Best Historical Screenplays
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By The Time I Got To Woodstock1969: a young generation is letting their hair down, except for a high school sophomore who’s wound tighter than her ballerina bun. When she accidentally ends up on a magic bus to Woodstock, she goes on a long strange trip to find her true self. Script Excerpt |
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Eighty-Eight FrequenciesGorgeous MGM star Hedy Lamarr and her unlikely confederate enter a world of flying notes and moving slots. They make a scientific discovery that could change history while she masters the Hollywood machine. Based on a true story. Script Excerpt |
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Tabula RasaLucy is an Artist. No one understands her. Lucy sees life through the viewfinder of her closest companion, a 16mm Bolex camera. You see, Lucy doesn’t make “movies” — she is a Filmmaker. Lucy’s getting ready to share her Art with the World. But she’s afraid the World isn’t ready for her. Lucy is twelve years old. No one understands her. The World isn’t going to know what hit it. Script Excerpt |
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EquityAre you in or out? The year is 1919. Your name is Frank Bacon, and you’re the author and lead actor of the most successful play in Broadway history. Your fellow actors are about to go on strike in support of their union, the Actors Equity Association. You’ve spent your life fighting for the rights your friends are hitting the bricks to protect. If you go out on strike with them, you risk losing everything you’ve achieved. Your wife doesn’t want you to go out. The managers will fire you and take away the rights to your play if you don’t cross the line. What about it, Frank — which side are you on? Are you in or out? Script Excerpt |
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Post Your Script Here!The Chain - Francisco Pizarro
A West Indies Native and a Franciscan Friar embark on an Amazon expedition with legendary conquistador Francisco Pizarro in search of a city of gold.
Roadside Picnic
A truck driver picks up a hitchhiker on the anniversary of the girl's mother's roadside murder.
Supernatural - I Got You, Babe
When a John Lennon impersonator gets killed by the doppelganger of Mark David Chapman, Sam and Dean step in to find out why on a cruise ship full of celebrity impersonators heading for Bermuda.
Supernatural - Intervention
Sam sets up an unusual intervention to address Dean's alcoholism.
Blindsided
A man goes on a blind date with a blind woman only to find the woman is not what she seems.
The Body and Blood
A priest who is losing his faith attempts to renew the faith of others at the dawn of the zombie apocalypse.
Pwned
A second rate musician acquires a pawn shop guitar for free, then learns the price he must pay for taking it.
Turf War
As Florida neighbors fall in love, their rival lawn ornaments start a war.
Spike
A 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.
A Good Soul
A 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.