MADAM PRESIDENT
SHE WAS THE PRESIDENT! When Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke in 1919, First Lady Edith Wilson launches a mammoth White House cover-up and runs the presidency herself—for 18 months! Think “Iron Lady” (2011). Based on the true, actual historical events. Professional Coverage: “Recommend” Dave Trottier (Author, “The Screenwriter’s Bible”) Multiplt contest wins and placements
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.
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores: Introducing SEAN LANDERS
A discharged Navy pilot returns home anticipating matrimony and learns his fiance has cleaned out their wedding account moving to Las Vegas.
Xanadu Shores - Intro to PoC
Four friends become enmeshed in a heist which escalates to kidnapping chased by a capricious Fed and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea, culminating explosively on Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores: PoC for The Pilot
Four friends become enmeshed in a heist which escalates to kidnapping chased by a capricious Fed and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea, culminating explosively on Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores - rev.15 pgs.
Four friends become enmeshed in a heist which escalates to kidnapping chased by a capricious Fed and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea, culminating explosively on Xanadu Shores.
Eternal Blessings
After taking up residence at her Indian guru's commune, a woman’s loyalty is pushed to the brink when she’s asked to help assassinate a commune rival.
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.
THE FAT LADY SINGS
A Duluth private investigator, needing to pay off his bookie, agrees to payment on completion of a prominent politician’s wife’s case; now he has only three days to find an Ohio plumber that the client only met on the internet over a dozen years ago.
FURGROW BIRDS SPIRITUAL ROSE
When a dog loses his owner and home, he discovers a dark conspiracy involving an evil king, a hidden realm, and God's magical crystals used to alter the world.
Furgrow Birds back to the beginning
When a dog loses his owner and home, he discovers a dark conspiracy involving an evil king, a hidden realm, and God's magical crystals used to alter the world.
MAN OUT OF COUNTRY
Pilot log line: Multi-cam When an Iranian music teacher in California launches a nightly dinner tradition to stay close to his wife and two teenage sons, unexpected drop-ins from eccentric American in-laws—and plenty of teenage rebellion—turn his heartfelt plan into a battleground of culture, chaos, and family bonding.
