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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Eighty-Eight FrequenciesGorgeous MGM star Hedy Lamarr and her unlikely confederate enter a world of flying notes and moving slots. They make a scientific discovery that could change history while she masters the Hollywood machine. Based on a true story. 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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When Doves CryIn 1991, fraternal twins navigate the treachery of young adulthood, dealing with bullies, racists, homophobes, and abusive authority figures while seeking the ultimate Minneapolis experience; seeing the legendary Prince perform live at First Avenue on Halloween night but a freak blizzard threatens their plans. |
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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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LolitaA Puerto Rican seamstress becomes firebrand revolutionary Dolores ¨Lolita Lebrón¨, masterminds the 1954 U.S. Capitol attack, and battles prison, heartbreak, and history itself to prove colonial chains can be shattered. |
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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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Post Your Script Here!LABYRINTH OF DESTINY
During the Mexican-American War, Lieutenant Ulysses Grant falls in love with a young Mexican woman who helps American slaves escape bondage.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
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.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest shot in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
BLESS & RELEASE
SERIES LL: A woman helping her son and his Indian girlfriend with their wedding plans, cops outrage from the girl's ultra-conservative mother, until the women discover common ground - paving the way to the altar for their two love birds.
