Tag: Steven Zaillian

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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The Interpreter Script

Script by:Scott Frank (Author), Steven Zaillian (Author), Charles Randolph (Author), Martin Stellman (Story), Brian Ward (Story)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:2005
IMDb:tt0373926

Plot:After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
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The Irishman Script

Script by:Steven Zaillian (Screenplay), Charles Brandt (Book)
Directed by:Martin Scorsese
Year:2019
IMDb:tt1302006

Plot:Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
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Exodus: Gods and Kings Script

Script by:Steven Zaillian (Screenplay), Jeffrey Caine (Screenplay), Adam Cooper (Screenplay), Bill Collage (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ridley Scott
Year:2014
IMDb:tt1528100

Plot:The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
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Mission Impossible Script

Script by:Bruce Geller (Original Story), David Koepp (Screenplay), Steven Zaillian (Screenplay), Robert Towne (Screenplay)
Directed by:Brian De Palma
Year:1996
IMDb:tt0117060

Plot:When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
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Awakenings Script

Script by:Oliver Sacks (Novel), Steven Zaillian (Screenplay), Oliver Sacks (Screenplay)
Directed by:Penny Marshall
Year:1990
IMDb:tt0099077

Plot:Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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American Gangster Script

Script by:Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ridley Scott
Year:2007
IMDb:tt0765429

Plot:Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
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A Civil Action (1998) Script

Script by:Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)
Directed by:Steven Zaillian
Year:1998
IMDb:tt0120633

Plot:Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
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A Civil Action Script

Script by:Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)
Directed by:Steven Zaillian
Year:1998
IMDb:tt0120633

Plot:Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to “get rid of” a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything – including his career and his clients’ goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer Script

Script by:Fred Waitzkin (Novel), Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)
Directed by:Steven Zaillian
Year:1993
IMDb:tt0108065

Plot:A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
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