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:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!A Family's Affairs
A thoroughly mixed, mixed-up family, navigates through life one day at a time, knowing a bigger bite of the apple is just too much to swallow.
Cast To Kill
A respected casting director with a wandering eye for the ladies must fight for his life and reputation after being framed for murder by a vengeful psychopath.
The Zombays
A young, hip African American couple, abducted into a top-secret government program to create zombies for military purposes, escape undetected and flee to the suburbs, where great business success leads to unexpected notoriety and a cataclysmic showdown between creature and creator.
ADDICTIVE
In a sleek, cyberpunk future where nearly everyone is frozen at age 25, a brilliant scientist is thrust into a brutal survival game among immortal Outliers—each haunted by their darkest vice.
BAKING BAD
Set in 1968 Berkeley, Baking Bad follows Reba, a rule-bound home-economics teacher whose “magic brownies” spark an unlikely movement among her sister Margie and a band of co-op students chasing love, freedom, and meaning in a turbulent era.
HOLLYWEIRD
In a city where humans, talking animals, and anthropomorphic misfits called “Morphs” all chase fame, two struggling best buds — a fun-loving Water Balloon Guy and his uptight Rice Crispy Treat roommate — try to survive the absurd madness of showbiz and each other.
GOLD RUSH 2099
When a rogue comet collides with a giant asteroid worth ten-quintillion and fragments of it smash into Mars, it ignites humanity's first-ever Martian gold rush.
SATURNIA
In 1999, two Los Angeles teenagers get marooned on a mystical planet where they must survive bizarre creatures, stop a power-hungry king, and find a way back home — before the portal closes forever.
QUALITY CONTROL
After a brutal breakup, a self-centered millennial escapes to Hawaii chasing happiness, but when paradise leaves him homeless, he’s forced to confront who he really is — and who he wants to become.
Unaccompanied Minor
A man accidentally uncovers a pedophilia ring and rescues a young sex worker.
