EXPLOSION AT BLACK TOM!
Federal Agents -- including a young J. Edgar Hoover and a badass female translator -- track German saboteurs plotting the July 30, 1916 Black Tom Island explosion in New York harbor - the terrorist attack on America! Professional Coverage: “Recommend” - Dave Trottier (Author “The Screenwriter’s Bible”). SEMI-FINALIST - Fade In Awards-True Story/Bio Contest
Screenplays
Jim specializes in screenplays based on historical true events (including musicals), bio/pics and/or disasters. In alphabetical order:
“BOJANGLES, EUBIE AND BERT!” Three Black musical legends of the past – Bert Williams, Eubie Blake and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson – relive their show business success in spite of racism and theatrical bigotry.
Big Apple (Semifinalist) [2019]
Emerging Screenwriters Genre (Semifinalist) [2019]
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A rookie private investigator’s first case is in a small Colorado mountain town full of secrets; in solving the case he gains a new secret that he must forever keep from his fiancée.
OUT of BODY
When brutal thieves storm his bank and knock him unconscious, a timid bank manager awakens to discover he's having an out-of-body experience and must use his unique vantage point and newfound powers to thwart the heist and free hostages.
The Coventry Deception
After a crisis thrusts him into the presidency, Robert Gorley confronts the challenges of leadership as he deals with a power struggle, an assassination attempt, and a ruthless terrorist plot to launch multiple attacks on US soil.
ISTANBUL CROSSING
A gay Syrian refugee in Istanbul, while juggling dangerous smuggling operations for both the CIA and Islamic State, falls in love with, and must decide between, two men who offer him very different futures.
Beyond Forever
Haunted by a devastating tragedy, a man makes the life-altering choice to abandon his family, friends, and prosperous career, opting instead for a one-way voyage to Mars as a participant in a groundbreaking space exploration initiative.
POLLING PLACE
After a bitter family feud escalates on Election Night, a rebellious tech exec and his girlfriend head to a remote firehouse to defiantly vote against his arrogant father's mayoral bid, but when a masked axe-wielding killer traps them, he must team with his estranged uncle to escape a deadly personal and political game.
SCOPE CREEP
After her mentor's suspicious death, a driven project manager inherits the rebuild of a notorious private prison, only to find herself stalked by a mysterious entity hellbent on sabotaging her at every turn.
MASSAGE PARLOR
Eager to bond with his white-collar colleagues, a newlywed man accompanies them on a trip to a seedy spa, but when masked assailants emerge to kidnap, torture, and blackmail them, he must team with a plucky masseuse to thwart the twisted game of their mysterious captors.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media.
CIRQUE D' ETOILES
*** Russian astronaut, thrown out of the space program, hijacks a space taxi going to the International Space Station.