A Feeding Frenzy Announces Summer 2006 Contest Winners
A Feeding Frenzy has announced Montae Russell's I Was a Teenage Art Thief as the winner of their Summer 2006 screenwriting competition.
1st Place
I WAS A TEENAGE ART THIEF by MONTAE RUSSELL
Drama: Based on a true story of a black youth from the ghetto who stumps the FBI when he goes on a lucrative two-year reign as a teenage art thief and learns a priceless lesson about life, love and the value of education.
2nd Place
THE RADIANT BOYS by JEREMY WILMARTH jeremy@wilmarth.org
Supernatural Thriller: Troubled orphan brothers unleash dark supernatural forces that unlock their foster family's private hell of suppressed guilt, rage and tragic death.
3rd Place
THE KRAY SURVIVORS by RON RANDOLPH steverenthal@yahoo.com
Sci-Fi Thriller: Nightmares or hallucinations? Drug-induced or alien-induced? A futuristic mercenary on a mission to save the human race can't be sure whom to trust, especially himself, when he doesn't know if his memories are real or not, or whether he's awake, dreaming or hallucinating.
FINALISTS: (in alphabetical order by script title)
A GLASS HALF FULL by JEFFREY MUSMANNO Musmanno@ptd.net
Drama: When a hopeless young man faces the death of a loved one, he recounts his past and learns once again to embrace the beauty of life and hope.
DOING TIME IN A BOTTLE by GINA CRESSE ginacresse@adelphia.net
Romantic Comedy: When a daring archaeologist gets locked in a bottle by a genie for 100 years, he must outsmart the genie to win back his freedom and the love of his life by figuring out the path to true happiness.
HEROIN(E) by Ken Sandbank KenSandban@aol.com
Drama: When a battered New York City hooker adopts an abandoned geisha, the geisha teaches the hooker the way of the geisha to help her escape her violent pimp and dismal life.
THE MONA LISA CAPER by GINA CRESSE ginacresse@adelphia.net
Period Drama: When a poor carpenter claims he pulled off the greatest art theft in history by stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the real mastermind confesses his story to a reporter.
THE OUTLAW by LARRY WHATCOTT ldwscrnwrtr@cox.net
Supernatural Thriller: When a determined female joins the Texas Rangers, her first case is to hunt down a serial killer who can not age.
SWEETHEART DEAL by MARK RYKOFF mark_rykoff@timemagazine.com
Crime/Caper: When a financial reporter gets conned by a shady investment banker and a high-priced call girl, and the call girl subsequently gets dumped by the banker, the reporter and the call girl team up to give the banker a taste of his own medicine.
UNITY by EUGENE LANGLAIS III
Horror/Thriller: When an obsessive FBI psychologist investigates a seemingly inexplicable crime, she discovers the legacy of hideous government experiments on human behavior that prove that the pursuit of the greater good leads to the greatest evil.
Honorable Mentions:
Best Opening Scene
ASCENSION by Steve Sparks ss@hawaiiantel.net
The spectacular beauty of a drop of water is captured as it ascends from the Bay of Bengal to the Himalayas, where an American wrongly accused of a murder by the Chinese army goes on the run for his life.
Best Closing Scene
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE by Janyce Lapore janyce46@aol.com
A failed commuter train robbery destroys a desperate man's dream of reaching paradise but he does get a glimpse of it in a most unusual way.
Best Female Character Not Used As A Murder Prop Or Decoration On The Leading Man's Arm:
MRS. FELDSCHREIBER, SECRET AGENT by Claire Riley clairevriley@aol.com
A 50-year-old menopausal sex kitten drenched in big hair, make-up, gaudy jewelry and loud polyester, the CIA will never be the same when meddling match-maker Mrs. Feldschreiber decides to stick her nose in their business!
Other Honorable Mentions
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE by Janyce Lapore janyce46@aol.com
ARTIFICE by Mike McGeever zeppofan@aol.com
ASCENSION by Steve Sparks zss@hawaiiantel.net
BOLIVAR'S BRIDGE by Elizabeth Medes
BUG MAN by Nick Diaz
CARNIVAL TRAP by Ryil Adamson ryil1@msn.com
CITY OF NETS by Debbie Bolsky Debbie@Dbolskywriter.com
FAST AWAKE by Alex Williams alexkrty@hotmail.com
NOT HERE, YOU WON'T by Jack Kilpatrick
MISSING PERSONS by Michael Weinstein mcwein@comcast.net
MRS. FELDSCHREIBER, SECRET AGENT by Claire Riley clairevriley@aol.com
PINOT GRIS AND CURLY FRIES by Mark Saunders msaunderswriter@yahoo.com
PRINCESS REBORN by Lee Tidball leesius@netzero.net
RED TULIPS by Elise George Egeorge@nc.rr.com
ROCKET DOCKET by Brooks Barnes tbarnes3@houston.rr.com
TAO OF JONES by Bill Ryan bill.ryan2@comcast.net
THE BEST CHEST IN THE SOUTHWEST Ryil Adamson by ryil1@msn.com
THE FLOWERING OF KELLY O'HARA by Cathy Salenger
THE LAMB by Guy Winch glw555@aol.com
THE TORTOISE AND THEY HEIR by Russ Meyer turtoise@att.net
VOICES by Susan Klos susan@bigtimepic.com
Updated: 08/02/2006
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
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.
THE BEAUTY OF THE RODEO
A former rodeo queen returns home after thirty years, but her attempt to fit back in is further complicated by the arrival of the daughter she secretly placed for adoption.
THE GEPETTO PROTOCOL
To stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention.
Slicks
A reckless young helicopter pilot in Vietnam discovers the missions he flies are feeding a covert CIA assassination program and must choose between the silence that keeps him alive and the truth that will cost him everything, including the woman waiting back home.
Whirlabout
A New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, who is riding a downwards Alzheimer's spiral.
THE HEALING
Twin siblings diverge violently when one becomes a celebrated, Christ-like preacher and the other courts death through reckless desire—until their bond is tested by miracles, scandal, and the ultimate act of faith.
WEIGHT of the WORLD
As seniors vanish and messages appear in mirrors, a skeptical detective is drawn into a parallel world where the forgotten are reborn—and learns she might just be the last warning before humanity is rewritten.
THE ORGANIC SVENGALI
She wants to connect with her dead parents by attending their alma mater; he’s a young genius coasting as a music history professor who cured himself of cancer, and is looking for a fresh mind now that the cancer has returned; their paths and wills are about to cross.
LABYRINTH OF DESTINY
During the Mexican-American War, Lieutenant Ulysses Grant falls in love with a young Mexican woman who helps American slaves escape bondage.
