Overboard (1987) Script

Script by:Leslie Dixon (Screenplay)
Directed by:Garry Marshall
Year:1987

Plot:Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
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Outrageous Fortune Script

Script by:Leslie Dixon (Writer)
Directed by:Arthur Hiller
Year:1987

Plot:Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.
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Just Like Heaven Script

Script by:Marc Levy (Novel), Leslie Dixon (Screenplay), Peter Tolan (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mark Waters
Year:2005

Plot:Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
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Heartbreak Kid Script

Script by:Kevin Barnett (Screenplay), Leslie Dixon (Screenplay), Bobby Farrelly (Screenplay), Scot Armstrong (Screenplay)
Directed by:Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Year:2007

Plot:Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.
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Freaky Friday Script

Script by:Leslie Dixon (Screenplay), Heather Hach (Screenplay), Mary Rodgers (Novel)
Directed by:Mark Waters
Year:2003

Plot:Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
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Overboard Script

Script by:Leslie Dixon (Original Story), Bob Fisher (Screenplay), Rob Greenberg (Screenplay)
Directed by:Rob Greenberg
Year:2018

Plot:A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Script

Script by:Leslie Dixon (Screenplay), Kurt Wimmer (Screenplay)
Directed by:John McTiernan
Year:1999

Plot:A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
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Pay It Forward Script

Script by:Catherine Ryan Hyde (Screenplay), Leslie Dixon (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mimi Leder
Year:2000

Plot:Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
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Limitless Script

Script by:Alan Glynn (Author), Leslie Dixon (Screenplay)
Directed by:Neil Burger
Year:2011

Plot:A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.
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