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Read Cool Hand Luke

Luke is sent to a prison camp, where he gets a reputation as a hard man. The head of the gang hates him, and tries to break him by beating him up. It doesn’t work, and he gains respect. His mother dies, and he escapes, but is caught, escapes again, and is caught again.

Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson were nominated for the 1968 Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. They didn’t win, tho George Kennedy did win for best supporting actor.

Well, I thought I’d take the new site out for a test drive with The Grapes of Wrath

Needless to say, this 1940 movie is based on the novel, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson known also for writing scripts such as The Dirty Dozen and The Three Faces Of Eve.

Summary: Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncles farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life… Hopefully. Based on the John Steinbeck novel.

More information about this movie at imdb.com

This script originally appeared at the weekly script

Here is the new site. I just finished setting it up. The movie script listings are on its own page called Movie Scripts. I need to clean up the look there. Hope you enjoy the new look!