Check the listing for details. TRUE CONFESSIONS by JOHN GREGORY DUNNE & JOAN DIDION - ORIGINAL SCRIPT. Listed at 612.50 USD. [TRUE CONFESSIONS - THE FILM]. DUNNE, JOHN GREGORY & JOAN DIDION. Original Shooting Script for the Film True Confessions by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne Based On His Novel. Los Angeles: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, 1979. Original 115 page revised second draft shooting script with color rewrite pages, dated October 30, 1979 for the film True Confessions by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, based on Dunne’s novel. The film was directed by Ulu Grosbard and stars Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Flanders, Cyril Cusack, and Burgess Meredith. Bradbound. With a trace of handling, else fine. True Confessions tells the story of two brothers - an ambitious monsignor (De Niro) and a cynical Los Angeles detective (Duvall) who is investigating the murder of a young prostitute.