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BULLY! (Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal)
CHARGE! Rough Rider President Teddy Roosevelt takes on all comers – Banana Republics, Wall Street bigwigs and Congress – to build the Panama Canal. The real story. Can be expanded to TV miniseries. Professional Coverage: “Recommend” Dave Trottier (Author “The Screenwriter’s Bible.”) SEMI-FINALIST Fade In Awards rue Story/Bio Competition
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.
New York Screenplay (First Place) [2019]
Emerging Screenwriters Genre (Semifinalist) [2019]
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Post Your Script Here!The Passage of Sun
Three brothers challenge the Convict Leasing System of forcing African American men into prison in order to continue providing slave labor and county revenue in Alabama following the Civil War.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A 14 year old preacher renounces his faith in God in the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter.
Improper Dosage
While driving through rural Pennsylvania with his fiancé, a young gay man survives a mysterious car accident.
Monster Carnival
An anthology series exploring humans’ modern-day meetings with folkloric creatures through cautionary tales.
Twelve Less
Twelve teenagers survive a plane crash, which at first was thought to be caused by a structural flaw.
Maeta's Story (prev. Uncle Frits)
In the Occupied Netherlands, a widow and her 7 year old son go into hiding with the help of her brother, a WW1 veteran who struggles with PTSD.
Flush
Business student with big Wall Street pretensions is phished into taking a summer job at a failing home repair company staffed with ex-cons and colorful "losers" who teach him what's important in life.
RESERVOIR
A young criminal, in mourning after the death of his sister, is thrust into the role of a reluctant Messiah following a violent supernatural occurrence.
Hy-Brasil
Four lifelong friends go on a search to find a mythological island, which is rumored to grant immortality.
Code Red
A seventeen-year-old high schooler is frustrated by flaws he sees in the educational system and in his peers so he decides to commit a school shooting in order to lash out against them.
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