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MoviePoet Announces May Contest Winners
MoviePoet.com has announced the winners of their May 2008 short script competition.
"The Raven" by Chris Messineo ~ First Place
Lonely and despairing for his lost love, Edgar begins to realize that he is not alone.
"The Conqueror Worm" by Steve Dexheimer ~ Second Place
A disillusioned old man forces members of his retirement home to act in his stage adaption of a poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
"Dreamland" by Erich VonHeeder ~ Third Place
Trapped in a coma by a failed sleep experiment, a scientist reaches out to his assistant through her dreams, begging her to murder him.
Updated: 07/01/2008
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Post Your Script Here!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.
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.
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.
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.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
