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American Beauty
Stars Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley. Directed by Sam Mendes. "Multiple Academy Award winning film of 1999, in which one man becomes enlightened just in the nick of time." -- Cinematic Interpretations of Buddhism,
Official website [404?] and IMDB link
Apocalypse Now
Script PDF
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Based loosely on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Vietnam war. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to "terminate with extreme prejudice" a renegade Green Beret, Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe in Cambodia. Notes taken by Coppola's wife have recently been used to create "Hearts Of Darkness" - a fascinating and revealing account of the making of this movie.
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Believer, The
'A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic worldview. Based on the true story of an American Nazi Party leader in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish.' -- IMDB link
Blade Runner
Link1: Website with 3 variations of Screenplay
Los Angeles, 2019. Rick Deckard is an ex-'Blade Runner' called back from retirement to find and terminate five 'replicants' (androids with fixed lifespans) that have escaped from an offworld colony to earth. Few who see it will ever forget the dove-scene in the rain with Rutger Hauer. Based on the novel by Philip K Dick, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'. See also the IMDB link
Donnie Darko
A thoughtful highschooler, Donnie Darko, is approached by a 6-foot rabbit named Frank. Only Donnie can see Frank. Frank warns Donnie that in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds the world will end. -- See the IMDB link
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
'A couple (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.' -- See the IMDB link
Link1: PDF Shooting script
Link2: TXT 256K Original script
"It's an offbeat and often violent story, but you can make the case for Brad Pitt as Zen Master Tyler Durden espousing the destruction of the illusion of self, and Edward Norton as his Mahakashyapa. ... Brad Pitt as Zenmaster seeking to "awaken" Edward Norton" -- Cinematic Interpretations of Buddhism
"The things you own end up owning you. It's not about consumers per se. One of the things that spoke to me in the book was that at a certain point in your life you find you're not doing the things you want to do, you're kind of living out this program you were given by your parents, by your upbringing and the commercials that you saw, people that were in your life that were examples for you, and you find yourself chasing these ideals, and in the book the narrator says 'I've got all this stuff, I'm doing all the things I'm supposed to be doing, and my life feels totally empty because all I'm doing is collecting these items that are supposed to represent what I'm supposed to be. But I'm not really substantive, I have this collection of furniture and clothing and records and magazines and I have yet to define myself.' I don't think it's against consumerism as much as it is against buying wholesale somebody else's lifestyle." -- Director, David Fincher. See also the IMDB link
Gattaca
Link: PDF 246k
Source: www.ScreenTalk.org
Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong in life. Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) was born with a congenital heart condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. To accomplish his goal, he enlists the aid of DNA broker German and makes contact with Jerome Morrow, who was paralyzed in an accident and is willing to sell his superior genetic materials. Vincent assumes Jerome's identity and is scheduled for a flying mission. However, a week before his flight, a Gattaca mission director is murdered, and all members of the program are the suspects.
See also the IMDB link
Heat 1995 Michael Mann film
An epic Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one an obsessed detective (Al Pacino); the other a professional thief (Robert De Niro). Despite their rivalry they are remarkably similar and have as much respect for each other as their respective professions allow. But when it comes to the crunch, neither will hesitate, and something has got to give. See also the IMDB link
Killer (aka Bulletproof Heart)
A high-class hitman (played by Anthony LaPaglia), edgy from a botched job and suddenly overwhelmed by metaphysical doubts, reluctantly agrees to one last contract. His target (played by Mimi Rogers) mysteriously welcomes her death with open arms. It has the reverse effect on her would-be assassin who, pressured to breaking-point by his boss, must finally choose between them and himself.
See also the IMDB link
Mulholland Dr.
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"A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio." See the IMDB link
Natural Born Killers by Quentin Tarantino
Link1: shtml 199k original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
Link2: TXT final, revised screenplay by Richard Rutowski & Oliver Stone
Two victims of traumatized childhoods (Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis) become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Tarantino was unpleased with Oliver Stone's huge reworking of his screenplay. See also the IMDB link a fansite and Natural Born Killers : Beyond Good And Evil by Heidi Nelson Hochenedel, Ph.D.
Requiem For A Dream by Darren Aronofsky & Hubert Selby, Jr.
Link: txt 130k original screenplay
Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans. "I want people to feel really deeply with this- the way I feel when I read Selby. Which is- you’re in the darkest place imaginable, but it’s completely human. And that’s completely what the trip is. That’s what Selby does, he takes you into that heart of darkness, if you will." -- Aronofsky. See also the IMDB link and Darren Aronofsky interviews
Trainspotting by John Hodge.
Link1: original screenplay txt 135k
Link2: original screenplay shtml 138k
Source: www.godamongdirectors.com
Based on the Novel by Irvine Welsh. Directed by Danny Boyle.
“Irvine Welsh's controversial first novel, set on the heroin-addicted fringe of working-class youth in Edinburgh, is yet another exploration of the dark side of Scottishness. The main character, Mark Renton, is at the center of a clique of nihilistic slacker junkies with no hopes and no possibilities, and only "mind-numbing and spirit-crushing" alternatives in the straight world they despise. This particular slice of humanity has nothing left but the blackest of humor and a sharpness of wit.” Amazon.com. See also The Sprocket Trainspotting Interview and the IMDB