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BluCat's Gordy Hoffman Announces Contest Winners
I am pleased to announce a very special update at
www.bluecatscreenplay.com -our annual interview with our winner. And
what a script this woman wrote!
In DUST, Sherie Yang, winner of the second BlueCat Screenplay
Competition, displays an incredibly mature level of craft and control of
emotional pace. In her interview, Sherie relates her writer’s journey,
and discusses how she arrived at the emotional and spiritual place to
produce such an outstanding effort.
DUST, the story of a teenage Chinese girl sold into prostitution in
late-19th Century Los Angeles, is brutally honest and gloriously
inspiring. An untold story, at it’s core uniquely American, DUST
fulfills the promise cinema extends to us, a promise so rarely met.
It’s the best script I’ve read, by far, in a long time. Thanks so much
for entering, Sherie.
NOTE: DUST recently placed fourth at Slamdance.
Wanna read DUST? Contact Sherie at 1-800-222-6000 (Mailbox #
213-626-001) or sherieyang@yahoo.com.
Our other three finalists (very picky at BlueCat) are movies in their
own right:
TRY THE NUTS by Arzhang Kamarei is a wonderfully chaotic romantic
hilarity set in modern day Manhattan, tracing the confusions and
victories of the heart. The superb timing of the humor in this script
is something you never see--a very valuable property. I HATE to say I
wish I wrote it. Perfectly funny and sweetly romantic. Contact Arzhang
arzhang.kamarei@gs.com or 212-727-3872
ROACHES 666 by Stu Woolley, an apocalyptic, profane loony tune of a
script, which, in my opinion, out-Malcoviches BEING JOHN MALCOVICH by a
nuclear bomb or two, follows the bizarre adventures of sweet, hapless
Veronica as she tries to make it in the big city. I laughed out loud on
page two! (This never happens.) Contact Stu at golddog@kingston.net or
613-542-4933,
THE WIZARD JOE by Tony Urgo follows the oddly magical life of Joe, a
regal figure of an idyllic medieval kingdom. This script creates a world
so breathtaking and magical, I could only shake my head when the
screenplay took a turn you only find in, I don’t know, a handful of
screenplays. A must read. Contact Tony at anagram@san.rr.com or
858-485-0296,
We are currently accepting entries for our third BlueCat Screenplay
Competition. The winner now receives $4000. We work directly with our
winner and finalist by querying the agencies, management and production
companies on their behalf, plus yearlong internet and industry exposure.
We also call ALL applicants to the BlueCat with feedback on their
script. No other competition does this!! We accept up to TWO screenplays
per entry fee, and our entry fee is only $20. Please visit
www.bluecatscreenplay.com for complete details, or send a SASE to
BlueCat, P.O. Box 2630, Hollywood, CA 90028.
If you like, you can call me at 323-871-8098.
The BlueCat Screenplay Competition is committed to serving the writers
who enter our competition. Help us do this by spreading the word.
Sincerely,
Gordy Hoffman
Updated: 12/05/2000
Additional Contest Info: BlueCat Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
The March of the 18th
In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country.
ELECTRIC
After being electrocuted on the job, a woman has the power to make everyone around her fall in love.
OVERPASS
When a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
L.A. Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit.
HARBINGER
Detective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of another senior citizen, one of several over the past few months.
THE TEST
On an anniversary trip to San Fran Debbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin wildly out of control when Jim instead falls into a trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth.
THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
A model whose career is fading gets a much-needed vacation and a new outlook on life when she hides out at a Florida beach house with an “odd couple” of twenty-something brothers who are 100% convinced she's a hooker.
DOWN WITH DAD
A 3-time Man of the Year dad Dave McNabb tries to teach his teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “do good things, good things happen.
TAKEN AWAY
Two 16 year-olds, one a foul-mouthed cutter, the other a church boy, become unlikely allies when they are snatched from separate states and brought to a remote hideaway by an inexperienced kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison and terminal.
