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Acclaim Announces TV Contest Winners
Jordan Hunter's "Deal With It" won the pilot/MOW
category and "The Bandana Guy," a CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM script by Matt
Moskovciak & Ben Stadler won the TV spec category in the Fall, 2006 Acclaim TV Writing Contest.
PILOT/MOW CATEGORY WINNER
DEAL WITH IT (pilot; drama) by Jordan Hunter
A fiercely independent dominatrix from a broken family is pursued by a
sinister man that knows something about her dark past.
FINALISTS
COMBAT (pilot; drama) by Meredith Rose
Army captain Gabby Davis struggles to lead her platoon through lessons of
duty and honor, prejudice and friendship, love and betrayal in war-torn
Iraq.
OFF BASE (pilot; comedy) by Cristina Pippa and David Baecker
A run-down military base in Squanto, Texas becomes the testing ground for a
few half-baked army projects.
MAD AVE (pilot; comedy-drama) by Colin Costello
An innocent and eager young man swims with the sharks of a Madison Avenue
advertising agency.
RENDERING JAY (pilot; drama) by Rafael Aguilo & Sara Mohazzebi
A young Mexican-American man risks everything he’s ever known to pursue his
dream of becoming an architect.
OUTER BANKS (pilot; comedy-drama) by Mary Carroll-Hackett
A New York socialite, managing a dumpy hotel on the Outer Banks, must learn
to live with quirky locals and tourists.
SPEC CATEGORY WINNER
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM by Matthew Moskovciak & Ben Stadler
“The Bandana Guy”
Larry insults a vegetarian, gets his house robbed, and must go undercover to
recover a computer.
FINALSISTS
MEDIUM by Brad Sparks
“Allison’s Adventures In Wonderland”
MEDIUM by Steve Daniels
“The Ghost In Her”
THE OFFICE by CJ Arellano
“Independence Day”
MY NAME IS EARL by Lizbeth Finn-Arnold
“Flushed Gam Gam’s Valium”
SCRUBS by Matthew Belinkie
“My Radiologist”
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER by David Isaac
“Inner Barney”
GREY’S ANATOMY by Michael North
“Ordinary Saints And Liars”
Updated: 03/02/2007
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
THE ANIMAL LOVER
Elevated Sci-Fi/Horror/Black Comedy (Based on the PD novel “The Camel” by Lord Berners) After a series of uncharted meteor showers, voracious wild animals begin to hatch and kill their prey throughout the British Isles, the timid wife of a starchy country vicar finds the company of a malevolent albino camel more appealing than her husband's! Comps: THE BIRDS meets THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS)
BURNER: A Killing in Palm Springs
A Black police detective must put aside her personal problems and fears of on-the-job discrimination to track down an opioid-addicted hitman who is experiencing bouts of guilt and rage when he realizes he killed the wrong victim.
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.
Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
