Tag: John G. Avildsen

The Karate Kid Script

Script by:Robert Mark Kamen (Screenplay)
Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1984
IMDb:tt0087538

Plot:Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than self-defense. Armed with newfound confidence, skill and wisdom, Daniel ultimately faces off against his tormentors in this hugely popular classic underdog tale.
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Neighbors (1981) Script

Script by:Thomas Berger (Novel), Larry Gelbart (Screenplay)
Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0082801

Plot:One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.
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Rocky V Script

Script by:Sylvester Stallone (Screenplay)
Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1990
IMDb:tt0100507

Plot:A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
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Happy New Year Script

Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1987
IMDb:tt0093145

Plot:Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.
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A Night In Heaven Script

Script by:Gene Kirkwood (Author), Joan Tewkesbury (Screenplay)
Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1983
IMDb:tt0086011

Plot:Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?
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The Formula Script

Script by:Steve Shagan (Novel), Steve Shagan (Screenplay)
Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1980
IMDb:tt0080754

Plot:A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil--and oil companies. A major oil company finds out about it and tries to destroy the formula and anyone who knows about it.
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Joe Script

Script by:Norman Wexler (Writer)
Directed by:John G. Avildsen
Year:1970
IMDb:tt0065916

Plot:Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue.
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