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AT THE MERCY OF FAITHA 14 year old preacher renounces his faith in God in the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter. 18 years later the psychopathic demons from his past, viciously returns to wreak havoc on his home - and to rip-out-his-soul - for the god of their hell. Script Excerpt |
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Seraphim’s MiracleA former war correspondent is forced to confront his tragic past, as he cynically investigates an alleged 'miracle' that might just be the real thing. |
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South Of Main StreetMom dies and the youngest daughter sues the emotionally challenged Dad for financial control of the estate sending him on a quest to prove he is normal - not an easy task when you are not. |
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HALFWAY HOMEWhen a catastrophic accident causes an athlete to become paralyzed, and all seems to be lost, he finds redemption in the most unlikely place, with a gaggle of colorful characters in a halfway house for the mentally disabled. Winner of 19 'Best Screenplay' awards. Previously #1 on the MovieBytes.com feature Drama & Family 'Winning Lists.' |
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LOST CAUSELOST CAUSE: The Tybee Bomb - "DIE HARD” meets “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN” at sea. A retired Explosive Ordinance Disposal expert salvages a lost nuclear bomb while fighting Black-Ops terrorist off the turbulent coast of the Caribbean. |
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Hell Followed With HimWhen a former Army Sergeant discovers that the crime family responsible for his best friend's death is holding the city of New York hostage, he makes it his personal mission to take them down no matter the cost. |
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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. Script Excerpt |
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Untouchable!A blonde bombshell in stainless steel rocks the corporate world with an explosion when she collides with the nation's most powerful man unleashing the relentless tiger within and with razor-sharp toothed pen sends him into oblivion. Script Excerpt |
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COOPAn inspirational drama about a disabled dog who assists a recently disabled young athlete find renewed purpose in his life. |
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The Passage of SunThree 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. Script Excerpt |
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GREEN WARSWhen a fast-food executive’s repressed wife finds salvation with a militant vegan activist group, it stirs up hostilities that threaten his job and their marriage. |
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The Barking SpiderWhen Joe’s 39 year-old addicted and pregnant daughter appears on his doorstep, his sedentary life is about to disappear forever. Script Excerpt |
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PICKET CHARLIEPICKET CHARLIE is an ecco-action thriller about a US Forestry Ranger that must defend her precious island reserve of trees from a band of brutal timber pirates in a near-future world devastated by climate change. |
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ANGEL HAIRWhen a beautiful German teen is used by the resistance to sneak the schematics for the V-2 rocket out of Germany, to the Allies in Paris, and then vanishes, both sides send out their top killers to find her, retrieve the plans and eliminate the young courier. But it is the third thing closing in on her that she fears the most, her past. |
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The Paper RouteOn the eve of the 4th of July, a teenager makes a discovery that could be his ticket out of his hellish small town life, but it means leaving his younger brother behind. |
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Don't You Know Who I Am?A hollywood security guard digs up celebrity dirt for money, but now his efforts to get the goods and evade detection are complicated when he befriends a young actress, and uncovers her dark secret. |
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The Sea DragonEngland, 1810: A sharp-witted young girl who hunts and sells fossils to help support her impoverished family unearths a never-before-seen skeleton that shakes the foundations of science and religion. Script Excerpt |
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Murder in Emergency!A dedicated nurse fighting to save her beloved hospital from closure, is shocked when she is alerted to patient murders, and with the same passion to save it, declares war. Script Excerpt |
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AshesA combative college professor accused of Holocaust denial tries to clear his name and repair the strained relationship with his teenage daughter before the scandal irreparably widens the chasm between them. Script Excerpt |
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Boo Hoo FlanaganA black correctional officer coaches a prison basketball team and finds the motivation he needs, in life and on the job, in Boo Hoo Flanagan, an aging, white, crippled inmate who shoots 3-point baskets better than anyone has ever seen. |
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CURIOUS BUDDIESIt's not your mother's buddy movie. It's a combo meal. It’s a little bit of Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Social with a side of Taken. Experienced FBI Agent hires and befriends an internet entrepreneur to help rescue a six year old girl taken hostage in a fall out shelter by a ruthless psychopath. Winner LA film fest Best scene 2017. Winner Willdsoud 1 page screenplay 2016 Script Excerpt |
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Healing MarieShe’s a French nude artist’s model who fears gargoyles are dead. He’s a New York artist who fears the city is a living monster. Together they vibrate in harmonic explosive love. Ludicrous sex. Preposterous adventures. Against the world ... but maybe they’re right ... like Don Quixote, this is a documentary about the pain of being happily insane. |
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BOSS TWEEDNYC politician William M. “Boss” Tweed loots the city treasury for millions until exposed by the upstart New York Times and immigrant cartoonist Thomas Nast. Political drama/strong contemporary relevance. Heavy non-comic animation and graphics. Professional Coverage: “RECOMMEND” – Dave Trottier (Author, “The Screenwriter’s Bible”) |
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Desert QuarryTwo mercenaries rob a former colleague's New York jewelry shop to even a score, but after the shop’s employees are found murdered, a deadly bank heist in Iraq begins to haunt them. Script Excerpt |
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Season of MistsA Kurdish escapee from an honor killing is imprisoned in a detention center, from which she must find the strength to resist her captors and gain freedom--forcing a confrontation with the brother that still wants her dead. Script Excerpt |
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My Enemy, My FriendAfter their only child was accidentally killed by a black security guard who mistook him for a thief, a white woman develops a feeling of hatred towards all black people. |
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Coming of Age - The PilotIn 1965, as the cultural tsunami of sex, drugs, and rock ’n' roll invades Britain, a sheltered teenage girl lands on a bedroom farce tour that is stage managed by her mother. Here she experiences a scandalous sexual awakening, which rocks both of their worlds. |
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LABYRINTH OF DESTINYDuring the Mexican-American War, Lieutenant Ulysses Grant falls in love with a young Mexican woman who helps American slaves escape bondage. The war separates them, but years later they meet again when the woman is dispatched to the United States to seek an alliance to prevent France from conquering Mexico and becoming an ally of the Confederacy. (Finalist - 2018 Academy Nicholl Screenplay Competition, Finalist - 2020 Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition) Script Excerpt |
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EuthanizedA grieving animal control officer becomes an unlikely social media hero when she embarks on a vigilante crusade against animal abusers, but her violent actions trap her between friends on the police force and the leader of a citywide dogfighting ring. Script Excerpt |
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ConsumedTrapped beneath a collapsed building, a grieving wife struggles to protect her treacherous husband from a horde of parasitic monsters. Script Excerpt |
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Perfect ContritionA traumatized priest haunted by visions of his violent past obligingly serves a rural parish while indulging in a long distance affair, but his vindictive compulsion is sparked when he’s wrongly blamed for the deaths of two troubled altar boys. Script Excerpt |
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VOICESA single mother struggles to balance a business and a new romance with family life when her young adult daughter's bizarre behavior is diagnosed as schizophrenia. She must choose between the love of her life and the life of her child. Inspired by actual events. |
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LOTUS OPERANDIThis one is pure Fun! It's a genre buster, Fosse/Verdon meets James Bond, meets All That Jazz and Cabaret! Asian American Black Belt goes undercover for the CIA, to help track down terrorists. Oh, and did I mention she’s the Lead in a Broadway Musical? This is very musical, but there’s a lot of action! This one is getting a lot of attention right now! The main Characters reside in New York, they are part of an international terrorist group. They include cyber terrorists in New York, arms dealers from Pakistan, and a weapons and explosives ring in China. The saavy CIA Agents discover evidence that they are planning duo attacks on the subways in New York and London on the 4th of July. That’s where the story begins, but believe it or not, it’s really a love story! Script Excerpt |
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MAMMOTH REVENGEAn Australian woman rescues elephants from Africa and discovers a living herd of ancient Mammoths Script Excerpt |
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The Benefactor!A business woman touched by the plight of farmers at the mercy of predator bankers she sacrifices her income to pay out their mortgages in her quest to prevent murder/suicides on the land as she dodges the hitman. Script Excerpt |
