Hello
My name is David Collins and together with my writing partners Peter Devonald and Roger Cottrell I wrote numerous film and television scripts over the period 2001 to 2008. Beneath piles of books and folders the scripts have remained, gathering dust.
We received positive reviews, won numerous awards and were voted number one in competitions, but alas nothing happened - no agent, no J.K Rowling story for us.
So here they are - ten years later - for your reading pleasure. The world might have completely changed since then, what with smart phones, social networks and the like. But one thing remains - the need for unique original stories.
Happy Reading
Likes:
1) Films (especially from the 1970s)
2) Music (especially from the 1970s)
3) Food
Dislikes:
1) Modern Films (especially superhero movies)
2) Modern Music (anything after 2010)
3) CGI Special Effects
Loathes:
1) Politics
2) Political Correctness
3) Handycam Cinematography
Favourite Films:
Munich
Cool Hand Luke
The Empire Strikes Back
Pinocchio
The Godfather
Gheisar (Caesar)
Excalibur
The Long Goodbye
Lawrence of Arabia
Paddington 2
Saturday Night Fever
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ghostbusters (1984)
Midnight Express
The Thing (1982)
Rollerball (1975)
Midnight Cowboy
Airplane 2
White Heat
Sorcerer
Dirty Harry
The Day of the Jackal
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Thief
Nuits Rouges (Shadowman)
Night of the Hunter
Donnie Brasco
Catch 22
Out for Justice
Milano Odia (Almost Human)
Straw Dogs (1971)
A Clockwork Orange
La Casa Dalle Finestre Che Ridono (The House With Laughing Windows)
The Gambler (1974)
Violent Cop
Dip Huet Seung Hung (The Killer)
Platoon
Wizards
Bullitt
Z
The Battle of Algiers
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Shining
Do the Right Thing
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
After Hours
Serpico
Die Xue Jie Tou (Bullet in the Head)
Kandu (Beehive)
La Dolce Vita
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Zorba the Greek
Falcon and the Snowman
Papillon
Network
The Parallax View
Goldfinger
Yellow Submarine
The Omega Man
Lust for Life
Il Grande Racket (The Big Racket)
Robocop (1987)
State of Grace
Mad Max (1979)
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
State of Siege
Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts)
25th Hour
Amadeus
Eyes Wide Shut
Flash Gordon
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Coonskin
Enter the Dragon
Non Si Sevizia Un Paperino (Don't Torture a Duckling)
Natural Born Killers
Carlito's Way
Lung Foo Fung Wan (City on Fire)
One Two Three
Taxi Driver
The Getaway (1972)
The French Connection
Ghost Dog
This Sporting Life
Look Back in Anger
O Lucky Man
Don’t Look Now
Tommy
Hud
Heavy Traffic
Apocalypto
Blade Runner
The Blues Brothers
Rosemary's Baby
Predator
Tron (1982)
Raging Bull
Once Upon a Time in the West
Colors
Angel Heart
Die Hard
À Bout De Souffle (Breathless)
Tangsir (Tight Spot)
Rashomon
E.T.
MASH
Scarface (1983)
The Man With the Golden Gun
Alexander
Lord of the Rings (1978)
McCabe & Mrs Miller
The Fisher King
Lethal Weapon
Crocodile Dundee
Get Carter (1971)
Fight Club
Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Withnail & I
Harper
Cross of Iron
The Terminator
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation)
81/2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Doctor Zhivago
Immortal Beloved
Wall Street
American Psycho
La Haine
Hardcore (1979)
The Cincinnati Kid
The Producers (1967)
Tom Thumb
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Running Man
Battle of Britain
Pierrot Le Fou
Carlito's Way
Marathon Man
The Untouchables
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Chariots of Fire
Night of the Iguana
Casablanca
The New World
The Naked Gun
Leon
Last Boy Scout
High Plains Drifter
Rumble Fish
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Jaws
Forest Gump
Lord of War
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Sooteh-Delan (Desiderium)
There Will Be Blood
Watership Down
The Black Hole
Treasure Island (1972)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Deshne (The Dagger)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
The Wild Bunch
Cutter’s Way
Airplane
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Evil Dead 2
Le Mepris (Contempt)
The Ipcress File
Platoon
Young Guns II
Zulu
Do the Right Thing
Meet the Fockers
Back to the Future
Gone With the Wind
Forushande (The Salesman)
Cani Arrabbiati (Rabid Dogs)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Maniac (1980)
Day of the Locust
Apocalypse Now
The Great Escape
Play It Again Sam
The Long Good Friday
La Strada
Chinatown
They Shoot Horses Don’t They?
