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EXPLOSION AT BLACK TOM!

Federal Agents -- including a young J. Edgar Hoover and a badass female translator -- track German saboteurs plotting the July 30, 1916 Black Tom Island explosion in New York harbor - the terrorist attack on America! Professional Coverage: “Recommend” - Dave Trottier (Author “The Screenwriter’s Bible”). SEMI-FINALIST - Fade In Awards-True Story/Bio Contest

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Format:
Screenplay
Budget:
Modest
Starring Roles For:
a young Colin Farrell type
a young Kate Winslett
A young Ben Stiller type
In the Vein Of:
Inspired by true events
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Black Hawk Down
Posted:
03/03/2018
Updated:
04/03/2022
Author Bio:
Jim Saunders is a New York City-based professional writer, playwright, optioned screenplay writer and multiple contest winner. He has many years’ experience writing stage presentations, corporate films and multimedia projects; also a director and occasional actor.

Screenplays

Jim specializes in screenplays based on historical true events (including musicals), bio/pics and/or disasters. In alphabetical order:

“BOJANGLES, EUBIE AND BERT!” Three Black musical legends of the past – Bert Williams, Eubie Blake and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson – relive their show business success in spite of racism and theatrical bigotry.

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Contest Results:
Breaking Walls (Finalist) [2019]
Big Apple (Semifinalist) [2019]
Emerging Screenwriters (Semifinalist) [2019]
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