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RETIREMENT ROAD TRIPA commercial pilot (Kyle) plans to retire and do nothing, but comfortably relax in his paid-off custom-built home. However, his plans suddenly change, when a demolition crew levels his home by accident. |
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BITTER BEANSWith nothing but her wits as a weapon, a young Maya woman searches three continents for a fair deal and free her folks of the iron grip of the coffee traders. Script Excerpt |
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Dangerous GroundFollowing Germany's victory in World War Two, a risk-averse student in modern-day Edinburgh is thrust into joining a rebellion against the Nazis when his family is threatened. |
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The Desert ShrineElizabeth, a beauty shop owner in an Arizona border town, investigates a nun's murder after receiving erotic phone calls from a mysterious stranger. When the murder causes racial division and violence around her, Elizabeth can no longer trust anyone including her own husband. Tired of living in his shadow, Elizabeth becomes drawn into a spiral of sexuality, betrayal, violence, and finally, spiritual awakening. |
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Major Players: Ray Ray vs The MonsterAfter a five-year prison stint, a recently-freed boxer must defeat the undefeated champion of Atlanta 'The Monster' to save his cousin from drowning into deeper debt. But the real fight lies outside the ring, where his steps are laden with betrayals, gunfights, and narcotics. Script Excerpt |
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THE TORTOISE AND THE HEIRIt is a mismatched battle between unlimited high tech and resources available to Charlene, the power behind the throne of a large corporation, and Stram, a lone wolf San Francisco private investigator using tried and true low tech methods as they race to the final heir, and chase across California, with Stram straining to keep the last heir safe. Script Excerpt |
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SETTLING THE BOOKSLured by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, an investigator and four other heirs are sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape. Script Excerpt |
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Moment of ClarityA man on a path to nowhere must make a change to not only to save himself, but those he holds most dear. |
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MotherkillerBased on a true story. Two young boys watch their mother's boyfriend beat her. On her deathbed, she says he didn't do it. He goes free. Twenty years later, a rookie prosecutor - a young woman - fights to revive the cold case. |
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The Joy CircuitAfter her divorce, a truth-seeking woman tries to find herself, but ends up finding God all the while being haunted by an unceasing, hypnotic soundtrack that inspires her to rethink her own destiny. |
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Code RedA 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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Anatomy of a TownThe Chief of Police investigates the murder of a young woman while confronting the Sheriff, who blocks his every move for jurisdiction, in order to protect himself from the Chief finding out about his ties to both the murder victim and the killer. Script Excerpt |
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Six Hours to Santa MonicaA failed NASCAR driver looking for redemption uncovers a sinister plot involving his ex-girlfriend. With the help of a prototype car, he must defy the odds to get her back. |
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There is a SeasonTwo families, one Israeli and one Palestinian, must find a way to break the cycle of violence that has locked their fates together. |
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In Between The RiverKatie and her brother Kyle think their unique life is normal but their dad hides a devious secret that separates the family and influences their fates. Loosely based on the writer's formative years. Script Excerpt |
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The Demon of Hope StreetA homeless vet discovers that a deranged street preacher is murdering his followers to send them to heaven — and if he doesn’t stop him, he might be next. Script Excerpt |
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GHOST I.T.After the tragic death of his identical twin brother, he feels guilty and tries to find redemption through an unsuccessful suicide! Then he comes across Hig, a demonic ghost, which promises everything, but only to trick him, so Hig can escape his own hell. |
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Unaccompanied MinorA man accidentally uncovers a pedophilia ring and rescues a young sex worker. When his attempts to get help from the authorities fail, he struggles to smuggle the girl to safety before they are both arrested or captured. |
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Between The FlamesWildfires are the least of her worries: a college athlete lands a job on a Hotshot Crew in the 80's where she meets her best friend plus two love interests. Script Excerpt |
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Mate Matcher's MatchWhen a godless, seemingly carefree bachelor sets course to win a feisty, virginal Christian matchmaker, he collides with a righteous blockade that buckles only when she uncovers the personal trauma that cracked his moral compass. |
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Second DanceAn American college student discovers that she's the reincarnation of a 19th-century Middle Eastern belly dancer, and she has an unlikely destiny she must fulfill. |
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RavineA lonely school teacher who discovers his deceased father’s closeted homosexuality finds he is unable to cope with his own insecurities and his family’s prejudices—prompting an all consuming obsession with returning his father’s ashes to his British birthplace. Script Excerpt |
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THE ORGANIC SVENGALIShe wants to connect with her dead parents by attending their alma mater; he’s a young genius coasting as a music history professor who cured himself of cancer, and is looking for a fresh mind now that the cancer has returned; their paths and wills are about to cross. Script Excerpt |
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The Puzzle PeopleBerlin cold war aftermath: A Woman reconstructs shredded Stasi documents and stumbles upon a murder committed days after the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Her curiosity gets the best of her and she almost gets killed. The Puzzle People screenplay is an adaptation of the Berlin Spy Mystery by Doug Peterson. |
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A Time to RememberThe number one pop star in the world puts his blazing hot career on hold to attend his senior year of high school and play football - much to his record label's dismay. Script Excerpt |
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E Pluribus UnumVirginia 1861 - a highly profitable, free plantation supported by Abolitionists in political, intellectual, and artistic circles is attacked by pro-slavers. Two former slaves - one a fighter, the other a pacifist, head out to seek help from President Lincoln Script Excerpt |
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Grrrls DroolA sexually repressed Catholic girl who secretly writes erotica meets a riot grrrl hell-bent on getting her voice heard in the punk scene; they join forces to create zines and kill shame. Script Excerpt |
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The CowbirdMarion Duke always struggled to overcome poor life decisions - some inherited, some self-inflicted. When the disparate elements of Duke’s life converge at his funeral, deeply buried secrets threaten to destroy his carefully cultivated image of a devoted father and war hero. |
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A Noble TruthTwo estranged best friends set off on a road trip to explore what truths unite people in a modern America dominated by apathy and discord. It is soon clear, however, that truth is the last thing either man seeks. [20 awards/honors, including first place in the 2016 London Film Awards, the 2014 Awareness Film Festival, and the 2014 West Field Screenwriting Awards]. |
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The Way Back HomeA young boy who loves animals must cope with his father’s insistence that he will someday work in the slaughterhouse that has employed the men of his family for the past several generations. [21 awards/honors including, Grand Jury Prize winner of 2014 Hollywood Screenplay Contest, Grand Jury Prize winner of 2015 Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, and Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 London Film Awards (Feature Screenplay Category).] |
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THE FAT LADY SINGSWhen a small time private investigator gets a chance at the big time taking on a prominent politician’s wife’s case; neither realizes they are in way over their heads, the political party has been shadowing her, and will do anything to protect her husband, a presumed future presidential candidate. Script Excerpt |
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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.- |
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Long Path To PeaceA drug lord's alienated and incorruptible son, hiding in the Montana wilderness for his protection, saves his mentor - “the father he always wanted” from a living hell. Script Excerpt |
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Generational CursesAfter a bitter middle aged alcoholic saves the life of a broken teenaged sex slave, they lift each other from the depths of despair. |
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Hold FastWhen a gang war threatens to spill into her county, a Texas Sheriff uses unconventional methods to protect it. |
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Fighting Johnny O'BrianFor a parole board hearing, a young civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite his protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison twenty years for killing two black police officers. |
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GIDEONWhen a mysterious boy with Christ-like powers brings together a racially charged town in the 1940's healing a black boy and a white boy, the mayor's jealous son determines to kill him. |
