Aviv's Scripts Page #15

The Abyss

EXT. OCEAN/UNDERWATER -- DAY 3 Blue, deep and featureless, the twilight of five hundred feet down. PROPELLER SOUND. Materializing out of the blue limbo is the enormous but sleek form of an Ohio-class SSBN ballistic missile submarine. INT. U.S.S. MONTANA -- DAY 4 In the attack center, darke...

– by James Cameron

The Thirteenth Floor

INT. HOTEL ROOM-MIGHT 1930 L.A. Fuller writes a letter FULLER They say, "Ignorance is bliss." For the first time in my life, I agree. I wish I had never uncovered the awful truth. I know now. once they find out, they will try to silence me. That is why I've written this all down fo...

– by Josef Rusnak

Testament of Youth

1 EXT. LONDON STREET - EVENING (WINTER) 1 In the enfolding gloom of evening, Vera is BUFFETED in the crowd; people wave flags, swig from bottles, sit astride each other’s shoulders. Vera mingles in the crowd but seems isolated, as though in a separate bubble. The sound cuts in and out, as t...

– by Juliette Towhidi

Still Alice

INT. NEW YORK RESTAURANT - EVENING In a fashionable uptown Asian-Fusion eatery, a birthdaycelebration takes place. At the head of the table is ALICE HOWLAND, a woman who could be said to have it all: a high- flying academic career, a successful marriage, and threehealthy grown children. She is...

– by Richard Glatzer

Spring Breakers

FADE IN: EXT. SMALL LOCAL COLLEGE - MAGIC HOUR We see the entrance to a small college campus, leafless trees lining the road. The wind is blowing. The sun is setting and the sky has a hazy red tint. EXT. COLLEGE PARKING LOT - MAGIC HOUR We see a parking lot with only a few cars. A coup...

– by Harmony Korine

Spotlight

1 INT. POLICE STATION, BOSTON - NIGHT, 1976 1 A quiet, cold winter night. An OLDER COP emerges from an INTERVIEW ROOM, walks down a long hall. Boston, MA - December, 1976 He reaches the front desk. A YOUNG COP looks to him, curious, as he lights a cigarette. YOUNG COP How’s that goi...

– by Tom McCarthy

Somewhere

1 EXT. RACE TRACK - DAY 1 It's overcast, as a black Ferrari speeds around an empty track in the foggy haze. It does lap after lap, getting nowhere. It slows down and stops. JOHNNY gets out and stands there. CUT TO: Main titles over black: Somewhere 2 INT. CHATEAU MARMONT - NIGHT 2 ...

– by Sofia Coppola

Short Term 12

EXT. GROUP HOME, COTTAGE -- MORNING Standing in a circle is MASON, late-20s, a hug-able bear witha good heart and sense of humor. JESSICA, 20s with aclipboard, quiet, confident and looks like she could kicksome ass, and NATE, 20s, skinny and nervous as hell. MASON Yeah, I mean, day one’s alw...

– by Destin Daniel Cretton

Smashed

FADE IN: INT. KARAOKE BAR - NIGHT 1 CLOSE ON: KATE HANNAH -- late-20s, pretty and wholesome and, oh yeah, piss drunk. She stands on a tiny KARAOKE STAGE * in the far corner of a half-empty dive bar. Kate holds a MICROPHONE and dances as she SINGS a bad karaoke version of “SONG TO BE DETERM...

– by James Ponsoldt

Lone Survivor

1 EXT. BAGRAM AIR BASE, AFGHANISTAN 1 EXT. BAGRAM AIR BASE, AFGHANISTAN 1 Through massive sun flare, a BLACKHAWK Chopper coming in fast. Landing hard on Bagram Air Base. LUTTRELL (vo) It’s something most of us have known all of our lives. What we all wanted. It’s in our blood. ...

– by Peter Berg

Locke

1 INT. LAND ROVER/EXT. LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITE - NIGHT 1 Through the window of a Land Rover, we see a construction site working at full capacity. Huge arc lights and floodlights illuminate the scene and men are hard at work. A group of men are in discussion in a pool of light. There is a c...

– by Steven Knight

The Keeping Room

EXT. ROAD - MORNING A BLACK WOMAN, ALMA, walks towards us, hauling a BUNDLE of newly cut CANE. And then -- She spots a DOG. The dog GROWLS at her. This gives her pause, until... She begins to GROWL right back at it. And then the dog starts to BARK. So she starts to BARK too. There’s some ...