Soylent Green
Cruising
Diamonds Are Forever
Die Hard 2
A Fistful of Dynamite
The Wild Geese
Kelly's Heroes
Paper Moon
Men in Black
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
The Wizard of Oz
Gauntlet
Brazil
City of God
Fort Apache: The Bronx
The Defiant Ones
The 400 Blows
The Swimmer
Capricorn One
Love Story
Dog Day Afternoon
The Third Man
The Omen (1976)
Belle De Jour
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Alien
Gladiator
Bonnie and Clyde
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Exorcist
Jeremiah Johnson
Tightrope
Talayeh Sorkh (Crimson Gold)
Arthur (1981)
Death Wish
Week-End
For Your Eyes Only
The Truman Show
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Top Secret
Touch of Evil
Vanishing Point
The Italian Job (1969)
Highlander
Murphy’s War
Who Dares Wins
Hot Shots
Dash Akol
Goodfellas
Soldier Blue
Play Misty for Me
Fatal Attraction
The Fly (1986)
Internal Affairs
Training Day
Mary Poppins
Wayne’s World
Lady & the Tramp
And Justice for All
48 Hours
Match Point
The Big Blue
Mean Streets
Falling Down
Spartacus
Rocco and His Brothers
JFK
Face Off
The Silence of the Lambs
Rolling Thunder
Boyz N the Hood
Streetcar Named Desire
Cinema Paradiso
The Conversation
Lenny
Blazing Saddles
Beverly Hills Ninja
Easy Rider
Bambi
Deliverance
Seven Samurai
The Conversation
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Das Boot
Sexy Beast
Ashes and Diamonds
The Lion King
Brubaker
The Big Lebowski
Superman II
Fletch
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Shoot the Piano Player
Django
The Elephant Man
Santouri (The Music Man)
Life is Beautiful
Ben Hur
The Last Detail
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Zodiac
Bullet for the General
Dr Strangelove
Born on the 4th of July
Casino
Pulp Fiction
Black Rain
Turtles Can Fly
Black Rain
Trading Places
Casino Royale (2006)
Sleeping Beauty
Aladdin
Man on the Moon
The Waterboy
Sweet and Lowdown
The Bodyguard
Princess (2006)
Straight Time
Condorman
Dumbo
A Fish Called Wanda
The Collector (1965)
Bedknobs & Broomsticks
Joan of Arc (1999)
Paths of Glory
On the Waterfront
Cinderella
Downfall
The Last Samurai
The Thin Red Line
Seconds
Halloween (1978)
Rebel Without a Cause
Patton
Houdini (1953)
Oliver!
Romancing the Stone
Night Shift (1982)
Last Tango in Paris
Mighty Aphrodite
U Turn
Major League
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Scarecrow
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Little Big Man
Marmoolak (The Lizard)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Rescue Dawn
Misery
Death in Venice
Cromwell
Scent of a Woman
The Terminal
Disney’s Robin Hood
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Dirty Dozen
French Connection II
Aladdin
The Muppet Movie
Freebie and the Bean
The Great Dictator
A Night at the Opera
Under Siege
Che Parts 1 & 2
Young Frankenstein
The Wicker Man (1973)
Psycho (1960)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Creepshow
The Player
Ghost
Frantic
Dead Man
True Romance
High Fidelity
Bugsy Malone
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, Or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Prince of the City
The Buddy Holly Story
The Doors
Police Academy 2
Live and Let Die
Jungle Fever
The Burbs
A Man Called Horse
Killer Joe
Cop
The General (1998)
Mesrine Parts 1 & 2
Miami Blues
Malcolm X
Days of Heaven
The Man Who Would Be King
Buffalo 66
Escape from New York
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Electra Glide in Blue
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Mikey And Nicky
Field of Dreams
Hustle (1975)
The Black Cauldron
All the President’s Men
Scrooge (1970)
In the Heat of the Night
Seven
Reservoir Dogs
Barfly
Menace II Society
The Insider
Castaway (1986)
The Sword in the Stone
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Seven Ups
And God Created Woman (1956)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
The Longest Yard (1974)
La Polizia Chiede Aiuto (What Have They Done to Your Daughters?)
Charley Varrick
Great Balls of Fire
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Ten Commandments
The Message
The Passion of the Christ
Stander
Two Women
The Machinist
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
Angels with Dirty Faces
Planes Trains & Automobiles
A Shot in the Dark
Memories of Underdevelopment
Gran Torino
Changeling
The Recruit
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Sea of Love
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Pixote
Down by Law
Sweet Smell of Success
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
My Cousin Vinny
Mommie Dearest
Licence to Kill
Point Break
Barton Fink
Nixon
Bad Timing
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Heathers
The Hard Way
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Fog (1980)
Groundhog Day
Caddyshack
Scrooged
Splash
Cocoon
Of Mice and Men (1992)
The Fifth Element
Total Recall (1990)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Conan the Barbarian
The Cannonball Run
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
Race with the Devil
The Usual Suspects
V for Vendetta
The Runner (1985)
Cast Away (2000)
Fences
Tremors
Waterloo
Spectre
Willow
Krull
Ray
The Little Mermaid
Young Guns
No Way Out (1987)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Westworld
Logan's Run
Flashpoint (1984)
Grosse Pointe Blank
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Phone Booth
A Very Private Affair
Coup de Torchon
The Driver (1978)
Killing Zoe
Spirited Away
History of the World Part I
Alfie (1966)
A Star is Born (1954)
Bad Company (1972)
Alligator
Troma’s War
Pretty Woman
Up in the Air
Dredd
Il Deserto Rosso (Red Desert)
Rambo First Blood