The Blue Lagoon Script

Script by:Henry De Vere Stacpoole (Novel), Douglas Day Stewart (Writer)
Directed by:Randal Kleiser
Year:1980

Plot:Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
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An Officer and a Gentleman Script

Script by:Douglas Day Stewart (Screenplay)
Directed by:Taylor Hackford
Year:1982

Plot:Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.
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The Scarlet Letter Script

Script by:Nathaniel Hawthorne (Novel), Douglas Day Stewart (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roland Joffé
Year:1995

Plot:Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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