Claire at 2011-08-18 13:06:30:

I vote for the Silence of the Lambs...

David at 2011-08-18 13:07:40:

Any and all of them! My favorite genre.

Anna Kelian at 2011-08-18 13:07:56:

The Usual Suspects

Dan Auiler at 2011-08-18 13:08:03:

I vote for blood simple.

jwebb66 at 2011-08-18 13:15:48:

first choice - I second Blood Simple, be great to analyse this early Cohen one.

Rear Window would be really interesting, and Silence of the Lambs... decent.

Lisa Cordova at 2011-08-18 13:18:50:

They all look good. I'll pick Memento :)

Annika W at 2011-08-18 13:44:54:

Blood Simple. I've done Silence so many times in classes, it'll be good to break apart something different.

Shea at 2011-08-18 14:45:07:

BLADE RUNNER

rjl at 2011-08-18 14:49:00:

Silence of the Lambs, please!

Also, does anyone have the shooting script as a PDF?

David at 2011-08-18 15:23:49:

I guess I should actually choose...

The Usual Suspects
Seven (7)
The Fugitive
The Ghost Writer

...all awesome movies!

Nate Winslow at 2011-08-18 15:30:46:

Source Code.

Awesome spec draft by Ben Ripley that sold for a ton of money, got a star attached and pulled in a hot young director. And it's the most recent script on that list.

Nick West at 2011-08-18 16:27:53:

Blad Runner.

judy at 2011-08-18 16:35:03:

I vote for

Source Code - most recent
The Fugitive - 3-way chase
Se7en - fun theme
The Silence of the Lambs - my favorite

or any other!

DAF at 2011-08-18 16:46:46:

Source Code

Kellisays at 2011-08-18 16:55:05:

Such great choices, but I've gotta vote for Memento.

Atlanta at 2011-08-18 18:16:22:

Salt, both versions, could be fun looking at two solutions, and the one I read, pre-Jolie version, was a fast enjoyable read, I bet #2 is too.

Alicia at 2011-08-18 18:22:52:

Silence of the Lambs for me please...or Blade Runner...that's good too...

rtrocks91 at 2011-08-18 20:20:38:

Una Memento!

Scott at 2011-08-18 21:39:32:

So far it's Silence of the Lambs in the lead with Blood Simple, Memento, Blade Runner, and Source Code in second.

I confess that I've read, analyzed, and taught Lambs so many times, I feel like I know it backward and forward. But if that's the will of the people, I'm happy to read it again. It's one of those scripts in which you keep discovering new things.

Blood Simple would be interesting because... well, it's the Coen brothers. 'Nuff said.

Memento is interesting because of the dual timelines (one of which, as I recall, is written in italics in the script).

Blade Runner, I'm not sure I'd consider that a thriller, but we should read it, so I'm up for that.

Source Code has the advantage of being a recent script. Plus the original spec is like 130 pages or so, and the movie clocks in at around 95, so clearly they made some big changes, and that would be interesting to compare.

Voting open until mid-day tomorrow.

Nitro1976 at 2011-08-18 23:53:25:

I vote for Basic Instinct -- underrated, while it has excellent structure.

@Scott: Scott, did you get my email about Gladiator? Else, I'll resend it.

C. S. Cyr at 2011-08-19 01:36:19:

It seems pointless to vote at this point but I vote for Jaws or The Town.

Laura Deerfield at 2011-08-19 03:58:58:

Se7en or Blade Runner

CP at 2011-08-19 05:38:20:

Fatal Attraction or Blood Simple

Scott at 2011-08-19 21:56:04:

@Nitro: Did not see your email. I get blitzed with them and I've been traveling of late, so possible I missed it. Please resend. And thanks.

Anne at 2011-08-21 04:48:17:

Hi Scott, I have a PDF of Blood Simple. If you know how to make it available on myPDFscripts, I'll be happy to email it to you.

Scott at 2011-08-21 06:53:36:

@Anne: Thanks, I have a copy of Blood Simple, too, and I think it's pretty available out there. I'll contact Sheridan at myPDFscripts and see what's what with him on that front.