Tag: John Schlesinger

The Falcon And The Snowman Script

Script by:Robert Lindsey (Novel), Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1985
IMDb:tt0087231

Plot:The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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Yanks Script

Script by:Colin Welland (Story), Colin Welland (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1979
IMDb:tt0080157

Plot:During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
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Honky Tonk Freeway Script

Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0082525

Plot:Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by it's Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
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The Day Of The Locust Script

Script by:Nathanael West (Novel), Waldo Salt (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1975
IMDb:tt0072848

Plot:Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
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The Innocent Script

Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1993
IMDb:tt0106185

Plot:A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
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Madame Sousatzka Script

Script by:Bernice Rubens (Novel), John Schlesinger (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0095564

Plot:In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenage Bengali immigrant who displays incredible talent. Manek forms a close bond with his teacher, but soon discovers that she expects her pupils to become disciplined in all areas of life, and not just behind the piano
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The Next Best Thing Script

Script by:Tom Ropelewski (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:2000
IMDb:tt0156841

Plot:A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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Marathon Man Script

Script by:William Goldman (Novel), William Goldman (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1976
IMDb:tt0074860

Plot:A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Midnight Cowboy (1969) Script

Script by:Waldo Salt (Screenplay), James Leo Herlihy (Novel)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1969
IMDb:tt0064665

Plot:Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
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Midnight Cowboy Script

Script by:Waldo Salt (Screenplay), James Leo Herlihy (Novel)
Directed by:John Schlesinger
Year:1969
IMDb:tt0064665

Plot:A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
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