1. Home
  2. WinningScripts
  3. Browse
  4. The Squawker
Login
Back

The Squawker

Two gonzo grad students and a fearless Native American woman clash with the FBI as they search for an endangered, sacred bird on her tribal homeland that could save the area from loggers.

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Craig Peters
Contact Author
Format:
Screenplay
Genres:
Comedy Action-Adventure Family
Starring Roles For:
A young Jack Black
A young Will Ferrell
A young Halle Berry
In the Vein Of:
Sideways
Big Fish
Posted:
09/22/2011
Updated:
01/02/2021
Author Bio:
Bio.

After surviving a BA from Stanford and an MFA from UC Riverside, Mr. Peters set out to fulfill his life’s true ambition: to become a starving artist. He was immediately successful.

As an actor, he burst onto the stage, then blazed his way into films, TV, and commercials. Inexplicably, he has spent an inordinate slice of his career on hiatus.

His first stage play was greeted by rave reviews from friends and family, but never produced.

Show More

Contest Results:
Table Read (Semifinalist) [2017]
WeScreenplay Feature (Semifinalist) [2016]
ScreenCraft Family (Semifinalist) [2014]
Show More
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!
THE SOCIAL POLICE

Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media This pilot streamer has it all.

In Between The River

The Jones family moves from town to town and Katie thinks it's normal but her older brother Kyle disagrees and their mother, Judy tries to balance it as their dad, Donald hides a secret that eventually comes out to separate brother, sister, mother in different ways and seals their fates (fictional characters but certain scenes are based on real events from the author's childhood)

SETTLING THE BOOKS

A rare book dealer uses the reading of his will to seal heirs who he believes wronged him, in a panic room with no air or escape, unless they decode a mystery hidden in a centuries old book.

LOTUS OPERANDI

This one is pure Fun.!It's a genre buster, Fosse/Verdon meets James Bond, meets All That Jazz and Cabaret! Asian American Black Belt goes undercover for the CIA, to help track down terrorists.

CURIOUS BUDDIES

It's not your mother's buddy movie.

NOCTUME'S RAINBOW

Kids and their dogs, find the rainbow bridge in a snowstorm.

CIRQUE D' ETOILES

*** Russian astronaut, thrown out of the space program, hijacks a space taxi going to the International Space Station.

Population: One

A nineteen-year-old drops out of film school in New York City following a tragic accident and returns to his small Pennsylvanian hometown, only to be confronted by an array of quirky small town folk, including his detached best friend, his alcoholic single mother and a free-spirited cross-country traveling girl.

Bloodthirsty

A motley crew of strangers trapped in a secluded London tavern must survive overnight against vicious werewolves.

Bitches with Knives

After 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.

MovieBytes Registration

Register here to receive MovieBytes' FREE email newsletter featuring screenplay contest deadline reminders, news, articles, and much more. Choose a password to access the MovieBytes contest report cards and other great features. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!

(Required.)
(Required.)
(Required.)
(Required.)
(Required. Please retype your password to confirm.)
(Required. Please enter security code 3103 to validate submission.)
Contact Us
Sponsor Us
Add Your Contest
Terms of Service

Copyright © 1997-2021, Frederick Mensch Multimedia [moviebytes] [HT]