Featured Friday: Prison
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.
This week, we look at how stories of the incarcerated allow characters from all walks of life to interact, and how prisons as a location are able to accommodate many different genres and tones.
Our collection includes:
- A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
- American History X by David McKenna
- Black Bird - “Pilot” by Dennis Lehane
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 by S. Craig Zahler
- Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson
- Escape at Dannemora - “Part 1” by Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin
- Get Hard by Jay Martel & Ian Roberts
- I Love You Phillip Morris by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
- Just Mercy by Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham
- Orange is the New Black - “Pilot” by Jenji Kohan
- Sing Sing by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
- The Green Mile by Frank Darabont
- The Rock by David Weisberg & Douglas Cook and Mark Rosner
- The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont
Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!
Weekend Read 2 is the iPhone and iPad app that turns screenplays and text files into smooth, scrollable reading experiences. It automatically reformats PDFs, Highland, Final Draft, and Markdown files into a clean, mobile-friendly layout—no pinching or zooming required. You can browse curated screenplay libraries, import your own files from iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive, and organize everything with pins, filters, and custom lists. Highlight character dialogue, take notes, and use high-quality voices for read-aloud mode. Weekend Read 2 is designed for reading scripts anywhere, anytime.
