Double Take
A couple, victimized by unscrupulous individuals in the financial industry and both mistakenly diagnosed with terminal cancer, concoct a joint scheme in which their nemesis unwittingly finances their exorbitant worldwide vacation under the watchful eye of an unorthodox Guardian Angel.
Curriculum Vitae John J. Maffucci pifoo@comcast.net johnjmaffucci.com Education: Graduated Fordham College 1953 BSS Sociology Masters Degree, Sociology, Fordham University Graduate School 1959 New York Film Academy-Screenwriters Workshop Military: Honorable Discharge U.S. Navy l955 Resume' of Criminal Justice Experience: 1955 - 1986 1955-57 Guidance Counselor Sing Sing Prison 1957-74 Parole Officer- NYS Division of Parole Field 15 years: Sing Sing 2 years 1974-83 Commissioner New York State Parole Board Appointed by R-Governor Malcolm Wilson.
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Post Your Script Here!Down With A Little Trouble
When two friends with disabilities bolt from their smothering, overprotective parents, they accidentally bumble into a world of crime, proving friendship- and bad decisions- are the ultimate adventure.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
In 1780s California, a mixed-blood scout, torn between his native heritage and Spanish conquerors, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates oppressive mission life and brutal colonizers.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
SUGAR GREEN
SUGAR GREEN (Action / Espionage, 91 pages) When an environmental activist with extreme mountaineering skills, known for her spectacular protests, is recruited by a shadowy "committee" to infiltrate a remote meeting of oil company mercenaries, she discovers an assassination plot, and must risk her life to stop it.
BRAVE EARS
BRAVE EARS (Rom-Dramedy, 110 pages)? When a big-city schoolgirl, obsessed with being a broadcast DJ, must move to a tiny town, she lies to win a radio license - by claiming to be Native American.
THE CHECKERED
THE CHECKERED (Action / Drama, 112 pages) In 1970s Indianapolis, a 2nd-generation hot rodder finagles a way to stay out of the Army (and the County Jail) so he can keep doing what he loves - RACING - but a cop with a grudge is obsessed with wrecking his life, and making him pay for ALL his family's crimes.
CHEAP ACTION
CHEAP ACTION (Crime Thriller / Action, 110 pages) A bottoming-out Chicago bartender is the sole survivor of a botched gangland ripoff, and he skates with a cool two million.
THE FIRST GENTLEMAN
THE FIRST GENTLEMAN (Action / Romance, 107 pages) When President Rosa Cortez's secret Camp David peace summit is taken hostage by brutal commandos, her scandalous ex-jock husband Will slips through the cracks.
PLAY THE FOOL
PLAY THE FOOL (Action / Comedy) An eccentric musician recruits his old band to help steal a legendary guitar, unaware that competing military teams from Russia and the US Air Force - both trying to avert WWIII - are after his bass-player's rare, vintage gear.
NIGHTBREAK
After the Earth stops turning, a UN Weapons Inspector (who's also the US President’s daughter) fights to get her husband, a Chinese geophysicist in Beijing, across the Nightside’s empty Pacific-Ocean bed and the chaotic, sun-burned Dayside America to get to Washington - with a plan to save the world.
