Written by Dennis McIntyre
Uncredited rewrite by David Rabe
Directed by Phil Joanou
Running time: 129 minutes
Year: 1990
The Incredible Hulk
Screenplay by Zak Penn
Uncredited draft by Edward Norton
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Running time: 105 minutes
Year:2008
True Romance
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Directed by Tony Scott
Running Time: 117 minutes
Year: 1993
Poster by Matt Ryan
Alien
Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon
Story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett
Directed by Ridley Scott
Running time: 114 minutes
Year: 1979
The Karate Kid
Written by Robert Mark Kamen
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Running time: 123 minutes
Year: 1984
Gravity
Written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Running time: 84 minutes
Year: 2013
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BASIC STORY MAP
PROTAGONIST: Dr. Ryan Stone, medical engineer on her first space mission
CHARACTERIZATION|MAIN MISBEHAVIOR: Highly skilled scientist | Consumed by despair
EXTERNAL GOAL: To return to Earth
INTERNAL GOAL: To believe in herself
MAIN DRAMATIC CONFLICT: Space
THEMES: Resilience | Rebirth
CENTRAL DRAMATIC QUESTION: Will Ryan return to Earth?
ENDING: Ryan uses the Chinese Space Station’s escape pod and returns to Earth.
ARC: Ryan goes from being consumed by despair to a woman who fights for her life.
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Dallas Buyers Club
Written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Running time: 113 minutes
Year: 2013
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Fletch
Screenplay by Andrew Bergman
Based on the novel by Gregory McDonald
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Running time: 105 minutes
Year: 1985
BASIC STORY MAP
PROTAGONIST: Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher, 40s, investigative reporter
CHARACTERIZATION|MAIN MISBEHAVIOR: Headstrong, Disguise expert | Smart-ass
EXTERNAL GOAL: To investigate Stanwyk | To finish his drug trafficking exposé
INTERNAL GOAL: To stay cool under pressure
MAIN DRAMATIC CONFLICT: Stanwyk
THEMES: Greed | Power
CENTRAL DRAMATIC QUESTION: Will Fletch figure out Stanwyk’s motive and expose the drug trade on the beach?
ENDING: Fletch cracks the drug trafficking case, finishes his story.
ARC: Fletch goes from a smart-assed investigative reporter to a smart-assed investigative reporter.
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American Gangster
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Directed by Ridley Scott
Running time: 150 minutes
Year: 2007
BASIC TWO PROTAGONIST STORY MAP
PROTAGONIST: Frank Lucas
CHARACTERIZATION/MAIN MISBEHAVIOR: Business-minded | Greed
EXTERNAL GOAL: To create a business with a superior product | To expand and maintain his business
INTERNAL GOAL: To win at all costs
MAIN DRAMATIC CONFLICT: Richie | Mobsters | Trupo
THEMES: Capitalism | Greed
CENTRAL DRAMATIC QUESTION: Will Frank be able to expand and maintain his business without being arrested or killed?
ENDING: Frank is arrested.
ARC: Frank goes from a Harlem gangster’s driver to the most successful heroin supplier in the United States, but is arrested when he refuses to quit.
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Being John Malkovich
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Directed by Spike Jonze
Running time: 107 minutes
Year: 1999
