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COOPER'S PROMISEA gay army deserter adrift in a war-torn African country vows to save a girl trafficked into prostitution to redeem himself for an earlier promise he could not keep. |
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TRAUMATIZEDThe sole survivor of a serial killer, tortured by visions of her ordeal, decides to conduct her own investigation only to realize that her former captor, whom she thought dead, might still be alive and after her. |
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THE FOURTH COURIERWhen a series of grisly murders in Warsaw is linked to the disappearance of a Russian physicist with a portable atomic bomb, an FBI agent is sent to help the investigation, and the race is on to find the bomb before it ends up in the wrong hands. |
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FIRE ON THE ISLANDWhen an arsonist threatens a Greek island village, the gay FBI agent stationed in Athens arrives to investigate, finds himself immersed in a community rife with conflict, falls in love with his chief suspect, and has only seconds to save the village after miscalculating the plan of attack. |
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A VISION OF ANGELSA suicide bomb plot for Easter Sunday in Jerusalem sets off a chain of events that weaves together the lives of an American journalist, Israeli war hero, Palestinian farmer, and Christian grocer. GRAND PRIZE, RHODE ISLAND INT'L FILM FESTIVAL'S SCREENWRITING COMPETITION |
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Without ApologyIn 1944 England, a 16-year-old orphan just beginning to discover her true self is cast out of her best friend's home, ending up in the employ of an aging aristocrat who infamously had an affair with Oscar Wilde. Script Excerpt |
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Eddie The KingIn this award-winning adaptation of Oedipus The King (public domain), a professional killer, plagued by waking nightmares and unable to kill himself, seeks the solace of a transgender prostitute who unknown to him is his younger brother who wants him dead. |
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My Father's Worst NightmareWith 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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Bre'gan's FistCan two men find love and repair their shattered lives while battling for the fate of the planet? |
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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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The Juggler's ActA teenager who plays everything safe battles his desire to sing and dance which refuses to stay buried while he struggles to accept his force-of-nature grandfather’s laser-focused expectation his grandson will become the third generation to run the family business. |
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Dirty WindowsThree gay teens escape their overwhelming lives and set out on an ill-fated journey through the backwoods of South Carolina. |
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When Doves CryIn 1991, a group of high school seniors navigates the treachery of young adulthood, dealing with bullies, homophobes, and abusive authority figures while seeking the ultimate Minneapolis experience; seeing the legendary Prince perform live at First Avenue on Halloween night but a freak blizzard threatens their plans. Script Excerpt |
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RipplesFour characters who are not related to each other end up in an abandoned house outside a city at the end of the coronavirus, and try to establish a new life as the world climbs out of the Covid019 horror story. |
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Untitled screenplaySophia’s a rebellious teenager who wants her mom to accept her the way she is. Her mom wishes she’d just like boys and makeup, which makes Sophia escape, from her affluent beach city. |
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The Day She AwakenedA family awakening unravels after a suicide attempt leaves the southern family to dismantle their beliefs or be torn apart. |
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Bitches with KnivesAfter her deadbeat ex-boyfriend steals her winning lottery ticket, a hard-boiled trailer trash girl recruits her best friend and a sexy knife-wielding assassin for a revenge plot to reclaim her rightful fortune. |
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Behind The VeilFilm Noir. Los Angeles, 1947 – A private detective’s search for a gay man is a journey among those shunned by society, only to discover a secret, sinister operation that preys upon society itself. Script Excerpt |
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ANGIE & MARIAA World War II tragedy abruptly transforms the temporary friendship of two racially dissimilar straight women into a permanent loving partnership. |
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!FALL BACK
Two lovers try to reunite after being separated by a rift in space and time.
ODOMETER
A teenager buys what he thinks is his dream car, but it turns out to be a nightmare killing machine.
SON OF THE ROBE
Ben-Hur, Barabbas, Demetrius, and other Biblical movie heroes meet on a dusty road outside Jerusalem in this mash-up of Hollywood epics.
MAUSOLEUM MAN
After his wife's sudden death, her husband fights his sister and a cemetery official to stay with her in the family mausoleum.
THROUGH THE CRACKS
A social welfare boss flees from the ghosts of the people whose lives he ruined.
SEVERELY GIFTED
A bright, lonely teenager learns about love and loss while taking a summer job to escape his abusive father.
CATACOMB
On a field trip to Rome, a quiet teenage girl discovers her secret mental powers and must learn to use them in confronting a conspiracy to destroy the Vatican.
THE REDDITION
An idealistic monk crusades against manipulative, sadistic prefects at his order's reform school for boys.
DOWNsized
A young couple who work in a holiday display factory try to make their way back home after mysteriously being miniaturized among model Christmas villages.
THE WORD ON THE STREET
While 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.
