Best Biographical Screenplays
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PIRANDELLO'S WIFEQuiet, passive, obedient, a wonderful mother to her children and perfect wife to her Nobel Prize winning husband. Then, when it was time, she was locked away in an insane asylum for the final 40 years of her life. Here, she attempts to tell her story. https://pirandelloswife.com/ Script Excerpt |
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JebIn the wake of Stonewall, Yale professor John Boswell races against time and his own mortality to unearth secrets buried within the historical record, igniting a struggle for truth and acceptance that will outlive him. |
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Doors of MiraclesA young businesswoman in thanking God encounters disasters. Still, and in that anticipation trembling, she utters, "Thank You My Dear Lord", then the sky suddenly opens, Light pours down to the pit of her stomach and fills the room as it projects her beyond the Universe to Heaven, to return with supernatural powers, miracles, and God speaks. Script Excerpt |
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and The Devil called!The Devil visits God‘s chosen-one five times, gives dates the world will end, "and you will be my bride". But she rejects him. So with his tri-stepped-headed charcoaled alien goons with their long razor-sharp finger-nails, they examine her brain for answers. Script Excerpt |
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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 discovers it is murdering patients and on her having gained that knowledge, escalates a war against it. 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 of the nation's greatest corporate crime to turn, or hide - no 'out'. Script Excerpt |
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The Benefactor!A young business woman attracts the wrath of bankers when she makes interest-free loans to farmers, in her attempt to stem the flow of murder/suicides on the land. Script Excerpt |
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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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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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The Man Who Beat Mark SpitzTrue story of the first Texan ever to win an individual Olympic Gold medal in swimming, overcoming a multiple of obstacles on the physical, mental & spiritual worlds. |
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WHY DID YOU?A 34-year-old woman embarks on a mission to find her birth mother, and why she was given up for adoption. She uncovers the truth detailing how Bobby Kennedy got the evidence guaranteeing Jimmy Hoffa’s 1964 conviction for stealing the Teamsters pension fund. |
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Fast FadeBiopic of the 1950s film noir starlet Barbara Payton. The dazzlingly beautiful and talented blonde bombshell quickly ascended to leading roles in Hollywood. But her wild partying ways, alcoholism, and scandalous romances brought her career crashing down to back alley prostitution. |
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Not About MoneyA competent late forties corporate gal gets promoted into management, is soon demoted, and faced with a battle of resilience, justice, and a lawsuit while an unexpected ally attempts to redeem himself and discloses the unscrupulous ruler behind the scheme to oust her. |
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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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Tech Me OutFleeing Soviet Ukraine with his mother and grandmother, a quiet teenage immigrant builds a new life in America, where the resilience and kindness of those around him help shape the man who co-founded WhatsApp. |
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I Am a Witness – Script-BASED FILM BUDGETVFX Shots: ~200 Genre: Spiritual Sci-Fi / Supernatural Drama Estimated Runtime: 110 min Budget Level: Independent Mid-Range Shoot: 25 Days / 30 Locations / 110 Script Pages Script Excerpt |
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I Am a Witness CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS“Truth is a heavy burden, but silence is heavier sill. I Am A Witness explores the courage it take to stand along against the shadows of history-providing that even in a world of mirrors, one voice can shatter the silence of ages” Script Excerpt |
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I Am a Witness TITLE PAGEThe Title Page and Main Manuscript have been uploaded as separate files to meet the specific metadata and formatting requirements of different platform. This ensures that all author identification, institutional affiliations, and acknowledgments are removed from the main manuscript to maintain the integrity of the blinded review. Script Excerpt |
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Hello, my name is James and I'm an alcoholicA suicidal alcoholic living with his parents finds love at the job center and runs away to live in a tent with his new girlfriend—only to discover she’s not the angel he thought, dragging him into an even darker spiral in this morbidly funny and heartbreaking tale of love, addiction, and survival. Script Excerpt |
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Lucky's Betrayal-- From Rat to Boss“From Rat to Boss”—Before he became the infamous Mafia kingpin, Lucky Luciano made a secret betrayal to save himself—an act that, years later, threatens to destroy his empire and the myth of his loyalty." |
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RUNNING FROM DEATHTrials and tribulations of the notorious John Wesley Hardin, 1800’s Texas gunfighter, who’s gunfighting abilities are tested while he runs from death throughout his life. Script Excerpt |
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PITTSBURGH PHILBiopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a. Pittsburgh Phil, notorious mafia hitman in the 1930’s, who rises from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most ruthless killers in Murder Incorporated. Script Excerpt |
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCIDENTAL ALIENFictionalized autobiographical dark comedy about a UFO fanatic turned screenwriter on a rollercoaster ride of Hollywood success, failure and a nightmarish marriage that nearly destroys his career. The existential journey of an "alien" stranded on earth, from his teenage years raised by lesbians in the 50's to his adult struggles to survive in the film industry of the 70's through the 90's, to his globetrotting adventures as a miniseries writer from London to Morocco. All based on true events. Names have been changed to protect the guilty. Script Excerpt |
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SnooksThe extraordinary true life story of Nate "Snooks" Gulliver, dancer and drummer extraordinaire, who played with Cab Calloway and other greats and was Billie Holliday's childhood sweetheart. |
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A young man with a dark past finds a job as a Handyman in a nursing home.
Fight For Oil
A beautiful young anti-war activist and a Death Valley auto mechanic learn about love and loyalty during a future Gulf War.
Promises, Promises
Life crisis. Mid-life crisis.
Fish Fetish
What happens when you mix compulsion with alcohol? A horrific, fast paced story of abuse and revenge inspired by "Tales From The Crypt"
TRAGIC FLAW
Revenge is sweet. Infidelity is delicious.
ENDLESS COURAGE
There’s the family you’re born into and the one you choose: A feisty teen growing up and a political activist growing old forge new paths when aging out of foster care meets aging in place, conquering the housing crisis in a world stacked against them.
INVISIBLE
What do you do when you age out of jobs and relationships and nobody notices you anymore? This is the story of one woman’s outrageous attempts to be seen by embracing other disenfranchised oddballs, building community and finding an unlikely new love.
A Matter of Time, based on the book by Don Kirchner
He searched for freedom in the skies, he found it in a prison cell: A triumph of the human spirit over devastating odds.
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.
Nostalgia Kills
A washed-up paranormal TV crew heads to an abandoned mall to exploit a legendary massacre for ratings, only to find themselves trapped inside a bloody slasher sequel where someone is determined to finish the story that started twenty-five years ago.
