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The screenplays below are the only ones that are available online. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.
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PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)
Screenplay by Phil Hartman and Paul Reubens – Read the transcript!
BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Story by Michael McDowell, and Larry Wilson; Screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren – Read the screenplay!
BATMAN (1989)
Story by Bob Kane and Sam Hamm; Screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren – Read the screenplay!
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)
Story by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson; Screenplay by Caroline Thompson – Read the transcript!!
BATMAN RETURNS (1992)
Story by Bob Kane (characters), Daniel Waters, and Sam Hamm; Screenplay by Daniel Waters – Read the screenplay!
ED WOOD (1994)
Book by Rudolph Grey; Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski – Read the screenplay!
MARS ATTACKS! (1996)
Screenplay by Jonathan Gems – Read the screenplay!
SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)
Screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker – Read the screenplay!
PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr., Lawrence Konner, and Mark Rosenthal – Read the screenplay!
BIG FISH (2003)
Screenplay by John August – Read the screenplay!
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)
Screenplay by John August – Read the screenplay!
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007)
Screenplay by John Logan – Read the transcript!
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)
Screenplay by Linda Woolverton – Read the screenplay!
DARK SHADOWS (2012)
Screenplay by Seth Grahame Smith – Read the transcript!
FRANKENWEENIE (2012)
Screenplay by John August – Read the screenplay!
BIG EYES (2014)
Screenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski – Read the screenplay!
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