– by Julia Hart

Julieta

Julieta’s three houses in Madrid, at the three different stages in the story: House 1 is the one she shares with her daughter Ant.a, after Xoan’s death. 19, Fernando VI, Third Floor. From 1998 to 2006-2007. House 2 is the one to which she moves, after throwing out all the reminders ...

– by Pedro Almodóvar

It's Kind of a Funny Story

EXT. BROOKLYN STREET - NIGHT CRAIG GILNER (16, handsome, but awkward) glides on his biketoward the Brooklyn Bridge. He is the only one on thestreets. A rhythmic beating heart is the only sound we hear. BADOOM BADOOM BADOOM The heartbeat increases in pace as Craig nears the bridge. EXT. BR...

– by Anna Boden

The Iron Lady

1 EXT. BEACH. MARGATE. KENT. DAY. 1885. 1 The STEADY FOOTFALL OF A WOMAN’s BOOTS, sinking in wet sand- The RISE and FALL of a WOMAN’s breath- MRS GEORGE WHARTON ROBINSON aka ‘NELLY’, head down consumed by thought, etching a line across the sand, like charcoal on paper until- NELLY stop...

– by Abi Morgan

The Invisible Woman

1 EXT. BEACH. MARGATE. KENT. DAY. 1885. 1 The STEADY FOOTFALL OF A WOMAN’s BOOTS, sinking in wet sand- The RISE and FALL of a WOMAN’s breath- MRS GEORGE WHARTON ROBINSON aka ‘NELLY’, head down consumed by thought, etching a line across the sand, like charcoal on paper until- NELLY stop...

– by Abi Morgan

Inherent Vice

1 OVER BLACK 1 A sweet, young woman’s voice narrates. SORTILEGE (V.O.) She came along the alley and upthe back stairs the way she alwaysused to. Doc hadn’t seen her for over a year. Nobody had. Back then it was always sandals, bottomhalf of a flower print bikini, faded Country Joe & the F...

– by Paul Thomas Anderson

Infinitely Polar Bear

EXT. COUNTRYSIDE. DAY A man strides up a grassy hill. He is in his late-30s, clean- shaven with shaggy hair. He wears a well-cut tweed riding jacket, jodhpurs and riding boots. He carries a large shillelagh which rests on his shoulder. This is CAM STUART. He sings with gusto, a Civil War ma...

– by Maya Forbes

I'll See You in My Dreams

1 INT. CAROL’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - MORNING INT. CAROL’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - MORNING 1 CAROL PETERSEN (70s) wakes up to her alarm, the clock digits showing 6:00 sharp. A golden retriever DOG is at the foot of her bed. He lifts his head as she responds to the alarm. Carol sits up in bed and the d...

– by Brett Haley

I Smile Back

1 INT. UNCLE WONG’S CHINESE RESTAURANT - DAY INT. UNCLE WONG’S CHINESE RESTAURANT - DAY 1 LANEY BROOKS(mid-30’s) is having a drink at the bar while she fiddles with a pair of chopsticks. She’s pretty, but not in the way that inspires envy; she’s pretty in a way that makes you want to be her f...

– by Paige Dylan

How to Train Your Dragon

This is Berk. It's twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death. It's located solidly on the meridian of misery. My village. In a word, sturdy. It's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting and a charming view o...

– by Will Davies

The Hollars

1 INT. BATHROOM, HOLLAR HOUSE. DAY. INT. BATHROOM, HOLLAR HOUSE. DAY. 1 A woman stands in front of a bathroom mirror, curling her hair. Her name is SALLY HOLLAR, 58. Sally is dressed in a pink nightgown and robe. She is a kind looking woman. Heavy set and motherly with lines of distinction on ...

– by James C. Strouse

The Great Gatsby

A BLACK SCREEN. The blackness is pierced by a single, pulsing green light... We drift, as if by boat, across a dark bay toward the light. Then, we hear a troubled voice. NICK (V.O.) In my younger and more vulnerableyears my father gave me someadvice: “always try to see the bestin people,” he...

– by Baz Luhrmann

Grandma

1 INT. ELLE’S APARTMENT - DAY 1 An apartment filled with books and art. ELLE lives here. She is 70 years old, beautiful, andextremely wilful. There is nothing of the old lady about her. She is selfish and magnetic and smart. With her this morning is Olivia, an attractive thirty fiveyear ...

– by Paul Weitz