GITS Weekly Script Analysis: Action
Here is a list of action scripts. I haven’t checked all of them as to their availability on myPDFscripts, but if they can be downloaded there, feel free to vote for the script of your choice for our inaugural GITS Weekly Script Analysis for the week of September 5–11:
Alien (Walter Hill and David Giler draft)
Aliens
Boondock Saints
The Bourne Identity
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Dark Knight, The
Die Hard
Gladiator
Fight Club
Kingdom of Heaven
Last Boy Scout, The
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Matrix, The
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl
Robocop
Salt
Star Trek
Terminator 2
V for Vendetta
Vantage Point
Please note:
* This is not the only time we will read and analyze an action script. Assuming we keep doing this series every week, I expect we will get to each genre at least 3–4 times per year.
* Next time around, we can revise and expand the list.
* Yes, I know some of these titles may seem to you to belong in another genre category. There will always be disagreements on this front because some stories are by nature organic and hard to pin down. The point is not about the genre, the point is about reading scripts.
So go to comments and vote. And if there’s another action script you think we should read, and it’s available for download at myPDFscipts, feel free to post it. Perhaps it will solicit enough support to get selected.
Tomorrow we will select the comedy script for the week of September 12–18.
UPDATE: As of 10:30AM PDT (Tuesday), here is the vote count:
The Dark Knight — 9
Gladiator — 7
The Last Boy Scout — 6
So unless we get a big push for something else in the next few hours, it looks like it’s going to be The Dark Knight.
Voting still open so that could change!
UPDATE #2: In a late surge of voting and vote-switching, Gladiator has taken the lead. But which draft to read:
April 10, 1998 First Draft Revised by David Franzoni.
Synopsis: When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.
Source: Scanned — Pages: 131 — Size: 4.5 MB
Undated, unspecified draft by Nick Cave.
Synopsis: Maximus meddles with Roman gods in the afterlife, is reincarnated, defends early Christians, reunites with his son, and ultimately lives forever.
Source: Scanned — Pages: 103 — Size: 2.4 MB