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Screenplay Search Announces Semi-Finalists
The Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition (September 2009-January 2010 round) has announced its semi-finalists in each of seven categories. Finalists and winners will be announced in early March, 2010.
Action/Thriller:
Blowback, Jeff Travers
Bummer, Sal J. Cardinalli
Controlled, Craig Cambria
Criminal Intent, Teresa Joy Campaign
Dealers, Jimmy Bromberg
Fighter Pilot, Bob Daniels
Infected, James Schannep
Shadow Trade, Michael Donald
Smooch 'n Pooch, Michael Pallota
Street Smart, Arthur Gregg LaShelle
The Deprogramming of Fahim, Steve Hochman
The Flowers of Evil, Prabir Mitra
White House Down, Martin Holloway
Comedy:
Artiface, Steve Hochman
Betty Boop in Hollywood, Jung H Lee
Big Man Complex, David Obrand
Going Solo, Robert Gately
Orville, Arthur Gregg LaShelle
Power Trip, Jim Patton/Dwayne McKenzie
TAVTJ, Kevin Schmadeka
Tennis Ball Man, Gavin Cruickshank
The Bearer of Bad News, David Minaskanian
The Big Eat, Steve LaMontagne
The Russian Kiss, Raef Eric Lawson
The Souls of Atlantis, Mark Perlick
Uncommon Thieves, David Crosman & Kanton Budge
Drama:
Boo Hoo Flanigan, Robert Gately
Christmastime, Linda Mahkovec
False Idols of the 21st Century, Genna Rivieccio
I'll Die Tomorrow, John J. Maffucci
Jenna's Gone, Russ Meyer
Life Expectancy, Matt Weith
Playmaker's House, Mike Sherer
Second Chances, Gerry Cudmore
Steven, Marvin Curtis Reid
Triptych, Wayne J. Keeley
What Things May Come, Elias Sayegh
When Eyes Go Dark, Annie Elizabeth Ryan
Family:
Jelly Roll Frenzy, Paula Malimba
Underwood, Theresa K. Giese
Period:
A Wink of the Black Eye, Mark Wagner
Blood Runs Deep, Nick Amatuzio
Fire in Beulah, Paula Kim Sullivan
I Am John Horse, Zoe Krasney
Rebirth, T.L Lewis
Requited, Bill Johnston
Ruled Accidental, June Escalante
The Ace of Aces, Geoff Breuder
The Great Quest, Steve Weissman
The Mojo Hand, Jarad Matula/Marshall Hopkins
The Only Living Man With a Hole in His Head, Todd Ploiss
Triton: A Modern American Odyssey, Marc DeLamater
Devlin, Kelly Michels
Romantic Comedy:
Bellini's, Maureen Johnson
Countdown to Bliss, Michael Jon Levin
Intimate Relations, Chris Brown
Left Lonely, Andrew Shafer
Looking for a Man With a Corvette, Janet Nadine Hogate
Picture Me and You, Robert Watson
Shrink Wrapped, David A. Horwitz
Smillers, Mike McGeever
Textbook Love, Jimmy Bromberg
Til There Was You, Cathy Freericks
Used to Love Her, Raef Eric Lawson
Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
Angel Trap, Holli Herrle-Castillo
Canaries, Craig Cambria
Con Man, Murray Spitzer
Guardians, Jason Auerbach
Hidden Millions, David Spiro
Hocus Pocus in the Land of Baloney, Rana Aich
The Dostoevsky Chronicles, Justin Call
Valyk, Michael Pallota
Updated: 01/25/2010
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
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.
