Script Savvy Announces September 2008 Contest Results
Script Savvy has named Craig Peters The 49th Day as the winner of their September, 2008 Screenwriting Competition:
Winner:
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
Thriller/horror
Logline: A little girl's imaginary friend starts killing off her family one by one. But what can you do when you're only seven and Death wants to be your best friend?
Honorable Mention:
Lifer by Inon Shampanier
Crime drama
Logline: A cold-blooded escaped convict discovers his humanity when he befriends a child prodigy and mentors his long-lost son through a sophisticated airport heist, which culminates in an emotional twist ending.
A Beautiful Place by Chris Adler
Drama
Logline: A young orphan with cancer struggles to find a way to keep her promise to her father - a promise to find a way to make the world a better place.
Lycan Or Not by Frank Reavey
Comedy
Logline: A wisecracking private detective that specializes in supernatural cases reluctantly gets involved when the king of the werewolves is kidnapped.
Rock Paper Scissors by Leo Lo
Comedy
Logline: Three lonely misfits discover the laws of attraction when they fulfill their individual destinies at the annual Rock Paper Scissors Championship.
Updated: 11/03/2008
Additional Contest Info:
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Post Your Script Here!In the Shadow of the Kingmakers
Pilot prologue When a British agent suspects his ruse to entrap an American diplomat might be exposed by a Persian teen, and a British nurse, his investigation lures him into a deeper turbulent spy war over Iranian oil in the 1920s.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
In 1780s California, a mixed-blood scout, torn between his native heritage and Spanish conquerors, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates oppressive mission life and brutal colonizers.
SPUNKY'S CACHE
When Sean and Annie take their new terrier Spunky for a walk, he leads them down a path to murder and an investigation that unravels a dark family secret.
Faithful Wife and Hooker
When a prudish, repressed wife uncovers her frustrated husband’s "intentional adultery,” in disguise, she replaces his hooker and blackmails him for cheating (!), setting off a series of cascading, mutual deceptions that ironically awakens her libido and restores their marriage.
Russian Romance
On tour with the visiting Russian Circus During the Cold War, a carefree American jazz pianist romances a beautiful Russian high-wire artiste, but the comic clash of cultures turns serious when the vindictive KGB tour director sends her home in shame, and the American must fly to Russia to bring her back
The Redemption of John Parker
An embittered former slave risks life and limb as an Underground Railroad “conductor” until, targeted for death by angry slave owners and a sociopathic slave hunter, he must confront and resolve his inner rage or bring tragedy on his family.
Mate Matcher's Match
When a godless, seemingly carefree bachelor sets course to win a feisty, virginal Christian matchmaker, he collides with a righteous blockade that buckles only when she uncovers the personal trauma that cracked his moral compass.
The Dumb Ox Bellows
A 13th-century friar struggles to revitalize Christian theology using logic and reason, but intellectual opposition from peers, malicious slander by envious brethren, and “slavery of the pen” under two Popes drive him to mental collapse and loss of faith in his life’s work -- until God intervenes miraculously to affirm its merit.
Crum's Scam
When Julie finds out her “paralyzed” husband George is scamming the insurance company, she goes berserk with righteous indignation and almost exposes him -- until she gets a glimpse of the payoff.
Eternal Blessings
Haunted by the ghosts of a notorious religious sect, a dying woman travels back in time to see if she can break their curse and prevent them from crashing her afterlife.
