Robert Altman – Movie Catcher Script Finder

Fool For Love Script

Script by:Sam Shepard (Writer)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1985

Plot:A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

Follow one of the following links for Fool For Love Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$)
Script-O-Rama (Transcript)
Script City (PDF,$) - 4/25/85 4TH DRAFT

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Popeye Script

Script by:Jules Feiffer (Screenplay)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1980

IMDb:tt0081353

Plot:Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Follow one of the following links for Popeye Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$)
The Daily Script (PDF)
Script City (PDF,$) - FINAL DRAFT
Script City (PDF,$) - (EARLY) 1ST DRAFT. *very light copy. *missing pg.

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Thieves Like Us Script

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1974

IMDb:tt0072274

Plot:Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, Keechie. They become romantically involved but their relationship is strained by Bowie's refusal to turn his back on crime. The film is based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson. The novel is also the source material for the 1949 film They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray.

Follow one of the following links for Thieves Like Us Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$)
Script City (PDF,$) - NO DRAFT DATE
scripts.com (Transcript)

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Long Goodbye Script

Script by:Raymond Chandler (Novel), Leigh Brackett (Screenplay), Raymond Chandler (Screenplay)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1973

IMDb:tt0070334

Plot:Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Follow one of the following links for Long Goodbye Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$) - [3-5-1972]
Script Fly (PDF,$) - [REV 3-7-1972][miss pg. 21]
Script City (PDF,$) - NO DRAFT DATE
Script Slug (PDF)

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The Player Script

Script by:Michael Tolkin (Novel), Michael Tolkin (Screenplay)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1992

IMDb:tt0105151

Plot:A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Follow one of the following links for The Player Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$) - [Early]
Script-O-Rama (Transcript)
Script City (PDF,$) - EARLY 4/20/89 1ST
Script City (PDF,$) - 10/5/89 1ST
Script Slug (PDF)

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The Gingerbread Man Script

Script by:John Grisham (Writer), Clyde Hayes (Screenplay)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1998

IMDb:tt0119196

Plot:Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss, discovers her car has been stolen. Having had a few drinks, Magruder offers to give her a lift home, a decision that turns into a one night stand. Rick soon learns that her nut-case father, Dixon, seems to have begun threatening her again. Rick puts the force of his law firm behind Mallory, who he barely knows, has Dixon picked up by the police, and subpoenas the girl's belligerent ex-husband, Pete, to testify against the old man. Dixon is put away in an asylum. However, he soon escapes, putting the lives of everyone who conspired against him in jeopardy.

Follow one of the following links for The Gingerbread Man Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$) - 9/8/95
Script-O-Rama (Transcript)
Script City (PDF,$) - 9/8/1995

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Ready To Wear Script

Script by:Robert Altman (Screenplay), Barbara Shulgasser (Screenplay)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1994

IMDb:tt0110907

Plot:Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an all-star cast.

Follow one of the following links for Ready To Wear Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$) - Aka Pret-A-Porter
Script-O-Rama (Transcript)
Script City (PDF,$) - EARLY NO DATE
Script City (PDF,$) - NO DATE
Script City (PDF,$) - REVISED DRAFT.
Script Fly (PDF,$) - [Undated]
The Script Savant (PDF)

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California Split Script

Script by:Joseph Walsh (Writer)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1974

IMDb:tt0071269

Plot:Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

Follow one of the following links for California Split Scripts:

Script City (PDF,$) - 12/18/73 1ST
scripts.com (Transcript)

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A Perfect Couple Script

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1979

IMDb:tt0079710

Plot:Offbeat but endearing romantic comedy about unlikely match-up (by computer dating) of straitlaced Dooley, under the thumb of overbearing father, and singer Heflin, whose life is wrapped up with her familial rock group.

Follow one of the following links for A Perfect Couple Scripts:

Script Fly (PDF,$)

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Brewster McCloud Script

Script by:Doran William Cannon (Writer)

Directed by:Robert Altman

Year:1970

IMDb:tt0065492

Plot:Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.

Follow one of the following links for Brewster McCloud Scripts:

Script City (PDF,$) - 7/28/1969
subslikescript.com (Transcript)

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