Best Biographical Screenplays
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Doors of MiraclesA young woman’s faith is tested, she is filled with the Holy Spirit and transcended through the universe to the Heavens to be returned to Earth with the power to heal, a direct link to God, God speaks and The Holy Spirit intercedes her response. Script Excerpt |
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and The Devil called!The Devil is so confident of being accepted by God`s chosen-one he appears as himself with gifts and, `you will be my bride`. But she refuses him. Confused at this refusal he inflicts dreadful paralysis and sends in his tri-stepped-headed charcoaled alien goons to examine her brain. Script Excerpt |
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Untouchable!A blonde bombshell in stainless steel becomes a femme fatale - a relentless tiger with razor-sharp-toothed-pen spilling blood across the pages leaving nowhere, for the perpetrators to hide. Script Excerpt |
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Saving Mark TwainMARK TWAIN, American superstar, has writer’s block, is nearly bankrupt, and fears his Muse is gone forever. But could an infuriating star-struck fan, RUDYARD KIPLING (23)-- an unknown newspaper reporter from India who invades his life and steals his teenage daughter’s heart-- be the surprising key that unlocks the famous author's biggest secret, restores his confidence-- and saves Mark Twain? Inspired by a true story. |
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Misguided IllusionsIn the world of Drag Queens, there's a fine line between fantasy and reality. When the two collide not even a serial killer can decide. |
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Murder in Emergency!A dedicated nurse fights to save her beloved hospital from closure until she is alerted to patients being systematically murdered, redirecting her quest to destroying those responsible. Script Excerpt |
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WHITE SHADOWS, BLACK DREAMS - now adapted into novel My Journey to Lewaro: Stories Along the WayDR ANDREW HORTON UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES Professor Emeritus Justin Swingle's WHITE SHADOWS, BLACK DREAMS, is a compelling dramatic script based on the life of one of America's most important but least known women, Madam C.J.Walker. An African-American who was born the daughter of slaves, orphaned at seven, she became through both strength of character and good fortune, Madam C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in the country and champion of the rights of not only blacks and women, but of all people. Swingle evokes the era as well as the character and aptly carries us through something of an epic |
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THE GREAT QUESTBased on the true story of the Buddha: The battles of a Prince who rejects riches and power, risking insanity and death, in a quest to find ultimate freedom. |
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Fast FadeBiopic of the tragic 1950s film noir star Barbara Payton. The dazzlingly beautiful Payton ascended to the heights of Hollywood glamor and opportunity in the 1950s, but her defiance of public morality and breathtakingly bad romantic choices brought her career crashing down. Script Excerpt |
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Surviving Sand IslandTrafficked, shipwrecked and abandoned on a treeless island in 1761, reluctant leader Semiavou leads a female society through 15 years of relentless adversity. Her inner strength rescues them back to colonial Africa until they escape once more to their true community. (True story) |
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The Dumb Ox BellowsA 13th-century friar struggles to revitalize Christian theology using logic and reason, but intellectual opposition from peers, malicious slander by envious brethren, and “slavery of the pen” under two Popes drive him to mental collapse and loss of faith in his life’s work -- until God intervenes miraculously to affirm its merit. The extraordinary, true story of Saint Thomas Aquinas.- Script Excerpt |
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DUEL AND DEATHFamous Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin, dies in a duel defending his and his wife's honor. Script Excerpt |
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The Ed Dennehy StoryEd always wanted to act or direct in theatre. Infant epilepsy, a lifelong battle with booze, or the bizarre hallucinations of van Gogh, Barrymore and spiders the size of dogs were not going to stop him. Living in reality was another matter. This is a physiological journey where a man struggles to find peace between the worlds of the real and the imaginary. |
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Not About MoneyA gal of principle gets her career derailed, goes up against a large corporation with a discrimination lawsuit, and ultimately changes the culture for women in business. |
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The Redemption of John ParkerAn embittered former slave risks life and limb as an Underground Railroad “conductor” until, targeted for death by angry slave owners and a sociopathic slave hunter, he must confront and resolve his inner rage or bring tragedy on his family. Based on a true story. |
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ErikssonThe Viking Leif Eriksson, who, to prove himself to his legendary father Erik the Red, embarks on a dangerous voyage to find new lands and inadvertently discovers America. Script Excerpt |
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ODE TO FREEDOMAlexander Pushkin, Russia's most famous poet in the nineteenth century, overcomes internal insecurity to inspire the fight against serfdom and the Tsar. Script Excerpt |
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The VentureTHE VENTURE: -At the peak of hippie counterculture, a drug dealer and an ex-Army clerk embark on an adventure of free love, psychedelic drugs, and transient life with their like-minded friends, eventually leading to the birth of the first counterculture mall. Script Excerpt |
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Color Me CrookedThis is the true story of the meteoric rise and the catastrophic fall of the mayor of the City of Fall River Massachusetts, Jasiel Correia. He was elected at only 21 years old. In less than 6 years, he went from what some called The Boy Wonder to corruption kingpin. He stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from seven people that invested in his bogus smartphone app to fund his lavish lifestyle. He bought a Mercedes Benz for himself and his girlfriend, paid off student loans and credit cards, spent thousands on vacations, restaurants, clothing, dating services and adult entertainment as well as extravagant gifts for his girlfriend. Then he went on to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from area businessmen looking to set up marijuana dispensaries in the city. Correia was arrested twice while Mayor, brought to trial and eventually convicted of 21 Federal corruption charges. This is his story. |
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The Gentleman RankerAfter a thwarted suicide attempt, T.E. Lawrence reinvents himself as a nobody in hopes of saving his sanity, but finds that the world will not leave him alone. |
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Curbside Service
A recently separated couple finds themselves stranded in the Arizona desert on their way to a family holiday function.
The Gotaways
A successful producers world is turned upside down when she's given the unexpected news that her hit TV show has been canceled.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A rare book dealer uses the reading of his will to seal heirs who he believes wronged him, in a panic room with no air or escape, unless they decode a mystery hidden in a centuries old book.
FULL CONTACT
FULL CONTACT is a high-octane, adrenaline rush Action Thriller about a fearsome Super Bowl-obsessed linebacker who struggles to defeat an unhinged locker room psychopath out to destroy everything and everyone he cherishes in his life.
Child of the Disappeared
Maria Waite is dying and has little time left to come to terms with a tragic past and to find the child that was stolen from her at birth.
ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIE PIGS!
THEY WANT YOU FOR BREAKFAST.
SCARRED!
FROM DARKNESS A LEGEND IS BORN.
TEXT ME
MAN'S BEST FRIEND IS NOT A DOG, IT'S A CELL PHONE.
REFLECTION
HEADS YOU LOSE AND TAILS YOU DIE.