Tag: Frank Pierson

Cat Ballou Script

Script by:Roy Chanslor (Novel), Walter Newman (Screenplay), Frank Pierson (Screenplay)
Directed by:Elliot Silverstein
Year:1965
IMDb:tt0059017

Plot:A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
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A Star Is Born (2018) Script

Script by:Bradley Cooper (Screenplay), Will Fetters (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay), William A. Wellman (Story), Robert Carson (Story), Moss Hart (Original Film Writer), John Gregory Dunne (Original Film Writer), Joan Didion (Original Film Writer), Frank Pierson (Original Film Writer)
Directed by:Bradley Cooper
Year:2018
IMDb:tt1517451

Plot:Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
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A Star Is Born Script

Script by:Frank Pierson (Screenplay), William A. Wellman (Story), Robert Carson (Story), Joan Didion (Screenplay), John Gregory Dunne (Screenplay)
Directed by:Frank Pierson
Year:1976
IMDb:tt0075265

Plot:Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman, after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.
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Truman Script

Script by:David McCullough (Author), Tom Rickman (Teleplay)
Directed by:Frank Pierson
Year:1995
IMDb:tt0114738

Plot:Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
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Cool Hand Luke Script

Script by:Donn Pearce (Novel), Frank Pierson (Screenplay), Donn Pearce (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stuart Rosenberg
Year:1967
IMDb:tt0061512

Plot:When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
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