Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Thy cup of free Academy consideration screenplays runneth over - Dark Knight, Doubt, Duchess, Changeling, Happy-Go-Lucky, Wall-E, Vicky Cristina


Studios are offering up a bunch of their films' screenplays for consideration of an Academy Award nomination. Read 'em! They're good! They're free! Here's a roundup of what's currently available with links to the script downloads:

CHANGELING - undated, unspecified draft script by J. Michael Straczynski

THE DARK KNIGHT - undated, unspecified draft script by Jonathan & Christopher Nolan

DEFIANCE - September 9, 2007 revised tan draft script by Clayton Frohman & Edward Zwick (based on the book by Nechama Tec)

DOUBT - undated, unspecified draft script by John Patrick Shanley (based in his stage play)

THE DUCHESS
- November 20, 2007 shooting draft script by Jeffery Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb (based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman)

FROST/NIXON - August 27, 2007 revised yellow draft script by Peter Morgan

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - undated, unspecified draft script by Mike Leigh

WALL-E
- undated, unspecified draft script by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon (original story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter)

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA - undated, unspecified draft script by Woody Allen

Thank you to SimplyScripts for the heads-up.