Acclaim Film & TV Announces Contest Winners
The winners of Acclaim Film & TV Fall/Winter 2004 contests have been announced as follows, including feature film script, pilot/MOW and spec script categories:
FILM WINNERS
WINNER
STOLEN ART, by Jim Beggarly
A hired killer and a reporter team up to sell a stolen Van Gogh painting.
RUNNERS UP
THE WORMHOLE OF HOPE, by Bruce Dundore
In a war-ravaged future, an embittered soldier discovers a small boy who will unlock the secrets of the past and the salvation of the planet.
FAT SUIT, Warren Clarke
When a role traps a movie star in a fat suit that magically transforms him from handsome hunk to homely and obese, he must break the spell by finding true love.
FINALISTS
G’WABA GIRLS, by Dan Wicksman & Nuria Wicksman A geeky girl finds herself turning into an alien after an encounter with the feisty princess from the planet G’waba.
THE CRYSTAL TEAR, by Jose E. Mijares
A young boy and his comic book hero must race against time to find a mysterious artifact.
COIL, by Joshua M. Larson
When Thomas Kramps, a professional who “cleans up” after someone dies, links a series of murders together, he becomes entangled in a dangerous game that could land him in the morgue.
THE SCROLL, by Tim Kernc
The Crusades come to modern Manhattan and a battle for a mysterious, 2,000 year-old scroll ensues.
LOVE CONQUERS ALL, Dane Edward McCauley
A struggling young marriage counselor cancels her wedding and drums up business by playing subliminal tapes to break up couples.
BROTHER JONATHAN, by Bradley G. Andrews
In 1865, during the aftermath of California’s worst shipwreck, a survivor claims the wreck was not an accident.
THE HENCHMAN, by David Mulligan
A supervillain’s henchman tries to leave the evil circuit behind to find love, a legitimate career and a new life.
BECOMING SUPERMAN, by Tal Nuriel
Does Kirt Crane really have super powers, or is it a delusion to distract him from his pain?
VIRGIN SLUTS MUST DIE, by Lotti Louise Pharriss
A European “Blood Countess” finds a new hunting ground for virgin blood as an abstinence-only educator in conservative America.
THE BONSAI, by Jason Whiton
A retired Japanese man overcomes isolation when he channels the 600-year history of a mystical Bonsai tree.
TV SCRIPT WINNERS
PILOT/MOW CATEGORY
WINNER
EXCALIBUR HIGH (Pilot) by Alex Sabeti
At this modern-day high school Camelot, the second incarnation of King Arthur has arrived, in the form of a 15-year-old orphan.
FINALISTS
NIGHT FALLS, NEW YORK (Pilot) by Larissa, Lisa Rose and Alexandria Olick
An angel who loses his wings is forced to live among humans as a homicide detective.
BLISS (Pilot) by Scott Cunningham & Abi Estrin
A young couple elopes and buys a rundown Bed and Breakfast with their wedding money.
CHRISTOPHER AND THE TREE (Pilot) W Cincotta
A boy lost in the forest meets a wandering tree and travels to a magical land.
ALUMNI (Pilot) by Shahryar Rizvi & Mohammed Sheikh
Young grads fresh out of college start their lives in DC.
DEAN & WALLACE (Pilot) by Rachel Dues
Private school teens navigate through life and relationships on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
SPEC SCRIPT CATEGORY
WINNER
EVERY BODY LOVES RAYMOND, by Marlon McAvoy “There’s Something About Gabby”
FINALISTS
SMALLVILLE, by Kevin Emerson
“Oubliette”
WILL & GRACE, by Jeremy Svenson
“Change Is Good…Dollars Are Better”
SCRUBS, by Mary K. Woods
“My Left Foot”
JOAN OF ARCADIA, by Julie Austin
“Box of Chocolates”
ANGEL, by Larissa, Lisa Rose and Alexandria Olick
“Lock Down”
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, Jim Falletta
“The Birthday”
SIX FEET UNDER, by Carla Robinson
“Etiquette”
GILMORE GIRLS, by Jessica Fass
“It Takes A Village”
THE SHIELD, by Steven Hanna
“Black Rubber Dildo”
MONK, by Elizabeth Welch Ehasz
“Mr. Monk Swims with the Fishes”
Updated: 03/11/2005
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Behind The Veil
Film Noir. Los Angeles, 1947. A private detective struggles with moral ambiguity as he assists a corrupt federal judge's efforts to contact his estranged, gay son.
Tales Of The Bizarre
An anthology of four comedic tales of sci-fi/horror/fantasy.
THE QUISLING
A young lawyer defends a wanted terrorist from international extradition.
PORTAL TO HELL
In the beginning of the 1980’s a teenage boy starts to experience paranormal activity in his home, from hallucinations to physical marks.
Xanadu Shores III - Rescuing Atlas
“Rescuing Atlas” the Trilogy’s peak begins when an astrophysicist - megalomaniac and boat racing enthusiast, operating from his island, becomes hell-bent on blackmailing the world.
Xanadu Shores II: All That Glitters
The "Xanadu Team get duped by a nefarious jeweler in a casino robbery, leading to an international conspiracy disguised as an art heist.
Xanadu Shores - Proof of Concept
Four friends become enmeshed in a gold heist turned kidnapping chased by a capricious Federal agent and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea, culminating explosively on Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC) Eight Central Characters.
Proof of Concept Logline, introduces the eight central characters in an intense office situation before the the action unfolds later that day after a pilot’s girlfriend gets kidnapped during a gold heist, leaving clues for his friends to follow, unknowingly chased by a capricious agent and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores - The Pilot
A pilot’s girlfriend gets kidnapped during a gold heist, leaving clues for his friends to follow, unknowingly chased by a capricious agent and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
