Upper missouri river1820s evening as we float with a leaf down the current. But when i spoke with leo, she said hunt was very precise and always knew just what she was after. Breaking ice on the hudson along the frozen hudson river, coast guard ice cutters clear a channel for barges carrying essential winter supplies such as heating oil and road salt. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Script slug will be launching new tools and resources for screenwriters. At first glance, no one film jumps out as the big player, but frozen river did manage to pull in seven nods, while rachel getting married and ballast earned. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music.
Its the official start of award season as the independent spirit award nominations were announced today. Tishs home, tishs bedroom day 4 a simple bed and bedside table, dresserdrawer at the foot of the bed with an oversized mirror atop it. Ray and lila and a new york state trooper as opponent in an evolving catandmouse game. Because the police are demanding a scapegoat, the tribal head decides to excommunicate lila for five years due to her smuggling history which involved. The revenant 80910 script desert screenwriters group. Its the title of your work, its the set up, its a character description etc. Frozen river, actor melissa leo, actor misty upham, writerdirector courtney hunt duration. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor. The screenplay focuses on two workingclass women who smuggle illegal immigrants from canada to the united states.
The only entertainment seems to be the bingo house on the mohawk indian reservation. Here is where the husband of ray eddy melissa leo, the hardbitten. Under thick coating, an icebreaking ship uncovers the. The project just finished shooting and is putting together an assembly cut. Frozen river is the story of ray eddy, an upstate new york trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that. Two women one white, one mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the st. Theres an easy reciprocity between rays struggles to evade the law and her attempts, say, to give her sons some sort of christmas a spindly tree, a present or two beneath it.
Sophia takal director and cowriter of blumhouses black christmas december 20, 2019 the script lab podcast. The river stretches for miles in either direction, frozen, and still with trees on either side. Jul 31, 2008 possibly the best thing about frozen river is that the mechanics of its busy plot do not intrude awkwardly on the portrait it offers of harsh, pinched lives. Taylor sheridan born may 21, 1970 is an american screenwriter, director and actor. Frozen river is a 2008 american crime drama film written and directed by courtney hunt.
Henry stands on deck, watching as elks tongue yanks a dying trappers head back by his hair to peel away his scalp. Hans christian andersen, chris buck, jennifer lee and shane morris. Frozen river learning integration paper this essay analyzes family methods of interaction, strengths, and barriers of rays family and lila. Frozen river undated, unspecified draft script by courtney hunt hosted by. Sophia takal director and cowriter of blumhouses black christmas december 20, 2019. Full text of alienengineersoriginalprometheus script. The 58th animated film produced by the studio, it is the sequel to the 20 film frozen and features the return of directors chris buck and jennifer lee, producer peter del vecho, songwriters kristen andersonlopez and robert lopez, and composer christophe beck. Shes accompanied by ice delivery man kristoff, his reindeer sven, and snowman olaf. Fonny going blank, completely blank as that news washes over him, just across that glass and yet, instantly so far. Having come up with my logline that im currently writing the script for, it allowed me to spend a lot of time focusing on just the logline or core of the story and its hook.
Ray tries to elude capture by crossing the frozen river where one of the wheels of the car breaks through the ice. Young princess anna of arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister elsas coronation. This page either has no transcript, or does not have the entire transcript. The winner of the grand jury prize at sundance 2008, frozen river is one of those rare independent films that knows. Dec 16, 2008 frozen river undated, unspecified draft script by courtney hunt hosted by. Simplyscripts downloadable movie scripts, screenplays. Frozen river is based on a script written by the director, courtney hunt. The tribal elders disapprove and attempt to stop lila by forbidding anyone to sell her a car. Full text of alienengineersoriginalprometheusscript. For my script rewrite of frozen 2, i had to reverseengineer what i was keeping from the dialogue and song lyrics which i modified as i needed, but everything else scene headings, description, revised plot, new characters in this work was all mine. Driven by shared desperation, the two become partners smuggling illegal. Charles randolph writer of bombshell and oscarwinner for spotlight december 19, 2019. Her debut feature film, frozen river, won the grand jury prize at the 2008 sundance film festival.
The princess leaves orlando, however, and, after a disastrous brush with poetry, he takes up his manly destiny as an ambassador in the deserts of central asia. Sheridan first reached prominence for portraying david hale in the fx television series sons of anarchy. The town of mesena in upstate new york, on the other side of the st lawrence river that leads to canada, has that grey,wintery feel that you see on the faces of the people trying to keep their families alive. Script from the wbaptv station in fort worth, texas, covering a news story about two children found frozen in a deep freezer by their mother in grand prairie, texas. Aug 01, 2008 the closest thing to a social hub is a bingo parlor on the mohawk reservation that straddles the frozen st. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Best actress melissa leo and best original screenplay courtney hunt. Possibly the best thing about frozen river is that the mechanics of its busy plot do not intrude awkwardly on the portrait it offers of harsh, pinched lives. Frozen river script transcript from the screenplay andor.