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PAPER TRAILAn Army brat grows up without a home town, leaves his Army M.P. job to become a P.I. working out of his Grandfather’s storefront in Colorado gold country, his first case revealing a town full of secrets including one that destroyed his family years before, and a new secret that he must forever keep from his fiancée. Script Excerpt |
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SEE JANE RUNA young teacher moves back into her hometown. An unknown stalker disrupts her life over and over and almost succeeds to kill her. The investigating officer and preacher's son turns out to be more than a protector of the law and her. "See Jane Run" is an adaptation of Gail Gaymer Martin's inspirational suspense titled "A Love for Safekeeping." |
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Love and VenomAfter fleeing home as a child to escape the wrath of his deranged mother, a young man returns years later when he learns that his beloved father has just a few days to live and his mother wants to follow him to the gates of heaven. |
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Shadow of DespairA Chicago homicide detective specializing in behavioral psychology and analytics, pursues a serial killer who extracts body parts from his victims. Script Excerpt |
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Beyond ForeverA man that tragically lost his wife and son decides to leave his remaining family, friends and successful career behind by signing up for a one-way trip to Mars as part of an experimental volunteer space exploration program. |
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ELIJAHThe king of Israel marries a Phoenician Princess, who is consumed by Baal worship, wanting to kill all devout Hebrews. God’s prophet challenges the king to repent in spite of the threat of death. |
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Population: OneA nineteen-year-old drops out of film school in New York City following a tragic accident and returns to his small Pennsylvanian hometown, only to be confronted by an array of quirky small town folk, including his detached best friend, his alcoholic single mother and a free-spirited cross-country traveling girl. |
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A FATAL CUREA loyal PR consultant rudely awakens when mysterious deaths confront her with the fiercely saved secrets about BigPharm’s happiness pills. Script Excerpt |
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FOR LIFEEdged on by his incestuous sister-in-law, the president of a leading euthanasia group faces-off with his estranged anti-euthanasia daughter over the fate of his aged mother. |
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TOXIC TIDEA young nurse and her fellow Florida refugees attempt a daring escape from an environmental disaster brought on by greed and political corruption. Script Excerpt |
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Eighty-Eight FrequenciesTrue story: A famous and controversial Hollywood movie star and her unlikely confederate make a scientific discovery that could change the course of World War II. Script Excerpt |
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Squid JiggersGenre: Drama/Romance -Feature A passionate young woman loses her arm in a lover’s quarrel and then prepares to face down her ex-husband who stalks her after being released from prison. The romantic thriller is set in the Northwest on the Puget Sound |
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REMAKING MARTINA genius scientist needs to be cloned and then befriend his replica to ensure they are identical; however, if he approves the clone, he will die himself. Script Excerpt |
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Between the Salt and the SkyIn a Portuguese fishing village in 1942, she has nothing to lose, and he has nothing to live for. Two little Jewish girls change everything. Script Excerpt |
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BURNER: A Killing in Palm SpringsA Black police detective must put aside her personal problems and fears of discrimination to track down an opioid-addicted hitman who is experiencing bouts of self-doubt, guilt and rage when he accidentally kills the wrong woman. (3 Billboards meets Fargo with sand) |
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A ROSE BY THE DOORA God fearing woman finds herself burned out by hurtful tragedies in her life. By trying to hide secrets from the past, she comes to the place where faith seems gone. But she overlooks, that old wounds must be touched and tended before they could be healed for good. A ROSE BY THE DOOR is an adaptation of Deborah Bedford's inspirational novel with the same title. |
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BelieverAn alcoholic with a history of mental illness escapes a murderer and then fights to make sense of her fragmented “visions” in order to save the next victim before the killer’s twelve-hour deadline. Script Excerpt |
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Rod KnockA newly divorced man tries to fit in to the singles world doing handyman work for the ladies he is learning to date, but two male buddies and a Latino gal put his simple nature to the test. Script Excerpt |
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MIRDAD, A LIGHTHOUSE AND A HAVENIn the late 1800s, a mysterious Man is admitted at a Middle-Eastern monastery, where he reveals new concepts of God, life, and love, which turns the monks into disciples, but also arouses the furious reaction of the local materialistic abbot. Script Excerpt |
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Hy-BrasilFour lifelong friends go on a search to find a mythological island, which is rumored to grant immortality. |
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Cast To KillA respected casting director with a wandering eye for the ladies must fight for his life and reputation after being framed for murder by a vengeful psychopath. |
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Unarmed and DangerousBlamed for a botched bank robbery, a downtrodden teen takes charge and is then assisted by her hostages, reveling in the excitement to stop the new gung-ho detective from arresting anyone. Script Excerpt |
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Into the SunshineA Naval Officer returns to his hometown Washington, D.C. to lay his younger brother to rest and bring the killer to justice. Script Excerpt |
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SHEILA'S WEBA psycho-sexual thriller about a Key West sculptor, yachtsman and society drop-out who falls in love with the troubled daughter of a powerful Tennessee Williams-styled family and becomes embroiled in a complex web of madness and murder. A twisted, Hitchcockian tale of a single man's nightmare of sex, romance and paranoia based on Patricia Highsmith's theme in "Strangers On A Train". Script Excerpt |
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CARE PLANSA closeted nurse from a dysfunctional family struggles with love and the meaning of life while working in the gay community during the emerging AIDS crisis in 1970’s New York City. Script Excerpt |
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Playing the FieldAfter dominating youth leagues and high school football, a young woman struggles with womanhood, academic studies, gender expectations, and family tragedy while trying to find her place as quarterback on her new college team. |
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Corporate PolicyGreedy executives of a large corporation implement an illegal downsizing process, and they would've gotten away with it but they didn’t count on a desperate employee whose courage and family loyalty proves much stronger than any of their corporate policies. |
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Terror On The RunHow do you wipe out a terrorist organization while also inspiring Arab Sultans in the Mid-East to join Western nations in a global war against international terrorism? Our heroes do it. |
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The Other WashingtonAnother man named Washington surmounts harsh, often violent opposition as he boldly ascends from the illiterate depths of slavery and ignorance to eloquence as an iconic, world-renowned university president and charismatic leader. Based on a true story. Script Excerpt |
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Sam Fights Back: An engaging, stroppy 12/13 year-old, having blinded his sister, must save for her eye operation by Christmas. He has to outwit ruthless crooks wanting his computer skills, or disappear. |
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The Odyssey of John BuchananOur young hero is captured by the British after the brutal murder of his wife and mother. He is thrust into an epic, dangerous journey and is eventually deported as a slave to the colonies. The story lays bare man's inhumanity to man. Script Excerpt |
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A Risk of ExposureIt’s 1953, and a Russian ballet teacher’s personal mission is to smuggle photos of Stalin's crimes to the United States. With the KGB in pursuit, she finds an unexpected ally. Script Excerpt |
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Tried By FireAfter a black Pentecostal church burns down, the white pastor of a conservative church tries to take sole credit when the churches merge in a racially polarized town. |
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IMPACTFor, Elizabeth Bradford, this was just supposed to be another family road trip with her beloved husband and daughter. For, Warren Campbell, this was just another long hours ride back home from another job. The road taken by these two strangers leads them on a unexpected tragic turn of events that will forever change the course of their lives. Life changes are often not of our own choosing. |
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JUST LIKE YOUA young, psych ward gadfly sets on a mission to stop her doctor who farms women for date-rape experimentation. |
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A Journey With DestinyIn 1906, a young man’s journey by automobile leaves him stranded in a remote mining town about to erupt into a battle royale between company goons and radical labor. Script Excerpt |
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The AccompliceA lovable reform school grad, desperately seeking a fresh start in a small town, unwittingly becomes an accomplice in a murder committed by the most popular kid in town. |
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THE KITE FLYERA young widow and her boy, who has Down syndrome, are paid off by her in-laws to disappear. She must learn to cope with life's demands to survive and forgive the people who hurt her to fully live. The Kite Flyer is an adaptation of Gail Gaymer Martin's inspirational fiction, "The Christmas Kite." |
