Bare Bones Fest Announces 2007 Screenplay Finalists
The Bare Bones Film Festival has announced their screenplay finalists:
FINALISTS-FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
CHANGING TIMES-William Eckel & Ron Mercer
Shane, a young college student, develops a time travel program. He convinces his friend, Steve, the hotshot quarterback, to go back into time with him to purchase stocks at Apples IPO. Thanks to Voodoo the cat, the pair is sent instead to Lincoln County, NM Circa 1878.
FREAK-Jonathan W. Harnisch
The quirky and often humorous story of a prep school senior with Tourette's syndrom who overcomes his inner demons with the help of a few improbable relationships.
JUST LISTED-Stuart Creque
The real estate agent wonders why the young couple insisted on seeing the new listing after nightfall_and how they know all about the horrific deaths that happened there.
MARRIED SEEKING SAME-Joe Acton
Mark Blackburn has been married 15 years. He has two kids, two mortgages, two car payments and the last time he and his wife Laura, had sex, he forgot her Valentine's Day card in the car.
THE DAY AFTER THE END OF TIME-Kevin W. Grego
December 22, 2012. Hav you ever wondered why earth's armies would unite and try to fight God in one final battle called Armageddon? Leigh Ann Grego did. Even though she's in the U.S. Military, she ended up choosing to fight against earths armies. Why?
THE SECOND COMING-Paul Guzzo, Michael Marchetti, Josh Kincannon
A naive and angry homosexual who has endured a lifetime of discrimination sues God for defamation of character, opening the door for the world's most powerul media tycoon to begin his 'corporate' takover of the Church and fulfill his dream of ultimate power.
THE UNSEEN-Shivakumar Ramanathan
Four strangrs stuggling with tragedy receive a mysterious invitation from someone called 'God' to come to a remote desert on Christmas eve_where something extraordinary will happen to them. But they must first learn to believe in miracles. (11 days to Christmas)
FINALISTS-SHORT SCREENPLAYS
A FLIP OF THE COIN-John Blase
Eric Schultz, is suave, a risk-taker and happily married. His wife Lisa is pregnant with their 1st child. However, on the way to the doctor's, Eric's past misdeeds come back to haunt him, and he'll find out just how much he needs to wager to keep his marriage going.
CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN-Diana Kemp-Jones
An unscrupulous restauranteur seeks to conceal the murder of a blackmailing business partner.
DUST BUNNIES-Katarzyna Kochany
Surburban newlyweds Adam and Eve move into their dream home, only to find it infested with virulent dust bunnies.
MAGGIE-Carrie Certa
Maggie is a woman who not only has to conquer her paralyzing fear but deal with the consequences of her and her husband's actions.
VOYEUR-Diana Kemp-Jones
A loner dominated by his voyeuristic appetites descends into murder and madness.
Updated: 03/12/2007
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ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!In Between The River
Katie (on the spectrum) thinks her nomadic family is normal but as she transitions from child to teenager; her father Donald is frequently absent, her mother Judy tries too hard to hold them together and her older brother Kyle hides a secret that eventually surfaces to expose the family illusion.
Xanadu Shores: (PoC) The Super Spy Series
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
Screenplay Pilot for Xanadu Shores: The Super Spy Series
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
She Curses Like a Sailor
The culture of women and cursing is discussed at this art opening in New York.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest killed in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante assassinating violent domestic abusers (and other wretched souls) after their third offense.
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.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
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