The Bad Read
The Bad Read
Andy and Luke want to read early drafts of classic screenplays so you don't have to. With a little help from their friends (actually lots of help), that’s exactly what they’re doing. Each season a new movie, each episode the next act. They’re starting big. Season One features George Lucas’s 1974 rough draft of The Star Wars, before he dropped the "The". The Script - https://maddogmovies.com/a…Social links:
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Die Hard (1987) - Jeb Stuart. Part 5
Wooooooooo we're into the final act and it's getting hectic now! Someone is going out a window dammit or why are we even here? If you would like to read along, a pdf of the draft we're reading is here - https://screenplaysandscripts.com/script_files/D/DIE%20HARD%20(1988)%20Jeb%20Stuart%20[1987-10…
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Die Hard (1987) - Jeb Stuart. Part 4
We've got more Johnson and Johnson, more William (AKA Argyle), and a more serious McClane and Gruber... but seriously, Jeb Stuart is on fire. If you would like to read along, a pdf of the draft we're reading is here - https://screenplaysandscripts.com/script_files/D/DIE%20HARD%20(1988)%20Jeb%20St…
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Die Hard (1987) - Jeb Stuart. Part 3
So it's not quite Die Hard... but it's pretty gosh darn Die Hard!!! Carry on Jeb Stuart you freakish legend! Carry on. If you would like to read along, a pdf of the draft we're reading is here - https://screenplaysandscripts.com/script_files/D/DIE%20HARD%20(1988)%20Jeb%20Stuart%20[1987-10-02].pdf …
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Die Hard (1987) - Jeb Stuart. Part 2
Wait... are we just reading Die Hard with a few dialogue changes? Did Jeb Stuart nail his first produced feature film with a revised draft?! And will Stifler's Mom hook up with John McC - sorry, help save John McClane of the northern McClane clan? If you would like to read along, a pdf of the draf…
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Die Hard (1987) - Jeb Stuart. Part 1
Tis the season for New York cops heading to LA, and you know what that means... shots fired at the Nakatomi Plaza! This is the second revised draft of Jeb Stuart's Die Hard, based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (1979) by Roderick Thorp. So surely it makes sense? Christmas miracles happen, don't…
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The Bad Read (2020) - SEASON 3 ANNOUNCEMENT
It's that time of year (and what a year it's been...), so what else could we do but a Christmas script with carols and parties and family reunions and snow! But what could it be? Come out for the cast, we'll get together, have a few laughs...
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The Batman (1983) - Tom Mankiewicz. Act 4
It's the last episode of The Batman and finally, things haven't gone well for Bat-Quimby! The Joker is killing people, The Penguin is on the scene, and the Batmobile has a cigarette lighter. Honestly though... what is going on?! No idea how this will end but we're headed to the circus because they'…
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The Batman (1983) - Tom Mankiewicz. Act 3
While Batman has been making friends with Silver St. Cloud and Gordon, hosting parties, and being pronounced Gotham's "Man of a Lifetime", the Joker has been... well he's... well he's not really doing anything, is he? And what about Thorne? Actually, what is anyone doing? If you would like to read…
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The Batman (1983) - Tom Mankiewicz. Act 2
We've met Bruce Wayne, and he can do things better than any human being to ever exist ever. If that's what you're into. But the Joker is out there doing... something... we think... and there isn't a Batman to stop him. Not yet anyway. If you would like to read along, a pdf of the draft we're rea…
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The Batman (1983) - Tom Mankiewicz. Act 1
Everyone knows Batman, right? Surely he, of all the comic book heroes, doesn’t need an origin story. But it was 1983... a different bat time... a different bat place... Yeah, we went there. Not ashamed. If you would like to read along, a pdf of the draft we're reading is here - http://thebatmanun…
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