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A Good SoulA sitcom actor risks losing his soul for the chance to prove that he can be more than the lovable big brother he played on TV. His quest for a darker role leads him into the world of underground clubs where he is tricked into playing the killer of a snuff film. |
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A Long Way From SundayAn edgy, faith-inspired, drama about the relationships of Andre, a mischievous 11year old, and a series of family revelations that lead his grandfather, a working class, Pentecostal pastor, to question his faith, murder his friend, and burn down his church. Script Excerpt |
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The Longest GoodbyeA poignant look at an elderly mother's battle with dementia and her son's commitment to keeping love alive, as memories fade, and life on the road is rearranged to moments in time. Script Excerpt |
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SIR HARRY LAUDER TONIGHT!A famed Hollywood actor produces and stars in an Off-Broadway musical about his idle – the acclaimed, world renowned but long forgotten musical hall entertainer, Sir Harry Lauder. A biographical musical extravaganza. All music public domain. Script Excerpt |
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MADAM PRESIDENTSHE WAS THE PRESIDENT! When Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke in 1919, First Lady Edith Wilson launches a mammoth White House cover-up and runs the presidency herself—for 18 months! Think “Iron Lady” (2011). Based on the true, actual historical events. Professional Coverage: “Recommend” Dave Trottier (Author, “The Screenwriter’s Bible”) 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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Autumn BloodBad Apples Don't Fall Far From The Tree... A social worker, tormented by his own abused past, gives aid to an abused, pregnant teen that threatens to become a taboo relationship. The fact that his live-in mother likes to kill socially irredeemable door to door salesmen only makes life worse. When fate deals him a lottery win, his seemingly mundane life falls apart. Script Excerpt |
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In MemoriamThe release of his brother from an institution – accused of killing their father as children – opens a slew of secrets, drama and dark truths for a writer and his family. |
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Harpo's Bike (Can't Find My Way Home)A young ad artist takes a trip to New Orleans on a Harley inherited from his estranged Marine father to prove to his family that the man was having an affair. Instead, he finds a veteran homeless mute - his father's best friend - who thinks he's Harpo Marx. Script Excerpt |
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Gods Of BellWhen a telephone worker invades the public's privacy by using the telephone lines to find the man who killed his wife, he inadvertently becomes a pawn in a twisted tale of espionage and intrigue. |
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Cage TrapA successful Latina cage-fighter wants to leave the sport to follow her dream of becoming a singer, but she finds that getting out is harder than she thought.(The role of the trainer in this script is written for Jennifer Lopez.) |
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A Death Without MaliceMarissa Sheldon's husband has been in a vegetative state for two years. She is now forced to ask herself - has the time come to let him die? Gold Remi winner, Worldfest Houston |
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Haunt for HireAfter a family enlists the help of a ghost to save themselves from a vindictive neighbor, they start a haunt for hire business and learn that even ghosts can be haunted. Script Excerpt |
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HOSEAThe son of the superintendent of international churches is convinced he hears a divine word which he follows, only to face ridicule from his family circle and friends and threats to lose his life from the drug and human trafficking world. This is a contemporary suspense about the prophet Hosea in the Bible. |
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EquityIn the wake of their sudden Broadway success, a husband and wife face hard choices in the 1919 actors strike. Script Excerpt |
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FINDING CHRISTMASA woman gets threatening emails and anonymous calls about her little girl, who had drowned with her husband three years ago. They never recovered her body. Could she still be alive? Finding Christmas is an adaptation of Gail Gaymer Martin's inspirational suspense. |
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SpikeA Native American environmentalist is pitted against his logger brother after a botanist whistleblower is pushed too far in the struggle to maintain the forests of Northwestern Montana. As loggers fight for job security, and as environmentalists fight for their cause, the botanist becomes the victim of both sides, and enacts a dangerous retribution. Script Excerpt |
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The Blues DetectiveA small town Mississippi blues guitarist with big musical dreams embarks on a cross-country search for the parties responsible for the death of a fellow musician, along the way encountering corruption, bigotry, and a mysterious nightclub singer who's not what she seems. |
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THEATRE OF DEATHIn 1903 Chicago, a crusading reporter exposes of the “Absolutely Fireproof” Iroquois Theatre, as a fire trap. He is proven right. Based on the true incident. No one was ever punished. Professional Coverage: "Recommend” - Dave Trottier (Author “The Screenwriter's Bible") |
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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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Honor to Pledge the Ending of the Solomon BrotherhoodWhat is there to do when a friendship pledge is the pathway toward turmoil? “Honor to Pledge” is an inspirational movie concerning four men who spent their childhood years together and did just about everything together. They even enlist in the Army together. Their lives are forever changed after making an oath to hold on to many secret that pertained to them, but could harm others. |
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RAGTIME WARRIORA FORGOTTEN MUSICAL GENIUS! James Reese Europe fights racism, Army prejudice and the Germans when he takes command of the “Harlem Hellfighters” band, introduces jazz and pop tunes; he revolutionizes military band music forever. A WW1 action musical biopic; all music public domain. Can be adapted to TV miniseries. Professional Coverage: “Recommend” Dave Trottier (Author “The Screenwriter’s Bible.”) OFFICIAL FINALIST - New York Screenplay Competition SEMI-FINALIST - Black Stories and Screenplay Competition SEMI-FINALIST - Page Turner Screenplays Genre Competition QUARTER-FINALIST - PAGE International Screenplay Competition Script Excerpt |
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The Dressmaker's DaughterRomania 1940: A rebellious Jewish girl, 15, falls into a scandalous affair with her tutor. As war erupts, she is taken prisoner but escapes with her lover to join the partisans and sabotage enemy supply lines. Adapted from my Young Adult novel to be published by Santa Monica Press in 2022. Script Excerpt |
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Home Like a ShadowCollege girl accompanies her new boyfriend to his decaying San Joaquin Valley home town for his mother's birthday and is pulled into family conflicts and lost dreams dating back to the Civil War. Script Excerpt |
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WAKEAfter three attempts on his life, an ordinary man enlists the aid of a mysterious stranger to fake his death, changing his identity and appearance, but when he attends his own wake to uncover the truth, he gets far more than he ever could have imagined. |
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LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLANDWhen a museum curator and his female assistant translate clues in an American Revolution-era journal to a British payroll buried on Oak Island, they must go undercover to unearth the treasure before two rival treasure hunters discover it. Wealth of the century or the island's deft insult? (From the novel Last Assault on Oak Island by Jenn Rekka.) |
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The SchoharieA volunteer firefighter of Native American descent must convince a small town sheriff with a grudge that a vengeful Indian spirit is bent on destroying their town with the flood waters of a nearby creek. Inspired by the actual Schoharie Creek bridge collapse of 1987. Now available as a novel. Script Excerpt |
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At the Sound of the ToneWhen a stranger confesses to murder on her answer machine , and a frightened young architect enlists an Apache policeman with a troubled history of his own. Script Excerpt |
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Naginata. End of romanceRomantically inclined to everything related to martial arts, the athletes of the Naginata club are looking for the missing student in vain. And when found, the cruel world leaves no trace of romance. |
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The March of the 18thIn 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country. This is the story of six invalid soldiers of the 18th Regiment and their 25 mile march into history, as they battled the elements, their own disabilities & self-doubt, and a band of vicious, scavenging marauders. |
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BelongA British Nigerian young adult‘s life hangs by a thread stretched between reality and a dream. But where does the truth really lie? |
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The Desperado StoryYou know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet |
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An emigrant, difficult beginnings of the drifterA single mother loses her job. Goes to work abroad. Living in exile turns out to be torment. The film tells the story on prostitution and homelessness in London and modern slavery in the Netherlands. |
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DESCENDANCYWhen a black billionaire enlists the aid of a beautiful genealogist to map his ancestry back to Africa, his search takes him to a small war-torn village where he is welcomed as a savior, but after helping to fend off a brutal warlord, he becomes embroiled in an international plot which may be tied to the hostile takeover he's engaged in back home. |
