The Editing Room https://www.the-editing-room.com The Editing Room has been around since 1998 and features over 1,000 Abridged Scripts for movies. Abridged Scripts are short(-ish) screenplays for films that just cover the highlights. They're like Cliff's Notes for your favorite movies, except Cliff thinks your favorite movie sucks. Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:11:28 -0400 Stonewall: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/stonewall.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/stonewall.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/stonewall.html#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:26:10 -0400 Ian S. drama history new-york-city stonewall-riot 1960s gay-history lgbt-interest jeremy-irvine jonny-beauchamp joey-king jonathan-rhys-meyers ron-perlman caleb-landry-jones roland-emmerich jon-robin-baitz Celebrate Pride with any LGBT movie but this. Stonewall (2015) is abridged.
"Look out! Jenner's got a Monster Truck and demanding we accept her!"

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]]> Chaos Walking: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/chaos-walking.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/chaos-walking.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/chaos-walking.html#comments Wed, 19 May 2021 09:59:11 -0400 Alex W. science-fiction action adventure thriller based-on-novel-or-book post-apocalyptic-future dystopia tom-holland daisy-ridley mads-mikkelsen demin-bichir david-oyelowo kurt-sutter cynthia-erivo bethany-anne-lind erwin-stoff erik-feig doug-davison ray-angelic allison-shearmur treva-wurmfeld jason-cloth matthew-hirsch paris-kasidokostas-latsis thomas-elder-groebe alison-winter iron-chen doug-liman christopher-d-ford patrick-ness In which Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland must deal with a phantom menace while far from home. "Chaos Walking" is abridged!
"On this planet we ONLY travel by... CHAOS WALKING!! Which is basically running."

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]]> Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind.html#comments Wed, 12 May 2021 09:46:22 -0400 Ian S. adventure animation fantasy saving-the-world human-vs-nature fungus-spores- future airplane post-apocalyptic-future giant-insect toxic based-on-manga ecology duringcreditsstinger anime sumi-shimamoto ichir-nagai gor-naya yji-matsuda yoshiko-sakakibara iemasa-kayumi hisako-kyouda isao-takahata toshio-suzuki yasuyoshi-tokuma tooru-hara hiroshi-morie michio-kondou hayao-miyazaki You've avoided us for too long, Hayao. "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" is abridged.
"Mm-mmm, ginger snaps! My favorite!" *crunch*

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]]> Mortal Kombat (2021): The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/mortal-kombat-2021.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/mortal-kombat-2021.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/mortal-kombat-2021.html#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:51:07 -0400 Craig action fantasy adventure saving-the-world magic ninja-fighter alternate-dimension shaolin-monk based-on-video-game martial-arts-tournament gods hand-to-hand-combat lewis-tan jessica-mcnamee josh-lawson tadanobu-asano mehcad-brooks ludi-lin ng-chin-han joe-taslim hiroyuki-sanada james-wan todd-garner lawrence-kasanoff e-bennett-walsh richard-brener dave-neustadter jeremy-stein michael-clear simon-mcquoid victoria-palmeri dave-callaham oren-uziel greg-russo Get over here. "Mortal Kombat" is abridged!
At the last second, Lewis realized that their dance instructor had been right all along, they weren't ready to try the Dirty Dancing lift.

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]]> Sound of Metal: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/sound-of-metal.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/sound-of-metal.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/sound-of-metal.html#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:48:28 -0400 Craig drama music deaf drums heavy-metal missouri addiction drummer sign-languages hearing-impaired riz-ahmed olivia-cooke paul-raci lauren-ridloff mathieu-amalric tom-kemp chris-perfetti hillary-baack chelsea-lee kirt-gunn bert-hamelinck derek-cianfrance fredric-king chris-stinson corentin-de-saedeleer bill-benz dickey-abedon dimitri-verbeeck sacha-ben-harroche daniel-sbrega kathy-benz darius-marder abraham-marder Come see the movie that officially declares heavy metal inferior to silence! Sound of Metal is abridged!
Frustrated at how easily people could tell when he was lying, Riz wondered if maybe he had some kind of tell.

