Acclaim Film & TV Announces Winners

Phil Ferriere's thriller SILENT KILLER took top honors in the Acclaim screenplay competition, while 205 DONOVAN PLACE by V.J. Boyd won the Acclaim TV script contest in the pilot/MOW category. Brett Seamans's "Hello, My Name Is: Crazy," a 30 ROCK spec, won the TV spec script category.

FALL/WINTER 2007 FILM SCRIPT WINNERS

WINNER:

SILENT KILLER by Phil Ferriere (thriller)
After she discovers animals dying of a lethal disease transmissible to a man at a highly profitable Texas ranch, a tenacious veterinarian investigates and puts her life on the line to expose a monumental cover-up.

RUNNERS UP:


LILY AND ZOE by Sarah Beth Hernandez (drama)
An emotionally unbalanced young woman becomes an unlikely mentor to a seven-year-old girl whose father is serving in Iraq.

THE FIX by David Poulshock (drama, magical reality)
In the small town of St. Jonas, everyone wants Sherman Olney for his uncanny ability to fix things--then he fixes someone's dead wife.

FINALISTS:

TEEN MESSIAH by Hamilton Mitchell (comedy)
When a lonely home-schooled Arizona teen sneaks into Roman High School he realizes he has special powers and must use them to overcome his self-centeredness, beat the devil and save all his new friends.

THE MOON AND THE SEA by Kristina Tew (romance-drama)
When a self-proclaimed misanthrope who cuts herself meets a blind ex-poker player 30 years her senior, her faith in people and love is put to the test.

P.R. by Todd Luongo (comedy; satire)
A public relations exec is hired to help the White House admit the existence of aliens.

INSTANT HERO by Scot Beidelman (comedy)
A struggling local TV news director and an unscrupulous anchorwoman hatch a dangerously bizarre scheme to concoct a fake superhero to boost ratings.

SEVEN RED DRESSES by Leslie Ann Campbell (drama)
An only child cannot cope with the progression of her mother's Alzheimer's disease.

LOST CITY by Phil Ferriere (adventure)
In this retelling of the Atlantis myth, teenage philosopher Aristotle puts his life on the line to investigate cataclysmic events triggered by a ruthless leader who traveled from the future to test a powerful weapon that could kill millions.

HOME by Romeo Ciolfi (drama)
A minister and his wife move to New York to save their struggling marriage following the death of their daughter. They cross paths with a real estate agent and an actor who, like them, are unable to move beyond the pain of the past and losing a loved one.

THE MAN IN THE BOX by Ryan Bradley (suspense/thriller)
A patsy trapped inside a box during a bank robbery must escape without being killed or arrested.

SWEEPS by Frank Brady (romantic comedy)
A beautiful computer programmer rigs a $10-million magazine sweepstakes, planning to marry the 'average joe' winner beforehand, get a quickie divorce and walk away with five million dollars.

BLOOD AND WATER by Gayla Kraetsch Hart sough (political thriller)
When a success-driven American businessman is falsely accused of murder in Latin America, he partners with an underground rebel (who could be his assassin) and must choose between his own freedom and the lives of others.

SEMI-FINALISTS:

IMPRESSIONS by Jeremy Hoffpauir (drama)
THE GROW HOUSE by Don Filipoff (caper-comedy)
FOREVER by Morris Clark & Rhonda Ermel (fantasy love story)
UTAH SPEED by Wendell Nielson (action/drama)
THE VIGIL AUNTIES by Andrew Bailey Fumento (action/comedy)
CANARIES by Craig Cambria (sci-fi thriller)

FALL/WINTER 2007 TV SCRIPT WINNERS

PILOT/MOW CATEGORY

WINNER:

205 DONOVAN PLACE by VJ Boyd (pilot; drama)
Charity Chisholm is not the only 'special' person at a quirky L.A. apartment building.

FINALISTS

MIAMI WEISS by Justine Barron (pilot; comedy-drama)
A woman moves to Miami from New York City for a fresh start, and struggles to fit in with Miami's materialistic culture, Spanish-language immersion and her own crazy family.

VOICES by Susan Klos (MOW; drama)
A single mother struggles to balance a business and a new romance with family life when her daughter's increasingly strange behavior is diagnosed as schizophrenia.

ROUNDING THIRD by Jake W. Blalock (pilot; comedy)
Mockumentary that follows a quick-witted ballplayer through a season of minor league baseball.

THE CRIMSON MAFIA by Suzye Gardner-Marino (MOW; drama)
A priest gets persecuted by the Catholic church for reporting his superior for abuse.

GRAPHIC NOVEL by BR Stanley (pilot; crime drama)
Three great immortal warriors--Xerxes, Hannibal and Alexander--return as modern-day crime fighters.

A HARD DAY'S WORK by Jeff McLaughlin (pilot; comedy)
Four employees become the hardest workers of their company when their goal is trying to not work.

SPEC SCRIPT CATEGORY

WINNER:

30 ROCK, "Hello, My Name Is: Crazy"
By Brett Seamans
Liz tries to cheer up her depressed boyfriend, Jack implements a new promo campaign while Tracy tries to be the most realistic OJ Simpson he can be.

FINALISTS

MONK, "Mr. Monk and the Magic Beans"
By Ryan Squibb


IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, "The Gang Ruins a Wedding"
By Dave Nemetz


THE CLOSER, "Copycat"
By Karen Rouse


CALIFORNICATION, "Say It Ain't So"
By Brett Seamans


MEDIUM, "Sleight of Hand"
By Shauna Cagan


UGLY BETTY, "Contests and Colleagues and Celebrities, Oh My!"
By Sarah Beth Hernandez

Updated: 02/11/2008

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