The Teenage Bodyguard - TrueCrime/drama (original ver)
Based on a true story, The Teenage Bodyguard follows 17-year-old Gordie Hayes, who protects a waitress witness to a mob murder, becoming entangled in Tacoma's 1970s organized crime and its personal consequences. The Teenage Bodyguard True Crime Drama 17 Screenwriting Awards True story of the remarkable teen who shields a vulnerable waitress in 1974 at Tacoma's first topless restaurant, witness to a brutal mob murder, and faces down the powerful forces determined to silence her. TAGLINE: Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll meet sex, guns, and mayhem. In 1974 Tacoma, Washington, the city’s first topless club, the Tiki, is a front for the notorious Carbone crime family, known as The Enterprise. Sara, a cocktail waitress at the Tiki, becomes a witness to the brutal mob murder of her friend, Danny McCormick, by the Carbone family’s cold-blooded hitman, Richard “Waco” Caliguri. Realizing she's now a target, Sara seeks protection from an unlikely source: Gordie H., a courageous but inexperienced teenage boy ten years her junior. Armed and determined, Gordie agrees to protect Sara for one week until she can escape town. The two hide out at a local sex and drug commune, only venturing out when absolutely necessary, leading to several tense encounters and narrow escapes. As Sara and Gordie evade the relentless pursuit of Caliguri and the corrupt Pierce County Sheriff's Office (which is in the mafia's pocket), Gordie’s backstory unfolds through flashbacks, revealing his harrowing experiences and skills honed through the Civil Air Patrol and daring exploits. In a final, desperate move to elude their pursuers, Gordie switches cars with his friend Rick, an Army man on leave who’s staying at Gordie’s apartment. Eventually, Gordie manages to get Sara safely on a plane, but tragedy strikes when she is captured by the New York mafia upon arrival in Manhattan. As federal authorities close in, the Carbone family’s reign of terror ends, with many members imprisoned or dead. However, Caliguri survives and walks out of prison years later as an old man. Gordie, now scarred but wiser, moves on to his next bodyguard job, at 18, in Manhattan, carrying the weight of a week that forever changed his life. And never knowing she had arrived there before him. The Teenage Bodyguard is a gripping true crime tale of survival, courage, and the dark underworld of 1970s organized crime, based on the real-life story of the protagonist. Producer: Robert Mitas attached. For more details, visit: https://www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/the-teenage-bodyguard Lookbook available upon request. Bab Al Bahrain International Film Festival Official Selection & Best Feature Script Screenplay March 2024, Manama, Bahrain Brandenburg International Film Festival Outstanding Achievement Award Jul/Aug 2023, Germany David Film Festival Best Screenplay 2023, Istanbul, Turkey Gold Star Movie Awards Honorable Mention Thriller Script Aug 2023, India Great Oman Independent Film Festival Best Feature Script/Screenplay 2024, Oman Hollywood Gold Awards Gold Award - Feature Script January 2024, USA International Film & Script Festival-Lotus Best Crime Screenplay 2023, Greece Medusa Film Festival Best Feature Screenwriting 2023, USA New Cinema Festival Best Original Screenplay 2024, Unknown New York Movie Awards Best Feature Script June 2024, USA New York Screenwriting Awards Best Feature Screenplay - Honorable Mention Summer 2023, USA Tibriz Cinema Awards Best Screenplay 2023, Iran US Motion Picture Alliance Best Unproduced Drama Screenplay 2023, USA
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