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Winner Take All Announces Contest Results
The 2nd Annual Winner Take All Screenwriting Competition has announced their winners and finalists:
2003 The Final Scores:
Angel 882 by James Seda, loosescrew@earthlink.net
Log Line: A father struggles to hold his family together after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, hunting down a tormenting stranger who may have abducted her.
Puzzle by Alene S. Levine, limbic@mcn.org
Log Line: A retirement party for Hank, a San Francisco homicide detective, turns tragic when his pregnant daughter-in-law is brutally slain during the celebration.
Sojourner's Return by Derek Cordier
Log Line: A lone man struggles to adapt to a world of women and redeem himself from a past murder conviction.
Unlikely Hero by Isabelle Theisen, itheisen@cox.net
Log Line: A young woman seeks out her own destiny on the Civil War battlefields, fighting for what she believes is right for herself, and her country.
Companion of the Night by John Benton, jbentonwr@yahoo.com
Log Line: A murdered girl returns in the dreams of a married man seeking help to avenge her death.
This Time by Robert D. Walsh, robertwalsh@mindspring.com
Log Line: A disgraced ex cop gets a chance at redemption and love when a man claiming to be his father hires him to protect a beautiful heiress.
When Pigs Fly by Noelle C. Nelson, nnelson@dr.noellenelson.com
Log Line: Twelve year old Brian escapes his abusive family to a Pegasus' fantastical realm, where learning the magic of belief, he returns to transform his world.
Stagemom by Maggie Franks, maggiefranks@pacbell.net
Log Line: A divorcee wrestles pushy stagemoms, drama queens and the world's biggest office star when her son wins a "Martian Makeover" contest.
Goblins by Royce Scott Buckingham, roycencara@aol.com
Log Line: A slacker learns responsibility when he is mistaken for a hero guarding the earth against a secret underground army of Goblins.
The Lakeside Slasher by Brian Belefant, tls@belefant.com
Log Line: A hot headed kid dreams of becoming a slasher, but ends up finding a father figure instead.
Updated: 08/30/2003
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Palo Alto Bang & Burn
When idealistic professor Will Reynolds joins a clandestine government program researching remote viewing, his faith in science and reality unravels as he discovers truths that feel ripped from science fiction.
BORDERLINE JUSTICE
Rita Fuentes, a fiery, attractive Latina social worker introduces Martin Wilkins, a law-and-order judge, to the violent, politically charged world of power, money, illegals, and life for the drug mules--like Demetria Plascentia, and his foolish new son-in-law, Antonio Borja--he condemns daily in his courtroom.
TIME OUT
A husband has willfully taken a time out from his marriage for fourteen years, is suddenly thrust back into it to save the life of an ailing son he never knew he had.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