On the other hand, we hav e the acute feeling that the. Melissa leo in frozen river p undits at this years oscar season were caught offbalance by two nominations for best original screenplay and best actress for a film way off everyones radar. I thought the main character ray got off easy but her crime did take place on a reservation and all. There, in the midst of war, unwilling to kill or be killed, he changes sex. Veteran actress melissa leo earned her first oscar nomination for portraying a woman lured into smuggling immigrants between new york and quebec, canada.
Racial literacy and frozen river introduction courtney hunts frozen river relates the story of two mothers one white and one mohawk struggling in a cold, harsh and impoverished region in upstate new york. The frozen heart ice workers song ice harvesters born of cold and winter air and mountain rain combining, this icy force both foul and fair has a frozen heart worth mining. Aug 01, 2008 but lila has found a way to do itsmuggling illegal immigrants into the states. It describes the family and community roles, rituals, and belief systems that sustain their life processes. This is the new script from sicario screenwriter, taylor sheridan, who will be making his directing debut with this, his third script. Metaphors enliven every seemingly simple image in frozen river. But when i spoke with leo, she said hunt was very precise and always knew just what. Courtney hunt born 1964 is an american director and screenwriter. Anna, a fearless optimist, sets off on an epic journey teaming up with rugged mountain man kristoff and his loyal reindeer sven to find her sister elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of arendelle in eternal. We see the bridge and the river as the film openstwo paths. It resists all temptations to turn this plot into some kind of a thriller and keeps it grounded on the struggle for economic survival.
The river strikes a mythic, even epic chord, yet like ray and lila, our central characters, it doesnt seem pretentious. Aug 14, 2008 in detail after detail, frozen river is the story of two lives in economic emergency, and two women who are brave and resourceful and ready to do whats necessary. Takes place in the days before christmas near a littleknown border crossing on the mohawk reservation between new york state and quebec. The men drag giant ice blocks through channels of water. The boston bruins snapped the philadelphia flyers ninegame winning streak with a, 20, shutout at wells fargo center on tuesday night. Rays trailer yard, massena new york day 3 ray eddy, 38, a bit worn for her years, with a long red ponytail, wearing an old bathrobe, sits in the passenger seat of her red plymouth horizon with the door open, smoking a cigarette, thinking. There were moments in the script when i was about to stop reading it, then a curve ball or unexpected event took place. Simply click on any script below and register for free membership to download as many scripts as you want.
However, some authors embrace the idea of sonder, writing their novels so as to focus on how sonder impacts peoples perspective on other peoples lives. Almost everything is told in the present tense, and most of what ray and lila reveal about themselves comes through body language. Its a littleseen sundance independent film that earned oscar nominations for actress melissa leo and for the screenplay by writerdirector courtney hunt. Awards season ballast, river, and rachel getting nominations. If beale street could talk written for the screen and.
Ive never heard of this contest but dont doubt that hundreds of people paid a hefty fee to enter and certainly dont have the. The four women abandon the vehicle and take refuge at the indian reservation. The script was originally shot as a 15minute short and later expanded into a fulllength film. Only a few more smuggling days left before christmas. The tsl screenplay library has hundreds of hollywoods top film and tv screenplays available for free. Feb 06, 2009 veteran actress melissa leo earned her first oscar nomination for portraying a woman lured into smuggling immigrants between new york and quebec, canada. The european script fund an initiative of the media program of the european community. Frozen ii, also known as frozen 2, is a 2019 american 3d computeranimated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney animation studios.
These images, like every other element in the script, are packed with overt and covert meaning. Frozen river, a debut film written and directed by courtney hunt, never steps wrong. But lila has found a way to do itsmuggling illegal immigrants into the states. Sony classics in pdf format takes place in the days before christmas near a littleknown border crossing on the mohawk reservation between new york state and quebec. Thats your first chance to hook the reader, thats your invitation for them to continue reading.
Movie script title click to read script type file size. Download movie, tv, and web series scripts in pdf format. Courtney hunt s frozen river, and edwidge danticat s the dew breaker 1584 words 7 pages. Frozen river is somehow both a grim, gritty drama and a breath of fresh air. A desperate single mother living in upstate new york resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the united states as a means of making ends meet in firsttime feature directorscreenwriter courtney hunts emotionally wrenching drama, winner of the grand jury prize for best dramatic feature at the 2008 sundance film festival. What was in the back seat of rays car when she found it in the parking lot at the beginning of the movie. Its about replacing popcorn and tang with a meal at the chopper, and some nice tv dinners. The princess leaves orlando, however, and, after a disastrous brush with poetry, he takes up. Once i found that ive been able to write the script at a fast and furious pace that is the 3 month challenge. Finally, the frozen river script is here for all you fans of the melissa leo movie.
Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. Ray has a car, and although the two women dont trust each other, they team up and share rays dodge spirit to make a run across the frozen st. Juana cubana 8 out of 10 frozen river was nicely written. Frozen river script transcript from the screenplay and. August 27, 2007 revised yellow draft script in pdf format.