his work to God. Harold and Eric's lives do intersect in national races, but it is the one hundred meter track event at the 1924 Paris Olympics which the two men and their supporters most anticipate. Beyond the fact that Americans Charles Paddock and Jackson Scholz are favored in the event, the much anticipated head to head between Harold and Eric may be further shadowed by other issues, especially as it affects Eric's Christian beliefs.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Conan (filmed as Conan the Barbarian) - August 1, 1978 draft script by Oliver Stone (Based on the stories of Robert E. Howard) with later additions by L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter - hosted by: Apolitical - in pdf format

A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. When he grows up he becomes a fearless, invincible fighter. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Edge of Tomorrow (written as All You Need is Kill) - April 1, 2010 unspecified draft script by D. W. Harper (based on the novel "All You Need is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka - hosted by: IndieGround Films - in pdf format

An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy!

Information courtesy of IMDb
Conan (filmed as Conan the Barbarian) - October 7, 2009 revised draft script by Thomas Dean Donnelly & Joshua Oppenheimer (Based on the writings of Robert E. Howard) - hosted by: DailyScript - in pdf format

A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Conan (filmed as Conan the Barbarian) - November 19, 2010 revised script by Thomas Dean Donnelly & Joshua Oppenheimer - Sean Hood revisions (Based on the writings of Robert E. Howard) - hosted by: DailyScript - in pdf format

A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Conan (filmed as Conan the Barbarian) - February 2010 working draft script by Thomas Dean Donnelly & Joshua Oppenheimer and Andrew Lobel (Based on the writings of Robert E. Howard) - hosted by: DailyScript - in pdf format

A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Elysium - Undated, unspecified draft script by Neill Blomkamp - hosted by: Rain Dance - in pdf format

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.



Information courtesy of IMDb
Knives Out - undated, unspecified 'screen script' draft script by Rian Johnson - hosted by: rcjohnso - in pdf format

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death. 

Information courtesy of imdb.com
Brick - undated shooting script by Rian Johnson - hosted by: rcjohnso - in pdf format

Brendon is a loner investigating the death of his ex girlfriend Emily. The police are making no progress, so he enlists The Brain to catch the killer. Uncovering Emily's dubious friends they meet femme fa-tale Nora Zehetner.

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The Brothers Bloom - undated, original shooting script by Rian Johnson - hosted by: rcjohnso - in pdf format

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Rian wrote, It was originaly called "Penelope," a name I still prefer, but we had to change the title when another film beat us to it. This is the original shooting script, and bears some differences from the finished film. The most obvious of these are in the final act, although tonally I think the script in general is a bit darker and more melancholy than what came out on the screen.

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Looper - undated, unspecified 3.2 draft script by Rian Johnson - hosted by: rcjohnso - in pdf format

In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self.

Information courtesy of imdb
The Hindenberg - April 22, 1974 2nd draft script by Nelson Gidding (based on the book by Michael M. Mooney - hosted by: Daily Script - in pdf format

The Hindenburg is the pride of Nazi Germany, a dirigible with regular flights from Frankfurt to Lakehurst, New Jersey. When the Germans receive a warning that the Hindenburg will be destroyed by a bomb as it flies over New York City, they assign Luftwaffe Colonel Ritter to travel on the airship as its security officer. There are many passengers on board - a German countess, a circus clown, two card sharks and many others - and Ritter is kept busy keeping an eye on them as well as the crew. When they learn that the person who reported the threat is actually a self-styled psychic, there is some question as to whether they may be chasing shadows. Ritter soon learns otherwise.

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Warning Shot - finals, shooting draft script by Breanne Mattson - hosted by: SimplyScripts - in pdf format

A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.


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Booksmart - November 24, 2008 draft script by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins - hosted by: Scribd - in pdf format

On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.



Information courtesy of IMDb
Ad Astra - August 11, 2016 unspecified draft script by James Gray & Ethan Gross - hosted by: DocDroid - in pdf format

Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Legend - Undated final shooting draft script by Brian Helgeland - hosted by: Rain Dance - in pdf format

The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronnie's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground.

Information courtesy of IMDb
28 Days Later - Undated, unspecified draft script by Alex Garland - hosted by: The Script Savant - in pdf format

Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Anomalisa  - October 4, 2015 revised shooting draft script by Charlie Kaufman - hosted by: Being Charlie Kaufman - in pdf format

Michael Stone, an author that specializes in customer service, is a man who is unable to interact deeply with other people. His low sensitivity to excitement, and his lack of interest made him a man with a repetitive life on his own perspective. But, when he went on a business trip, he met a stranger - an extraordinary stranger, which slowly became a cure for his negative view on life that possibly will change his mundane life. 

Information courtesy of IMDb
Frank or Francis - May 17, 2010 unspecifid draft script by Charlie Kaufman - hosted by: Being Charlie Kaufman - in pdf format

A Hollywood satire in which an auteur director (Frank) and a movie blog commenter (Francis) go to war with one another. Francis hates almost every movie he watches. 

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Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go - December 18, 2015 unspecified draft script by Charlie Kaufman (Based on the novel by Patrick Ness; Original draft by Charlie Kaufman; Previous draft by Jamie Linden; Current draft by Patrick Ness - hosted by: Being Charlie Kaufman - in pdf format

The story of Todd Hewitt who lives on the distant planet of New World-a new hope for humanity until struck by "The Noise," a virus which inflicts immersive visions of ones' every thought. The cacophony drives many mad until Todd is forced to leave his home and everyone he loves. He makes a hidden, silent discovery: there is a girl named Viola, who may be the key to unlocking New World's many layered secrets. Together, the two unlikely companions are forced on a white-knuckle adventure into an unexplored planet - trying to escape and hide in an environment where all thoughts are heard, all movements are seen -as they both discover the truth about the lives they left behind and the spectacular world they've learned to call home.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Desperado - April 28, 1993 second draft script by Robert Rodriguez - hosted by: DailyScript - in pdf format

Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.

Information courtesy of IMDb

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