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Except Pasadena, Which Has The Rose BowlBart McClelland has a good life; he’s got a Medicare card and the latest in collapsible posture canes. And Glynnis, his longtime friend-without-benefits, may at last be paying attention to him! Is he prepared to finally persuade her that he owns a pair of testicles? Script Excerpt |
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6.S.CA sin only haunts you if you have a conscience. |
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Los Hermanos Dela CruzWhat happens when a treasured gift is removed from its resting place? It awakens the spirit of the Dela Cruz family. In a convent on the island of Puerto Rico, a young woman prays to go back home to Jackson Heights Queens, where at the same moment, her brother Amelio, the oldest of the Dela Cruz sons, places a bet on his fighter brother, Marco. Unfortunately, a knockout punch alters Amelio’s plans and forces him to desperate measures. Meanwhile, Sergio , the youngest of the Dela Cruz siblings, lies in bed with the woman he loves, Michelle Santiago, who is set to marry, Salvatore Delmonte, the boxer who fights Marco, in less than six hours. Will he find the courage to listen to his heart? Antonio, head of the Dela Cruz family, struggles with the memory of beloved war hero father, until the moment he is thrust into an unexpected act of heroism himself. And Juanita, his wife, feeling like she’s losing control of her family, lusts for the Puerto Rico of her youth and the memories of her once passionate marriage. Inspired by Luchino Visconti classic post World War II film, “Rocco and His Brothers”. “Los Hermanos Dela Cruz”, is a story about love, honor, and most importantly, La Familia. |
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GardensCaleb is doing an interview about his most recent short film, based on an actual family event. He is completely unaware that this event is still unfolding as he speaks. |
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Tomorrow Is UsA teenage girl witnesses violence at home as a child. After being a victim of it, she struggles to break free from it's shackles. |
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The Prosecutor's WitnessLog Line, The Prosecutor’s Witness A Probation Attorney recently lost her father/mentor, then when she is diagnosed with cancer, represents an odd client accused of homicide. |
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GraceThe newly fired Daniel looks for a job in the same field because he believes in his talent, while his father, Samuel, works in a factory where he is not paid for long but loves his place of work, Daniel's brother, Dani, does anything including having sex by men even though he is straight. , all for Daniel and Samuel and also for his wife and his son. |
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What about Huggy?Gary Parker's new job is taking him and his family to Mars. But their plans hit a wall when they learn they can't ?take their beloved old dog Huggy. Script Excerpt |
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Duty to WarnBased on the 1969 stalking murder of Berkeley student Tanya Tarasoff and the consequent shocking legal case that changed doctor-patient confidentiality laws in America. Script Excerpt |
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Snitch DiaryMan finds out that his wife is having an affair with her boss, and he ends up paying the price. |
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Project Dark LibertyAfter a brilliant political tactician fails to destroy an evil secret military scheme "Project: Dark Liberty", he raises the suspicion of the Detective-turned-General and project leader, thus begins a silent war of wits and wills that will determine the fate of all humanity. |
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The Law Of Cause & EffectWhen a sardonic alcoholic relapses after a repressed sexual assault comes to light, she’s prompted to heal in order to save her dying brother, in desperate need of a new kidney, simultaneously forging a plan against her assailant, showing the world who he really is. Based on a True Story. Script Excerpt |
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Death Poem - Part 1Once a priest, an elderly, suicidal WWI marine meets a serial womanizer on the steps of a cathedral and ends up revealing his role in the deaths of seven men because of his insatiable need to avenge the rape and murder of his beloved Red Cross Nurse. Script Excerpt |
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Ripples in LifeA car crash outcome and how two young women lives collide. About love finding its way into the two young hearts and influencing them to overcome their struggles. Script Excerpt |
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Young Man AriseThe true story of Brian Warth's journey from convicted murderer to powerful preacher! |
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SHE WASN'T THEREA fragile woman, haunted by the past, struggles to write a book exposing the person she feels is responsible for her twin brother’s death twenty-five years prior - their mother. |
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ELECTRICAfter being electrocuted on the job, a woman has the power to make everyone around her fall in love... everyone, it seems, except the man of her dreams. Script Excerpt |
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OVERPASSWhen a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process. Script Excerpt |
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ONDINE'S CURSEDetective Owen Murphy is on a mission -- he must clear his name on a murder he didn't commit. But he must do it before he falls asleep... because the next time he does might just be the last time. Script Excerpt |
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The Greater SinAfter an innocent black teenager is gunned down by a rogue cop who isn’t charged, his mother becomes an activist and runs for city council to change entrenched practices that protect lawless cops. |
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Pista de Fuego ( Rink of Fire)Things get heated when a transgender Latino teenager challenges the International Skating Unions rule 302. Ice Pairs must be one women and one man. |
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TuckerA young boy overcomes the struggles of being black in 1950's Alabama. |
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CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!A sledgehammer right fist; Heavyweight Boxing Champion at age 23; the most popular man in America; “boxing reform” activist and a ten-year foe of the Police Gazette publisher who wants him dethroned. And an alcoholic. |
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Eyes of FuryA bold eco-journalist on a quest to rescue a pair of trafficked tigers fights to escape the triad determined to end his meddling permanently. Script Excerpt |
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Covid Doesn't Care About FamilyVictoria Johnson AKA Tori rebels against wearing a mask and doesn't believe that the Covid virus is real and her family tries to convince her to get tested but she refuses and thinks she can't catch the "so-called virus". |
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Bitter Life Lessons(on facts) Unequal battle with depression, esophageal cancer, and mother's death. The film tells about situations that stop us in life. About the lessons of life for which we are not prepared. About the fall and loss of everything we love. |
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Fort PillowTwo boys ,master and slave, soldiers on opposite sides in a desperate war, meet to resolve their past linked in blood. In spring of 1864, hate has devolved The Civil War from glory to murder, from honor to hate that will find its most brutal expression in a massacre at Fort Pillow Tennessee. |
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The DwarvesA child is born into an aristocratic family in eighteenth century England but to the acute distress of his parents he is born a dwarf. After the death of his parents the young nobleman sets about creating a safe haven for himself and his kind in a world full of ignorance, prejudice and contempt. |
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Valley of the SunAbout a boy named Ritchie who witnesses his parents getting murdered by the mob in New York. Growing up in and out of foster care and getting separated from his two brothers at an early age. Ends up working as a club promoter in Scottsdale Arizona. Where he meets Sammy the bull Gravano. Desperate for money to hire a private investigator to help located his two brothers. He goes to work selling ecstasy for Sammy the Bull. Only to find out later the man he works for is the same man who killed his parents. Now he has to decide work with the FBI or take him out himself and get revenge. Script Excerpt |
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Clara CallanClara Callan is the moving story of two sisters and their life-changing experiences on the eve of World War II as Clara battles loneliness in her job as a teacher in the local grammar school and her sister Nora heads for New work and the world of show business. |
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HARBINGERDetective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of a senior citizen, one of several over the past few months. This investigation will lead her to a place she's never been... and didn't know existed. Script Excerpt |
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I never knew the man I marriedMubby I never knew the man I married Scene 1 Joy is carrying a hole and machete on her hand going to the farm, when mama amaka saw her Mama amaka : joy my daughter Joy : mama Amaka good morning Mama Amaka : morning how was your night Joy : fine thank you ma and yours Mama Amaka : great, this one you are holding machete and hole were are you going to JOY : hmmm I just want to go chack how my farm is and to check if my casava is due to harvest Mama Amaka : oyaaaa do quick so you can meet up before the sun rises Joy : okay ma They both left Scene 2 The next day she was sweeping her compound when she saw a man putting on a rough cloth looking like someone who was lost trying to find a helper Daniel : hello, good morning Joy : morning Daniel : am new in this village and I need a plays to stay ma please I don't know how you can help please ma Joy : ha I feel your pain, but the thing is that I don't have a place for you hear but just check if you can see any one that can help you now please just try somewhere else Daniel : thanks ma okay let me see if I can see someone else Joy : yeah just check around Scene 3 Daniel he has walk all over the village but nobody seems to help so he decided to stay under a tree, when joy came to pass that same road and she saw him lying down and she walk up to him. Joy : hello sir hello (you hit him on his leg) Daniel : ya ya hi |
