Murphy’s Law Script

Script by:Gail Morgan Hickman (Writer)
Directed by:J. Lee Thompson
Year:1986

Plot:A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
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The Money Pit Script

Script by:David Giler (Screenplay)
Directed by:Richard Benjamin
Year:1986

Plot:After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
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Mona Lisa Script

Script by:Neil Jordan (Screenplay), David Leland (Screenplay)
Directed by:Neil Jordan
Year:1986

Plot:George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
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The Mission Script

Script by:Robert Bolt (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roland Joffé
Year:1986

Plot:When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portugese aggressors.
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Legal Eagles Script

Script by:Jim Cash (Screenplay), Jack Epps Jr. (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ivan Reitman
Year:1986

Plot:District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
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Howard The Duck Script

Script by:Willard Huyck (Screenplay), Gloria Katz (Screenplay)
Directed by:Willard Huyck
Year:1986

Plot:A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
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Hoosiers Script

Script by:Angelo Pizzo (Author)
Directed by:David Anspaugh
Year:1986

Plot:High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
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Half Moon Street Script

Script by:Edward Behr (Screenplay), Bob Swaim (Screenplay), Paul Theroux (Novel)
Directed by:Bob Swaim
Year:1986

Plot:Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.
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The Golden Child Script

Script by:Dennis Feldman (Screenplay)
Directed by:Michael Ritchie
Year:1986

Plot:After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
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Fly Away Home Script

Script by:Robert Rodat (Screenplay), Bill Lishman (Novel)
Directed by:Carroll Ballard
Year:1996

Plot:Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...
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