Tag: Eric Roth

The Onion Field Script

Script by:Joseph Wambaugh (Novel), Joseph Wambaugh (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay)
Directed by:Harold Becker
Year:1979
IMDb:tt0079668

Plot:Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy scheme. They drive out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, where one cop is killed and the other escapes. The film explores the consequences.
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Lucky You Script

Script by:Curtis Hanson (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay)
Directed by:Curtis Hanson
Year:2007
IMDb:tt0338216

Plot:A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.
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Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Script

Script by:Eric Roth (Screenplay), Jonathan Safran Foer (Novel)
Directed by:Stephen Daldry
Year:2011
IMDb:tt0477302

Plot:A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
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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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Mank Script

Script by:Eric Roth (Script Consultant), Jack Fincher (Writer)
Directed by:David Fincher
Year:2020
IMDb:tt10618286

Plot:1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
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Dune (2021) Script

Script by:Eric Roth (Screenplay), Frank Herbert (Novel), Denis Villeneuve (Screenplay), Jon Spaihts (Screenplay)
Directed by:Denis Villeneuve
Year:2021
IMDb:tt1160419

Plot:Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
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Airport ’79 – The Concorde Script

Script by:Arthur Hailey (Author), Jennings Lang (Writer), Jennings Lang (Screenplay), Arthur Hailey (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay)
Directed by:David Lowell Rich
Year:1979
IMDb:tt0078740

Plot:The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
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Memories of Me Script

Script by:Billy Crystal (Writer), Eric Roth (Writer)
Directed by:Peter Elbling, Henry Winkler
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0095613

Plot:After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his father, Abe (King), who works in Hollywood as the "king of the extras." Their relationship has been strained for several years. This was the first movie directed by Henry Winkler, and much of it was filmed inside the MGM Studios in Culver City, California, only a few miles from Hollywood. Lisa, the romantic interest in Abbie's life, also comes for a visit and bonds with Abe, who gets along famously with everyone but his son. Abe begins having memory loss and eventually is diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. He and his son grow closer in time and, before it's too late, Abbie tries to get Abe a speaking role in a film.
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The Insider (1999) Script

Script by:Michael Mann (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay)
Directed by:Michael Mann
Year:1999
IMDb:tt0140352

Plot:Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.
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The Postman Script

Script by:David Brin (Author), Eric Roth (Screenplay), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay)
Directed by:Kevin Costner
Year:1997
IMDb:tt0119925

Plot:In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
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