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DadA father shows cowardice when he and his 10-year-old son are attacked by racist thugs. This sends the family down a gauntlet of alcoholism, trauma, rage, and shame. |
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Tree of HopeA small town Police Chief races against time to find his missing six-year-old son, kidnapped by bootleggers in Prohibition Era Ohio. |
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QUALITY CONTROLOn a quest to find happiness and a purpose for his life, a self-centered millennial from the Northwest moves to Hawaii when his girlfriend gives him the boot and becomes homeless in paradise. Script Excerpt |
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Year of HorseA dog named Horse, saves a homeless girl from ending her life, after Kongju, a legendary fire horse from hell rooted in Chinese Astrology kills nearly everyone in the city, stealing their happiness. Only the unhappy survive. Script Excerpt |
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Lobo TrenWhen a female werewolf and a Norteno aficionado board a luxury European 1940's Art Deco train, they enjoy fine dining, romance, and murder. The world needs more leaders of the pack. Script Excerpt |
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WHO WAS IZOLA WARE CURRY and why did she try to slay the king?In 1958 while Black America was entrenched in a struggle for civil rights, a Black woman attempts to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. A story that takes us on a profound journey into Black life from 1932 to 1968. |
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THE VACATIONA family of five awakens one morning to find their suburban home completely, and inexplicably surrounded by the ocean. |
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The Soul SingerTHE SOUL SINGER is a thought provocative romantic-musical-drama about an African American talented young man, Michael Daniels, who's the son of a long line of Baptist ministers. He feels a strong inclination towards recording secular music, which conflicts with his religious teachings and the goals that are being forced upon him by his family. |
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StorytellersA young man, stifled by regret, returns to his city unable to move forward in his life. By bonding with a grieving elderly man, he understands the importance of faith and forgiving his own absent father. But the bond they share is far greater than the bereavement of a father son relationship. Script Excerpt |
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Courage: Our CredoA true story of hope and faith following a Polish family as they fight to survive and escape a Russian labor camp during WWII. Script Excerpt |
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MaranathaA faith assaulting author realizes the calling on his life when he steps into a leadership role, bringing many to Christ, after joining a clandestine group of believers during the biblical end of days. Script Excerpt |
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Ready Set ChokeFive people discover happiness and self-identity when one of them faces the reality of marrying his long-time girlfriend and another starts a budding relationship with a lesbian. Script Excerpt |
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CurrentsWhat seemed like a harmless get-together for five people turns into a crime scene in the wake of a rape. Seen through each of their perspectives, they discover truths about themselves and each other while bonds deepen, surfacing past regrets and un-forgiveness as an investigation develops. Script Excerpt |
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Weight of the WindA suicidal man is taken on a time-traveling journey of self-discovery by God and Satan, forcing him to come to terms with his faults and enabling him to mend the wounds he’s left in his tracks. Script Excerpt |
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OsceolaWhen treaties are broken and the Seminole chiefs are coerced into signing away their land, Osceola takes the lead in urging the Seminoles ad their black allies to fight for freedom and justice. Story of the first black slave uprising and the struggle of the Seminoles to protect both the slaves and themselves from the white's attempt to drive the from their lands. Script Excerpt |
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RuthlessWhile investigating a missing child case, a female detective realizes the case is closer to home than she thinks, which leads her on an emotional, soul-searching journey to finding her own child. Script Excerpt |
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AgualiqueAfter graduating from the most prestigious medical school in the country, a miner's son must navigate his final test as an intern at the notorious psychiatric hospital, Agualique. Though falling in love with one of his patients may keep him there forever. |
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be a god to livewhen adam's jew friend killed by the nazis, then adam tries to take revenge, believing that this will bring him redemption, but he meeets a devil in his way |
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DAWNAs Jesus rises from the dead as he promised he would, his enemies vow to take him and his followers down only to be touched by his light... |
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ONLY THE GOODAfter denying Christ, Peter the Apostle is brought to High Priest Caiaphas - where he must reconcile the implications of the faith which has come to define him. Script Excerpt |
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CRYSTAL CLEARA naïve young woman must take an unusual road trip if she is to unravel her parent’s secret past. Along the way she falls in love but the trips unexpected revelations threaten her new-found relationship. |
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Finding my truthful self after experiencing nightmare in my pastShe struggled in silent for years and couldn’t trust anyone to talk about the dirty and painful things that has happened to her as a child. When she did trust someone after suffering for 20 years in secret with depression, ptsd, anxiety and lost her identity because of her past. She felt not being understood from the people around her. After walking for years in a painful and unwanted circle, she finally find what she has been looking for. |
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SLAM’NThe ugly duckling meets Cinderella set in a basketball genre and to hip hop music. Mookz an Aboriginal teenager hides behind a secret and a dream to play in the NBA. All the while struggling with a dysfunctional life and other obstacles to reach that goal. |
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IN BAD COMPANYMax struggles to protects her family from gang violence and war, her story demonstrates love, trust and betrayal, but mostly survival and the strength of a woman. |
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RESERVOIRA young criminal, in mourning after the death of his sister, is thrust into the role of a reluctant Messiah following a violent supernatural occurrence. Script Excerpt |
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The Four Husbands of Sarah McguireA reporter listens as a hundred year old woman recounts her life experiences while being married to four husbands and interacting with President Truman, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Chinese Chairman Mao, President Nixon, 9/11 and the COVID-19 Virus along the way. |
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My Father's Worst Nightmare, shortWith his boyfriend in tow, a college sophomore takes a weekend trip home for the express purpose of COMING OUT to his family and all hell breaks loose until a near tragedy triggers a father’s journey towards acceptance. |
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Those Hollywood HillsIs it enough to get off heroin? Not if your girlfriend, confidant, and best friend is your dealer. |
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Fangly5-year-old vampire kid wants to attend day school with his human friends, but sunlight will kill him. |
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HOMEBOUNDAn idealistic young nurse is kidnapped by a psychotic family and must lower herself to their depraved level if she has any chance of surviving. |
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LUSHA widowed retiree unwittingly falls prey to rampant substance abuse plaguing her OVER 55 community in Florida. Script Excerpt |
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Inside OutAfter being falsely accused of murder, an actor who six months prior, was teaching inmates acting where he is now incarcerated, is targeted and brutally attacked. With the help of his workshop friends he hatches a revenge plan against all four attackers, while trying desperately to clear his name. |
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Major Players 2: Thunder vs LightningAfter defeating a seemingly invincible opponent and severing ties with his manipulative cousin, a boxer must face an even more intimidating foe. Script Excerpt |
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Going AloneWhen a biologist working on a vitally important environmental report dies mysteriously, his estranged daughter takes over his work with an assassin closing in. Script Excerpt |
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REVELATIONSA young nurse investigates her mother’s disturbing death and becomes entangled in a decades old political cover up involving her family and the illicit affair of America’s most infamous lovers. Script Excerpt |
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The AlibiIn 1980s Detroit, a ten-year-old boy comes of age when his father decides he’s ready to run an errand for the family “business”. |
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Bit by BitWith graduation in jeopardy, a disparate Stanford techie gets pulled into a shady crypto-currency scheme- where he battles greed and virtue trying to save his, privileged, self-destructing roomie, and his own freedom. |
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Coming of Age - Feature FilmIt’s 1965, and even as sex drugs and rock’n’roll infiltrate a Britain eager to leave WWII in the dust, 14-year old sheltered and studious Charlotte lands abruptly on an old-fashioned slap’n’tickle bedroom farce tour her mother, Tricia, stage manages. When she unexpectedly replaces an actress in the show - clad in a skimpy French Maid’s outfit — and tumbles into a heady flirtation with a much older actor — her mother, Tricia, is forced to confront her daughter’s sexual awakening as well as her own priorities. |
