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Script Savvy Announces October, 2008 Contest Winners
Script Savvy has named Marjory Kaptanoglu's No Way But Down as the winner of their October, 2008 Screenwriting Competition:
WINNER:
No Way But Down by Marjory Kaptanoglu
(New title: Direct Descent)
Mystery
An insecure young woman discovers the shocking truth about her own identity after receiving a letter from someone claiming to be her mother.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Mr. Popular by Bob Bouknight (comedy)
When a relatively unknown candidate for governor receives a friendship bracelet from a 6-year-old girl, he becomes the most popular man in the world. But as the election draws near, the fragile threads of the bracelet wear thin.
Assisted Living by Brian Penn (comedy/drama)
A cantankerous old man decides to live out his remaining years in an assisted living facility - but when his scorned ex-wife moves in, they soon realize the place isn't big enough for the two of them.
Check Mate by Glenn Pineau (crime)
A prostitute, a philanderer and a private nurse plot to swindle a million dollars from a rich widower. It's a three-way game of life and death chess where the moves are motivated by love, hate, and greed.
Dog by Kelly Parks (horror)
When two teens call a porn ad about a submissive who demands punishment, they wind up fighting for their lives after unleashing a beautiful force of evil.
Summer of '69 by Christopher Bell (drama)
A young boy learns about love and heroism when his 17-year-old babysitter brings him to Woodstock.
Updated: 12/04/2008
Additional Contest Info:
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FULL CONTACT — Price of Redemption
Under the suffocating pressure of a championship spotlight, a redlining linebacker must outplay a hijacked beta safety system that turns every 200lb impact into a lethal cardiac glitch.
Last Train Home
As he’s removed from Florida's death chamber, an executed man is guided by a mysterious presence into his own past, where preventing a single bad decision could rewrite the life that brought him to this dire destiny.
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.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
A young mixed blood, determined to avenge his mother’s brutal death, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates through the oppressive and inhumane colonizers of California's “Mission Era.
“Be prepared for what?” Episode 2: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
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A virus is decimating the male population making most impotent.
GHOST TOWN, NM
When an obstinate father insists his daughter marry a rich but foolish young man, she escapes, with her boyfriend, to a ghost down.
BORDERLINE JUSTICE
Rita Fuentes, a fiery, attractive Latina social worker introduces Martin Wilkins, a law-and-order judge, to the violent, politically charged world of power, money, illegals, and life for the drug mules--like Demetria Plascentia, and his foolish new son-in-law, Antonio Borja--he condemns daily in his courtroom.
UNCLE FRANCO'S BIRTHDAY SUIT
Paolo’s relatives, including his zany Uncle Franco, are determined to reunite their nephew with his teenage love, Magdalena.
