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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:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
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.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
Screenplay Adaptation (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor strives to pop the world like popcorn, to save his home from being stolen by government eminent domain, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail.
Marilyn
The ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife.
The Storm
A small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects.
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