Monterey Screenplay Competition Announces 2007 Winners
The Monterey County Film Commission has announced the winners of its 2007 Monterey Screenplay Competition, which this year attracted 183 screenplays from across the country.
The grand prize winner of $2,000 is Barbara Palmer of Whitefish, Mont., for her screenplay, "Robin's Boys." Runner-up winner of $1,000 is Kevin Leonard of Jessup, Md., for "Rickenbacker." Honorable mention went to Tom Schlegel of Salinas, Calif., for "Crossroaders."
Screenwriter Phil Mell of North Hollywood, Calif., won the $1,000 On Location Award for best screenplay with Monterey County settings or written by a county resident. His screenplay "American Cowboy" featured Monterey County locations. Mell was raised in Salinas, Calif., and attended California State University, Monterey Bay.
The winning screenplays gained immediate opportunity for optioning consideration by the competition's corporate sponsor, NESTech Management Group, Inc. of Salinas, which optioned two of the screenplays, "Robin's Boys" and "Rickenbacker."
For further information contact the Monterey County Film Commission at 831-646-0910 or www.FilmMonterey.org. This year's competition chairperson was Wendy A. Goldman.
Winning Screenplay Loglines:
"Robin's Boys" by Barbara Palmer
While searching for his mother who abandoned him as a baby, a black teenager is wanted for kidnapping when he rescues an abused mentally-challenged white boy.
"Rickenbacker" by Kevin Leonard
"Rickenbacker" is the true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, race drive, World War I fighter pilot, and World Ward II emissary for the U.S. lost at sea for 24 days. The story shows the real side of this 20th Century hero-a difficult, profane man with a hair-trigger temper, conflicted over his family history.
"Crossroaders" by Tom Schlegel
A small-time grafter named Stony Page is recruited into a crew of casino cheats called "Crossroaders." The plan is to bankrupt the last Dixie-Mafia owned casino in Tunica, Mississippi, in what could be a suicide mission.
"American Cowboy" by Phil Mell
A rough-around-the-edges cowboy goes on the road to rodeo-ing after losing his job and marriage. His one goal in mind-win the Calgary Stampede.
Updated: 02/20/2008
Additional Contest Info:
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A former model-turned-entrepreneur once had the world at her fingertips, now she has to grasp a world of torment; her cheating psychiatrist husband blurs the line between Psychotherapist and Psycho, when he resorts to mind games and unscrupulous schemes, intent on framing her of adultery and escaping his vows free & clear.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other despicable 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.
Xanadu Shores III Rescuing Atlas
The Xanadu Team, their credibility restored after rescuing Natalia and the painting, are recruited to recover the plans to save the world from a rogue aerospace engineer.
Xanadu Shores (20pgs) - "The Pilot" - 9.16.25
Logline: Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
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Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
Alien Olympics
A brilliant alien teenager, gifted with a high IQ and extraordinary speed, has always excelled academically on her home planet.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her college senior class project.
