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.

Woody Weekend

Woody Allen's annual new film opens this weekend. The reviews I've seen so far for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" all seem to be relatively positive thus far, but I'm still a bit skeptical. His new movies movies have always been an annual outing for me, but they've become more and more of a chore. I have to see them, even if they'll inevitably disappoint. The buzz around this new one, though... I hope it's true. I guess I'll know when I get around to seeing it this week. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will help.


I hope I'm posing for photos like that when I'm his age. Hell, I'd take now, even.

A few links for this Woody Weekend (heh, heh):

Scott Tobias posted a recent interview he conducted with Woody Allen this week.

I know there are a few die-hard Woody fans (heh, heh) in our audience and in the league. (Backer - are you out there?) For those of you who aren't, here's a pretty good starting point:The Onion's Primer to the Woody Allen canon.

And a few promising reviews of the new movie: The AVClub, Time Out New York, The New York Times, and USA Today.


I'm surprised how many critics have danced around the Johansson/Cruz "lesbian liplock" (thank you, Page Six), considering all the hub-bub there was around it earlier this year. At the very least, dear readers, you know I'LL be blogging about it.