A GRUNT'S TALE
Vietnam vet Kurt "Wojo" Wojiski suffers from wounds that can't be seen. His sister's maid, Elvina, is the only person that can reach him. Based on actual events from the Siege of Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968!
20s male
20s male, mixed-race
Platoon
Band of Brothers
Justine Cowan has been a writer, in various capacities, for30 years. Her first screenplay "A Grunt's Tale" was awarded Honorable Mention in the 77th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition(out of 17,000 entries). "A Grunt's Tale" was also recognized as a top winner in the SkyFest I 2008 Script Competition.
Justine's other completed screenplays include "The Octopus Charmer"(which was also recognized as a top winner in the SkyFest I 2008 Script Competition)and "Flashdrive" and "Janie Loves Bollywood".
SkyFest (Honorable Mention) [2007]
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Bewitching Hitler: The Coven that Beat the Nazis and Saved the Wolrd! (Histroical Fiction/Dramedy - based on actual events.)
A plucky UK/New Forest Witch Coven conjure an ancient magic spell to prevent Hitler from winning World War II.
One, Second Summer (Young Adult/Romance/Sci-Fi/Dramedy)
Second Summer on Cape Cod is usually a quiet time, until a spaceship of wacky extraterrestrials come to visit, and two fearless tween-agers, determined to meet them, find out why.
BOOM!Town (Parody of Crime/Mob Story/Dramedy)
After a bloody car bombing, a blown-off human foot lands on the roof of a retired, cash-poor mob cleaner who schemes to extort the Mafia Don that ordered the hit, unaware his wacky plan may help the FBI catch the cut-throat gangster.
The Tortured Journey of Wounded Souls
In antebellum Virginia, after a white woman is raped and her husband is killed while fleeing to Philadelphia, she has to depend on a proud young slave she considers inferior to protect her on the perilous trek north while hotly pursued by bandits and slave catchers.
ARCHIVAL
When a down-on-his-luck reporter is hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of a legendary statesman, he gains access to the presidential library of a disgraced politician— only to find himself trapped in a violent hostage siege.
LINCOLN PLACE
In 2001, a struggling stand-up comic relocates to Brooklyn, where a rundown brownstone full of misfits and a haunted past force him to confront his demons — onstage and off.
Misguided Illusions
In the world of Drag Queens, there's a fine line between fantasy and reality.
SKIP TRACY
After his uncle is injured pursuing a fugitive, a law student must leave school and help run the family bail bonds business, battling deep state operatives to nab a high value bounty.
GOLDEN STATE of MIND
In 1990s California, two grieving brothers chase new beginnings, but as love, ambition, and family dysfunction collide, a devastating tragedy forces them to confront the lives they tried to leave behind.
The Complicated Truth
A fearless news anchor puts her life in jeopardy to expose dangerous secret societies which have infiltrated the government to rig a presidential election, maintain their power and keep the country racially polarized.