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THE TESTDebbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin out wildly when Jim fails a test of his own making and falls into a trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth. Script Excerpt |
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THE GLAMOROUS LIFEA model on the decline gets a much-needed vacation from her rock star boyfriend and her career as well as a new outlook on life when she hides out at a Florida beach house with an “odd couple” of twenty-something brothers who assume she's a hooker. Script Excerpt |
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DOWN WITH DADA 3 time Man of the Year dad Dave McNabb tries to teach his teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “do good things, good things happen.” But much to Lincoln's delight and wonder, while things seem to improve for him they suddenly go south for dear old dad and bad things happen... very bad things. Script Excerpt |
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TAKEN AWAYTwo 16 year-olds, one a foul-mouthed cutter, the other a church boy, become unlikely allies when they are snatched from separate states and brought to a remote hideaway by an inexperienced kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison but dying. Script Excerpt |
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PEEPWhen two teen boys peeping in a beautiful neighbor’s bathroom window witness her murder, they are torn by how to deal with this shocking crime, and the choices they make cause their lives to spin dangerously out of control. Script Excerpt |
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Last Train HomeDuring the last, fleeting beats of his pulse, a man seemingly put to death in Florida’s electric chair in 1999 is sent on a journey across time to confront himself as a rebellious teen and change the course of his dire destiny. Script Excerpt |
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SanctuaryA hapless and socially detached attorney's life changes dramatically when he executes a will stipulating that a substantial fortune will be shared by all who attend the deceased's funeral mass. But no one shows up... except one mysterious homeless man seeking shelter from a raging storm. Script Excerpt |
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ARMED:STAYA grieving, young widow and mother will fight through severe depression and panic attacks to protect her family from a desperate intruder who breaks into her home with a gun, a bullet wound, and an oxy addiction. Script Excerpt |
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WhirlaboutA man returns home to care for his father who’s riding a downhill early-onset Alzheimer’s spiral, but dark secrets revealed about the family patriarch’s past shock him to the core, dramatically altering the course of that care... and the direction of his own life. Script Excerpt |
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Behind The VeilFilm Noir. Los Angeles, 1947. A private investigator's search for a gay man among those marginalized by society results in a battle against that powerful elite who exploit them. Script Excerpt |
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FINAL PASSAGEThe power of nature to heal the human heart: After a life-changing summer solstice cruise, a grieving widow trades harsh Brooklyn for pristine Alaska where Archangel Gabriel bargains with God to give her husband’s soul more time before completely crossing over. |
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Bad LiesA feisty and revered old attorney in bad health takes on one last case - a libel trial - after a magazine accuses a famous pro golfer of cheating. (Screenplay adapted with permission from the novel Bad Lies by Shelby Yastrow and Hall-of-Fame golfer Tony Jacklin.) |
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Fighting Johnny O'Brian (female lead)For a parole board hearing, a 53 year-old black civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite her protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison 20 years for killing 2 black police officers. (Also written with a young white male as the hero, but the female version is better.) |
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Pieces Of GreenAn executive at The Federal Reserve Bank pulls off the perfect heist which was never about the money. While on the run in a motor home, he meets a woman who is also running from something. They are being followed, but which one are they following, since the woman claims to have memory loss after a fall.. Script Excerpt |
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The Chief ResidentA chief resident in medicine is abruptly dismissed for an episode of sexual harassment, and a very reluctant woman resident is dragooned into taking his place. |
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Saving LivesA group of interns and residents struggle through a year at a deteriorating county hospital fending off a zealous cost-cutter from the Department of Hospitals |
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Secrets of the UniverseA brilliant young physicist must choose between career and love. It's no problem for her but leaves her boy friend in a terrible bind. |
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Bound for Germany TownIn 1832 Virginia, after a wealthy black plantation owner’s family is killed, all his possessions stolen or burned, and he’s left for dead by racist outlaws, he’s bent on revenge until a German prophetess and two Christian women, who nurse him back to health during a miraculous road trip and try to stop him from confronting the cold-blooded murderer who’ll likely kill him. |
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Prisoners in Pain SightAfter a white farmer saves the life of a runaway slave, the slave helps his injured widow repair her rundown farm while keeping from each other that dangerous men are after them both. |
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Nobody's AngelsTwo bail bonds women, a dwarf and a hare-lipped Rottweiler chase a bail jumping rapist from California to Florida. |
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Breaking Tom: When an engaging 17 year-old, orphaned by a flood, in 2018, on a Queensland 60,000 acre property is enslaved by a “kind” helper, he must fight back against land grabbers, the helper and a corrupt bank manager if he’s to survive. The bank manager is over friendly. Script Excerpt |
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GENERAL GRANT IS DOOMED!“NEVER RETREAT, NEVER SURRENDER!” Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant struggles to complete his “Personal Memoirs” while combatting terminal cancer. He produces a masterpiece. The true story. Can be expanded to TV miniseries. Professional Coverage: “Recommend” - Dave Trottier (Author, The Screenwriter’s Bible) SEMI-FINALIST Fade In Awards - True Story/Bio Competition |
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BOJANGLES, EUBIE AND BERT!A TOE-TAPPING MUSICAL! Legendary performers Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Eubie Blake and Bert Williams relive their show business triumphs in spite of racism and theatrical bigotry. An epic musical drama and biopic. All music public domain; can be expanded to TV musical miniseries. Professional Coverage: “Recommend” Dave Trottier (author, “The Screenwriter’s Bible.”) Script Excerpt |
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The MuseA married writer going through a midlife crisis becomes infatuated with an uninhibited young woman he meets on the beach, finding inspiration through her as they begin a torrid affair...but he soon finds himself targeted by a killer who has also found her...inspiring. |
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Light FingersAwkward bookworm displaced by her father's bankruptcy, falls for her lab partner in science class, a boy with the touch of a surgeon, who is also the world’s greatest shoplifter. Script Excerpt |
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The Topless WidowA lawyer’s former model mother has taken to sunbathing topless in her backyard, unable to convince her to stop, he pays her complaining neighbors to construct fences, but then she takes her antics to the front yard, getting arrested and he goes from defending her against obscenity charges, to helping her accept her impending death. Script Excerpt |
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TYPHOONAdaptation of Joseph Conrad's novella of an eccentric steamship captain, his ambitious first mate, their motley crew and 200 Chinese passengers caught in the typhoon of the century, set in the South China Seas of 1901. A morality tale of family separation, racism and survival to the extreme during a perilous sea journey as terrifying as "A Perfect Storm", evolving into an epic struggle of hearts and minds that defines the best and worst in men. Script Excerpt |
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NOT ANOTHER VAMPIRE STORYAn embarrassment-prone middle school girl's life gets risky when she suspects her pretty older sister's good-looking boyfriend is really a vampire, and sets out to prove it. |
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Mother SeacoleBritish soldiers are transported from Jamaica to fight in the Crimean War. A Scottish-Jamaican lady provides home comforts and medical assistance to her boys in Crimea and becomes a British heroine. Script Excerpt |
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WatchAn L.A. homicide detective, who also rents spare rooms in his apartment building to aspiring Hollywood actresses, must prove his innocence when one of them is brutally murdered by someone bent on revenge, exposing the detective's voyeurism fetish. Script Excerpt |
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Givers and TakersTaking down a corrupt political candidate before an election is key for an FBI agent to prove his brother was a pawn in the murder of a prostitute connected to both. |
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Alive and AloneA young boy survives a private airplane crash that kills his father leaving him alone to survive in the wilderness of Alaska using skills he learned from his father until or if rescued. |
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FALL BACKTwo lovers try to reunite after being separated by a rift in space and time. |
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PATCHES' PERILAfter running away from her drunk prostitute mother to her small town uncle’s home, a teenage girl must retrieve her two younger sisters before they are put into the big city street trade. Based on true facts. |
