The Keys To The Kingdom
A young couple is so caught up in the fast lane, they do not realize that an African/American homeless man has built a room in their attic and is changing their lives every day, forever.
(661) 714-0976 25933 Sandalia Dr, Valencia, CA 91355 MarkMcQuown@ca.rr.com -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Produced Screenplays
“PJ” Starring John Heard, Vincent Pastore, Robert Picardo Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Patricia Rea, this film had a short theatrical opening and is available now on Netflix
Winning Screenplays
“The Rocking Horse Christmas" First Place, Santa Clarita International Film Festival Animation Genre, 1997 Second Place, The Burbank International Children’s Film Festival Animation Genre, 2001
“Dot Gone” Finalist, The Telluride Independent Film Festival, 2002
“Safari” Quarter Finalist, Fade-In Magazine Screenplay Contest, 2004
“The Cat and The Rat” Finalist, The International Family Film Festival, 2005
“Pier 21” Quarter Finalist, Chesterfield Screenplay Fellowship, 1997 Quarter Finalist, Quantum Quest Screenplay Competition, 1997 Finalist, The Key West Independent Film Festival, 2002-2003
“The China Tiger” Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Screenplay Fellowship, 1998 Honorable Mention, Quantum Quest Screenplay Competition, 1998
“The Tahoe Signal” Finalist, The Telluride Independent Film Festival, 2000
“Jane, The Legend of Mountain Charley” Quarter Finalist, Scriptapalooza, 2000-2001 Winning Screenplays
“The Missing Link” Quarter Finalist, The Fade-In Magazine Screenplay Contest, 2005-2006 Semi-Finalist, The Hollywood Nexus Screenplay Contest, 2005
“Graduate School” Fourth Place, The Winter 2006 Script Showcase Contest, 2006
“The Sudan” Quarter Finalist, Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, 2007.
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Palo Alto Bang & Burn
When idealistic professor Will Reynolds joins a clandestine government program researching remote viewing, his faith in science and reality unravels as he discovers truths that feel ripped from science fiction.
Wounds of Love and Conspiracy: When Personal Wounds become National
Desperate to prove himself worthy of his civil rights activist wife, whom he crippled in an accident, George obsesses about the JFK promise, which turns into a delusional quest to prevent assassination.
Six Hundred Years of Love
The Fountain meets Blade Runner 2049: A man risks his life twice to save the same woman — first in Renaissance Italy, then in a post-human future that threatens human extinction.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
After witnessing a deadly shootout, a teenage girl, afraid of her rage in a violent future, supernaturally connects with the spirit of her murdered grandmother to fight a growing, highly contagious web of hate and violence.
Henry, Henry
One actor plays two constantly interacting personalities that split when he failed to stop the charismatic priest he caught abusing a child and heals as he uses his illness to infiltrate a child-trafficking empire.
Virgin, Warrior, Priest, Hero
One actress plays three incarnations of Lucy over 30 years of oppression and crises, leading her through a succession of identities, until a final act of sacrifice offers redemption.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
BUMPED
A deeply troubled man with little hope in life, is thrust into a world between life and death, which may provide the purpose he has long been searching for.
RUNNING FROM DEATH
Trials 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.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
