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Best Original Screenplay Nominees
The Hurt Locker - June 7, 2007 shooting draft script by Mark Boal - hosted by: The Hurt Locker - in pdf formatAn intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.
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Inglourious Basterds - undated, unspecified draft script by Quentin Tarantino - hosted by: The Weinstein Company - in pdf formatIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
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The Messenger - undated, unspecified draft script by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman - hosted by: The Messenger - in pdf formatAn American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
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A Serious Man - Undated, unspecified draft script by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - hosted by:Focus Films - in pdf formatA black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won't move out of the house
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Up - undated, unspecified draft script by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter - hosted by: Disney Studios Awards - in zip/pdf formatBy tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
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Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees
An Education - Undated, unspecified draft script By Nick Hornby (Adapted from the article 'An Education' by Lynn Barber) - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatIn the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age.
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In The Loop - November 6, 2008 final shooting draft script by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche - hosted by: IFC Films - in pdf formatThe US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing..
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - January 16, 2008 first revised (green) draft script by Geoffrey Fletcher Revisions by Lee Daniels (Based on the novel by Sapphire) - hosted by: Lionsgate - in pdf formatClaireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect.
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Up In The Air - August 19, 2008 unspecified draft script By Jason Reitman (from the novel by Walter Kirn) - hosted by: Clooney's Cookie Crumbs - in pdf formatRyan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
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Other Screenplays nominiated in other categories
9 - Undated, unspecified draft script by Pamela Pettler (Story by Shane Acker) Based on the short "9" witten by Shane Acker - hosted by: Focus Films - in pdf formatWhen 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.
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500 Days of Summer - April 16, 2008 unspecified draft script by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - hosted by: Fox Searchlight - in pdf formatAfter it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. Despite being physically average in almost every respect, Summer had always attracted the attention of men, Tom included. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends.
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Avatar - undated, unspecified draft script by James Cameron - hosted by: 20th Century Fox - in pdf formatIn the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.
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The Blind Side - April 28, 2009 revised draft script by John Lee Hancock (based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis) - hosted by: WarnerBros - in pdf format"The Blind Side" depicts the story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
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Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos) - Undated fourth draft script by Pedro Almodóvar - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatHarry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
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Coraline - Undated, unspecified draft script by Henry Selick (based on the novel by Neil Gaiman) - hosted by: Focus Films - in pdf formatA young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life - only much better. But when her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.
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Crazy Heart - August 7, 2008 revised draft script by Scott Cooper (based on the novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb) - hosted by: Fox Searchlight - in pdf formatBad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
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The Damned United - July 2, 2008 draft script by Peter Morgan (from the novel by David Peace) - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatTaking over England's top football club Leeds United, previously successful manager Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor who has loyally stayed with Brighton & Hove Albion.
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Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon - undated, unspecified draft script by Michael Haneke - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatStrange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox - June 1, 2009 unspecified draft script by Wes Anderson (based on the book by Roald Dahl) - hosted by: Fox Searchlight - in pdf formatIt is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.
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Funny People - Undated, unspecified Draft script by Judd Apatow - hosted by: Universal Pictures - in pdf formatWhen seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
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The Hangover - September 30, 2007 unspecified draft script by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore - hosted by: WarnerBros - in pdf formatA Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - August 28, 2007 unspecified draft script by Steve Kloves (Based on the book my J. K. Rowling) - hosted by: WarnerBros - in pdf formatIn Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry finds a book marked mysteriously, "This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince," which helps him excel at Potions class and teaches him a few dark and dangerous ones along the way. Meanwhile, Harry is taking private lessons with Dumbledore in order to find out about Voldemort's past so they can find out what might his only weakness.
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The Hurt Locker - June 7, 2007 shooting draft script by Mark Boal - hosted by: The Hurt Locker - in pdf formatAn intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - May 26, 2007 draft script by Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatThe immortal 1,000-year-old Doctor Parnassus leads a travelling theatre troupe that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession. Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil, who now comes to collect on the arrangement,targeting the doctor's daughter. The troupe, joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony travel through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.
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The Informant! - undated, 'as produced' draft script by Scott Z. Burns (based on the book by Kurt Eichenwald) - hosted by: WarnerBros - in pdf formatMark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake - being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he's a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him.
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Inglourious Basterds - undated, unspecified draft script by Quentin Tarantino - hosted by: The Weinstein Company - in pdf formatIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
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It's Complicated - undated, unspecified draft script by Nancy Meyers - hosted by:Universal Pictures - in pdf formatFirst comes marriage. Then comes divorce. And then… Divorced... with benefits.
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The Last Station - Undated, unspecified draft script by Michael Hoffman (Based on the Novel by Jan Parini) - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
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Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces) - Undated fourth draft script by Pedro Almodóvar - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatHarry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
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The Men Who Stare At Goats - October 21, 2008 unpsecified draft script by Peter Straughan (based on the book by Jon Ronson) - hosted by: Overture Films - in pdf formatA reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, psychic military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. The founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends.
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Moon - December 11, 2007 version 2.8 shooting draft script by Nathan Parker (Story by Duncan Jones) - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
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Nine - November 11, 2009 final draft script by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella - hosted by: The Weinstein Company - in pdf formatFamous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother. |
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Public Enemies - February 19, 2008 revised draft script by Ronan Bennett (revisions by Michael Mann & Ann Biderman) - hosted by: Universal Pictures - in pdf formatThe difficult 1930s is a time of robbers who knock over banks and other rich targets with alarming frequency. Of them, none is more notorious than John Dillinger, whose gang plies its trade with cunning efficiency against big businesses while leaving ordinary citizens alone. As Dillinger becomes a folk hero, FBI head J. Edger Hoover is determined to stop his ilk by assigning ace agent Melvin Purvis to hunt down Dillinger. As Purvis struggles with the manhunt's realities, Dillinger himself faces an ominous future with the loss of friends, dwindling options and a changing world of organized crime with no room for him.
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The Road - undated, unspecified draft script by Joe Penhall (based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy) - hosted by: The Weinstein Company - in pdf formatA father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless cannibalistic bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food--and each other.
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Sin Nombre - October 25, 2007 unspecified draft script by Cary Fukunaga - hosted by:Focus Films - in pdf formatHonduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.
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A Single Man - undated, unspecified draft script by Tom Ford and David Scearce (based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood) - hosted by: The Weinstein Company - in pdf formatA story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.
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Suger - October 22, 2007 shooting draft script by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck - hosted by:Sony Classics - in pdf formatBy 2008, more than 25 percent of major league baseball players were born in Latin America. At 19, Miguel "Sugar" Santos, a serious kid from the Dominican Republic, signs with Kansas City. He flies to Phoenix for tryouts and is sent to the Class A team in Bridgeport, Iowa, where he lives with a farm family. Thus begins his odyssey: leaving his mom and girlfriend; living in an alien culture; learning English; overcoming jitters; working hard; achieving early success; navigating friendships, occasional racism, and a woman's mixed signals; dealing with an injury; trying performance-enhancing drugs; and, searching for his place in the world. Will he make it to the Majors; will he play in New York?
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Sunshine Cleaning - March 5, 2007 green revised draft script by Megan Holley - hosted by: Overture Films - in pdf formatA family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out?
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Where The Wild Things Are - November 21, 2008 revised draft script by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers (Based on Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak) - hosted by:WarnerBros - in pdf formatAn adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. You can read the first half of the novelization at New Yorker
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The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) - undated, unspecified draft script by Michael Haneke - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf formatStrange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
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