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SAFE SEX SUMMER CAMPA grandmother remembers -- when foxy Gigi arrives at a dilapidated summer camp with her over-sexed boyfriend and horny friends, their hedonism is plagued by two nosy rich Arabs, a big Indian and the uptight high school administrator. |
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CROSSING GUARD SANTAWhen Nick North (Santa) accepts a position as a crossing guard to bridge finance the toy production, he encounters bullying by both children and adults and then must communicate the Christmas Spirit without magic to end the abuse. |
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RELATIVE CONTACTRemote farms — lone women — masked attacker — stumped local police. A new female TV reporter going back to her home town is the next victim. |
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DOUBLE STEEDWhen a teen girl has to take over the care and training of her competitor’s new horse, her compassion and companionship with the two horses wins her a dressage competition. |
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Fair WarningThriller based on the true stalking murder of Berkeley student Tanya Tarasoff in 1969 by an obsessed graduate student, and the legal case that changed U.S. doctor-patient confidentiality laws. Script Excerpt |
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At odds endWhile trying to cope with side effects of his imprisonment, a recently reinstated detective frantically hunts for the serial killer who held him hostage. |
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MAUSOLEUM MANAfter his wife's sudden death, her husband fights his sister and a cemetery official to stay with her in the family mausoleum. |
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Dead LineThe ghost of a beautiful young woman, murdered by a serial killer, enters a young man's life, bringing chaos with her. Script Excerpt |
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A PORTRAIT OF AN AUTHORITARIAN DOMINATINGWhen a patient comes for treatment with a psychologist she finds the doctor is more emotionally needy than she is and their relationship has given him the means to destroy her! |
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KICKERKarate Kid meets West Side Story. An interracial teen romance is caught between two gangs of skateboarders and BMX racers in a park turf war. An Indonesian kickboxer and the white sister of the skateboard leader fall in love against her brother’s wishes. When the turf war turns violent, he has to rescue her brother from a dangerous drug ring. A martial-arts action drama of teen love, rage and betrayal. Script Excerpt |
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Empire GradeA married assistant D.A. falls for a vagabond girl living in the seedy Beach Flats area of Santa Cruz, California. His double life may lead him to the murderer in a gruesome double homicide --- but at the cost of his marriage and career. Based on a 1982 true crime in Santa Cruz County. Adapted from my short story published in the UK crime magazine Close to the Bone https://www.close2thebone.co.uk/wp/saturday-night-off-2/ Script Excerpt |
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Vengeance IslandA young couple are stranded on a remote Alaskan island when their seaplane goes down in a winter storm. Soon, they realize they are being stalked --- and not just by wolves. |
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My BuddyA mafia princess searches for the murderer of her father and finds him in the most unlikely place of all--at her feet.. |
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MalleusAdulterous husband burned at the stake for consorting with evil emerges in modern Los Angeles to stalk a fatherless young man he thinks is a reincarnation of his own son. Script Excerpt |
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SunriseA recently disabled young man finds love, hope and courage in the arms of a wild, witty party girl, who’s hiding a deadly disease. |
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CHRISTMAS MITZVAHNot all families are united by blood! |
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SnooksThe extraordinary true life story of Nate "Snooks" Gulliver, dancer and drummer extraordinaire, who played with Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and other greats and was Billie Holliday's childhood sweetheart. Script Excerpt |
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SEVERELY GIFTEDA bright, lonely teenager learns about love and loss while taking a summer job to escape his abusive father. |
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THE REDDITIONAn idealistic monk crusades against manipulative, sadistic prefects at his order's reform school for boys. |
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Shadow on the HeartlandA successful Wall Street attorney reluctantly returns to rural North Dakota to help his family fight against an agricultural corporate giant that's quickly taking over the food industry with dangerous GMO seeds. Script Excerpt |
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The Virgin EffectDaughter of a middle-eastern oil billionaire, drugged and raped at a frat party, contacts a young L.A. surgeon to restore her virginity for her arranged marriage. When the surgeon's receptionist learns of the plan, she and her boyfriend decide on blackmail. Script Excerpt |
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GrizzlyAging hacker gets out of prison and plots an act of sabotage to impress a Dutch hacker chick and reclaim his status as the terror of the Internet. Script Excerpt |
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Riviera DriveThree Latino felons on the run invade the home of a prosperous Latino insurance executive, who must reconnect with his own violent past to save his family. The tensions heightens when his 17 year old daughter bonds with one of the felons. Script Excerpt |
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Space ReservedA thoughtless parking impulse leads a slick young ad executive into captivity and back to a crime he may have committed while in school --- as a botched revenge plot traps him and three women in an apartment with no escape from one another or the past. Script Excerpt |
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The Deer and the DolphinNOTE: THE EXCERPT ABOVE IS THE THIRD SECTION OF THE DEER AND THE DOLPHIN. For pp. 1-80 e-mail jfdavanzo@poweroc.net In this future history sci-fi fantasy Nick, a solitary sailor, is witness to the degradation of Earth's ecology and becomes a central figure in Earth's recovery. |
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A GRUNT'S TALECurrently considering writing this script in a novel format. The young black woman employed by a Vietnam Vet's sister helps him work through his debilitating PTSD. She is the unsung hero of the story and is rewarded with an American Bandstand style party - the prom she never got to attend! |
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LOST AT SEAHigh-seas survival adventure in a lifeboat, based on a true story and a controversial naval murder trial. As a disabled cruise ship is evacuated, one of its lifeboats is hopelessly lost at sea -- in the path of an oncoming storm. A junior officer, acting as captain, faces a moral dilemma when he realizes there are too many people in the boat to survive the storm: he must play God and decide who goes overboard to die, in order to save the majority of passengers. Script Excerpt |
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LIFE WITHOUT FATHERGhost dramedy with family values, a la "Ghost" meets "Parenthood". An acclaimed news cameraman who's been neglecting his family for his career dies suddenly under mystical circumstances and returns home as a ghost to haunt his 12-year-old son a week before his 13th birthday. He only has a short time to teach his son life lessons and to learn how to be, and to redeem himself as, a once-absentee dad. Script Excerpt |
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D.E.T.E.C.T.I.V.E.STwo rival detectives join to solve a case whereby ten San Francisco detectives are being murdered by the Chinese Mafia. Little do they know, they're also on the hit list until... "And Then There Were None." |
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TakenBased on a true story. A college student is kidnapped at gunpoint and gang raped by three men, but when the law fails to bring about justice, her mother falls apart, only to mend and seek revenge against the rapists. It is a suspenseful story of pain and trauma that is righted through legal ways that almost went astray (murder), a story of healing and redemption. It exposes injustice and the repercussions that vibrate through a family. |
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Sinful PlayMisfortune reunites twins, separated at birth |
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Med FrenzyA large population becomes afflicted with an unknown skin ailment that cause doctors to label patients psychotic, but a single woman, in her desperate struggle to find relief, discovers the true cause of the disease and an underlying conspiracy. |
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Recovering ElizabethA suicidal widower gains a chance at redemption when he vows to take care of a six year old girl whose mother is brutally killed on the street. |
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THE WORD ON THE STREETWhile trying to keep her family together, a young Catholic widow must also deal with prejudice as black families start moving into their all-white parish in 1950s West Philadelphia. |
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PandemicThe deadly H5N1 bird flu has mutated into a strain no one suspected. The world struggles with the coming pandemic. |
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!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.
Morality Games
An alien civilization tests the morals of humanity through a series of ethical games in order to develop a perfect moral system of their own.
Monster Carnival
An anthology series exploring humans’ modern-day meetings with folkloric creatures through cautionary tales.
Wicked Sisters
A quirky couple are kidnapped by a guilt-ridden man who claims an antique doll he purchased from from the couple is demanding it be reunited with its friends
Your Own Personal Haunting
Compelled to live in a house that terrifies him, a damaged man with OCD befriends a live-embracing trans man to help him confront spirits and unravel the mysteries of his troubled life
Sunrise
A recently disabled young man finds love, hope and courage in the arms of a wild, witty party girl, who’s hiding a deadly disease.
The March of the 18th
In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country.
Hide and See
A psychopathic blind widow exacts revenge on her parents for her bullied childhood.
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