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TeamPooka

(25,421 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 06:09 PM Dec 2013

Here's a link so you can download most of this years Oscar contending screenplays, legal and free

Being a good writer means being a good reader.
That's how you learn format and structure.
So if writing for film or TV is one of your goals then you need to read good screenplays so here you go.
Happy holidays from me!

http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2013/12/update-award-season-screenplay-downloads-38-scripts.html

It’s that time of year again when studios make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.
As in years past, we will be tracking them and posting links as they become available.

Current total of scripts for download: 38.

Newly added script: Labor Day

12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

42 (Warner Bros.)

All Is Lost (Roadside Attractions) NOTE: The script is 31 pages long with virtually no dialogue.

The Armstrong Lie (Sony Classics – documentary transcript)

August: Osage County (TWC)

Before Midnight (Sony Classics)

The Bling Ring (A24)

The Croods (DreamWorks Animation)

Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)

Despicable Me 2 (Universal – Click on “Screenplay”)

Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)

The Fifth Estate (IMG)

Frozen (Disney)

Fruitvale Station (TWC)

Gravity (Warner Bros.)

The Great Gatsby (Warner Bros.)

The Invisible Woman (Sony Classics)

Kill Your Darlings (Sony Classics)

Labor Day (Paramount)

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (TWC)

Lone Survivor (Universal – Click on “Screenplay”)

Monsters University (Disney / Pixar)

Mud (Roadside Attractions)

Nebraska (Paramount)

One Chance (TWC)

The Past (Sony Classics)

Philomena (TWC)

The Place Beyond the Pines (Focus Features)

Prisoners (Warner Bros.)

Rush (Universal – Click on “Screenplay”)

Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)

Short Term 12 (Cinedigm) NOTE: Hosted exclusively by Go Into The Story.

The Spectacular Now (A24)

Spring Breakers (A24)

Wadjda (Sony Classics)

The Way Way Back (Fox Searchlight)

We Steal Secrets (IMG – transcript)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)

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Here's a link so you can download most of this years Oscar contending screenplays, legal and free (Original Post) TeamPooka Dec 2013 OP
Amazing..I had no idea these were available to the public. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #1
technically they are for industry to read and vote in awards this season but as in all things TeamPooka Dec 2013 #2
very cool Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #3

TeamPooka

(25,421 posts)
2. technically they are for industry to read and vote in awards this season but as in all things
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 07:05 PM
Dec 2013

Hollywood, if you know someone you get the good stuff.

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