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]]> Minari: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/minari.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/minari.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/minari.html#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:11:48 -0400 Alex W. drama american-dream arkansas church farmland farmer heart-condition family-tension hatchery 1980s vegetable-farm korean-american mobile-home rural-setting grandmother-grandson-relationship steven-yeun han-yeri youn-yuh-jung will-patton alan-kim noel-kate-cho brad-pitt dede-gardner jeremy-kleiner joshua-bachove christina-oh lee-isaac-chung stefanie-y-hong You thought The Walking Dead killed the "Steven Yeun on a farm" genre. You were wrong. "Minari" is abridged!
"Someday you'll write about this time, son. A long-ago, mythical era, when a red baseball cap was just a red baseball cap."

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]]> The King: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/the-king.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/the-king.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/the-king.html#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:04:12 -0400 Tim K. & Nick K. drama history war biography hundred-years-war historical-fiction british-history mentor-protg-relationship king-of-england costume-drama 15th-century british-monarchy battle-of-agincourt medieval-england father-son-relationship henry-v medieval-france timothe-chalamet joel-edgerton sean-harris tom-glynn-carney lily-rose-depp thomasin-mckenzie robert-pattinson ben-mendelsohn andrew-havill dean-charles-chapman brad-pitt david-minkowski dede-gardner liz-watts ildik-kemny david-michd jeremy-kleiner anita-overland christina-oh william-shakespeare No, it’s not about Elvis. The King is abridged!
King Timothée’s bowl cut was the biggest royal scandal before Megxit.

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]]> Zack Snyder's Justice League: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/zack-snyders-justice-league.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/zack-snyders-justice-league.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/zack-snyders-justice-league.html#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2021 10:19:59 -0400 Alex W. dceu action adventure fantasy science-fiction dc-comics superhero based-on-comic superhero-team dc-extended-universe justice-league superhero-teamup ben-affleck henry-cavill gal-gadot jason-momoa ezra-miller ray-fisher amy-adams jeremy-irons connie-nielsen diane-lane j-k-simmons ciarn-hinds amber-heard joe-morton ray-porter jesse-eisenberg jared-leto willem-dafoe kiersey-clemons peter-guinness harry-lennix karen-bryson marc-mcclure sergi-constance michael-mcelhatton lara-decaro ryan-zheng-kai david-thewlis samantha-win lisa-loven-kongsli julian-lewis-jones john-dagleish francis-magee doutzen-kroes brooke-ence hari-james charles-roven christopher-nolan emma-thomas michael-uslan benjamin-melniker junkie-xl wesley-coller deborah-snyder chris-terrio josh-r-jaggars tamara-watts-kent andrea-wertheim curt-kanemoto jim-rowe gregor-wilson marianne-jenkins madison-ainley tricia-mulgrew madison-weireter zack-snyder bob-kane jack-kirby jerry-siegel joe-shuster bill-finger will-beall william-moulton-marston gardner-fox What if the script for "Zack Snyder's Justice League" were 10x shorter and 100x more honest?
"Here's the latest rewrites. You're now FOUR travelling luchadors in search of the true meaning of Christmas."

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]]> Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/train-2-busan-peninsula.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/train-2-busan-peninsula.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/train-2-busan-peninsula.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:00:43 -0500 Alex W. action horror thriller dystopia sequel zombie peninsula-war busan-south-korea gang-dong-won lee-jung-hyun lee-re kwon-hae-hyo kim-min-jae kim-woo-taek lee-dong-ha jang-kyung-ik huh-soo-young kim-yeon-ho yeon-sang-ho ryu-yong-jae Possibly the greatest Train movie ever to include zero trains! "Train to Busan: Peninsula" is abridged:
When your friend tells you to dress for touch football, and it turns out to be extreme paintball instead.

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]]> Greenland: The Abridged Script https://www.the-editing-room.com/greenland.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/greenland.html https://www.the-editing-room.com/greenland.html#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:20:59 -0500 Alex W. action thriller drama husband-wife-relationship kidnapping panic looting state-of-emergency comet natural-disaster end-of-the-world meteorite disaster apocalypse destruction-of-planet diabetic army-base emergency greenland atlanta-georgia gerard-butler morena-baccarin david-denman hope-davis roger-dale-floyd scott-glenn andrew-bachelor deepak-nayar k-c-hodenfield carsten-h-w-lorenz robert-simonds basil-iwanyk alan-siegel danielle-robinson nik-bower john-friedberg adam-fogelson jonathan-fuhrman john-zois francois-callens brendon-boyea sebastien-raybaud ric-roman-waugh chris-sparling We guess "The I-75N, I-71N, and I-90E from Atlanta to Rochester" wasn't as catchy a title. "Greenland" is abridged!
Morena suddenly realizes she booked on United.

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