Westworld (1973) — Screenplay
At a futuristic theme park where robots serve wealthy guests, a sudden malfunction turns the android hosts into lethal hunters, forcing one visitor to survive the Western zone's deadly chaos.
- Written by
- Michael Crichton
- Genre
- Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Western
- Studio
- MGM
- Length
- 53 pages
Study this screenplay for its masterful construction of sustained tension through escalating, systematic failure. Crichton's tight structure and efficient world-building create a chillingly plausible environment where the line between entertainment and nightmare dissolves, offering a textbook example of how to build a thriller from a high-concept premise.
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