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(STUCK) IN PARENTHESIS Submit Your Logline: On the eve of his 31st birthday Jimmy Stuck vows to drop all five of his vices cold turkey, ultimately leading him toward a revealingly poignant life lesson. Screenplay Genre: Drama, Social Commentary, Short Script
BACK FROM THE LEDGE Logline: A man has an unusual ability to talk someone out of committing suicide Screenplay Genre: 9 page short ANKOU (Short) Logline: "When Ankou comes, he will not go away empty." Says the old Irish proverb. So when you hear an eerie sound of an old wooden cart and the clopping hooves of it's four dead horses, and if you feel a bitter gust of a cold wind, don't look back or Ankou will line his cart of death with your soul where there's always room for one more! Genre: Horror DEAR ULRIKA Logline: WW2, Germany have occupied France, allied forces fight through the country to liberate the suffering French people, but through the chaos, death, destruction and emotional bonds, Pvt Johnson Is saved by the most unlikely hero. (20min short) Genre: Drama RHYTHMS OF LEELANAU Logline: A walkabout from Suttons Bay to Glen Arbor helps our protagonist find new direction in life. He experiences a surreal encounter and gains a new awareness on life! A short story. WILLY THE WASTELAND Logline: Comment on dull youth via spoof of plea for aid commercial Genre: short short
ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? Logline: Anti-violence-on-tv public television spot Genre: short
NIGHT MOVES Logline: A one-night stand turns into something much, much more. Genre: short drama
CRIME OF PASSION Logline: The perfect solution to crimes of passion”
TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOM WHILE I'M GONE Logline: She’s an adult. She needs a ten-year-old to take care of her? Genre: short
THE HERO OF DUNELLEN ROAD E-mail Address: carlmegill@msn.com Logline: A returning WWII Navy seaman discovers his new bride has been less than faithful. Genre: Drama-short
RUBY HEARTS E-mail Address: designgalaxy@hotmail.com Logline: A woman sorts through her recently deceased father's belongings, and she is surprised to find evidence of the purchase of several pieces of jewelry for a woman she knows nothing about. She is determined to find out who this woman is, if the woman knows about her father's death, or even perhaps contributed to it, especially after she receives another trinket in the mail, a pair of ruby heart earrings. Genre: Short Dramatic Screenplay PRIDE E-mail Address: bladerunner16101@yahoo.com Logline: A young Homosexual prizefighter struggles to belong in a world of prejudice. Proving it's not what you are that matters, but who you are. Genre: Short Script FRIENDS FOR LIFE E-mail Address: PaulJWilliams9@yahoo.com Logline: A family's move to a new neighborhood brings change they weren't looking for. Genre: Short / Drama CUSTOMER SERVICE E-mail Address: writtenbyzack@hotmail.com Logline: A customer driven insane by his bank's ridiculous policies and its clerks' incessant salesmanship tries to get even by robbing it. But can his stick-up message get past the corporate red tape or will he simply open a new account? Male lead, female lead, any age. Interior and exterior of small bank branch. Comedy, 6 pages. Genre: short film BUBBY E-mail Address: writtenbyzack@hotmail.com Logline: A young woman in love with her Teddy Bear, "Bubby," struggles in her relationships with men - until she meets a man who, unbeknownst to her, is also in love with a Teddy Bear. Can they find true love with someone who isn't stuffed with fluff? The answer is revealed in this hilarious comedic romp. Male and female lead. Female supporting role. Exteriors in city, park and river. Interiors in apartment. Comedy, 16 pages. Genre: short film
RUNAWAY! E-mail Address: denmaley@cox.net Logline: After witnessing a brutal killing, a slave boy flees for freedom on the Underground Railroad. (Short, 37 pages) Genre: Action THE BIG DAY E-mail Address: libragrl10877@msn.com Logline: William the best man, arrives in town from London for his best friend Danny's wedding. After arriving at Danny's house to pick him up for the wedding, he discovers Danny is very hungover from the bachelor party the night before. Genre: Comedy (short screenplay) THE TICKET E-mail Address: rjw111@phxinternet.net Submit Your Logline: A man loses his lottery ticket that hits big only to find out his neighbor claims the prize. Screenplay Genre: Comedy, Short Film UNDER THE CUPID SIGN griyak@hotmail.com A young and shy guy meets a girl that can solve all his problems but after the wedding he discovers that he married... a witch. THE ALBUM fullscoop@verizon.net A young man buys an unusual wedding present for an ex- girlfriend who jilted him. It's a photo album that has magical powers. It can predict a sinister future for all those not pure of spirit and soul. ... AND THEN THERE WERE NONE tlrauls@yahoo.com A navy seaman prevails over the men and their plot to keep all females out of the galley. THE MISSING SHOE Aroberts551@aol.com A man walks into a shoe store,claiming he lost his shoe in there. BEEN A NICE YEAR FOR ROSES pennson35@globaldial.com Ruby and her husband Robert are physically and socially poles apart. Ruby lacks the refinements one expects from the wife a gentle, forensic scientist. LIGHTS (THRILLER) sarahturnbull@email.com Four teens with burns and amnesia must return to an overnight campsite to discover they were extraterrestrial lab rats. ALIBI r_heske@msn.com A man accused of murdering his autistic daughter pleads the "sleepwalking alibi". Two hard-boiled detectives want him to pay the price for the blood on his hands. Is the accused innocent, insane ... or was he awake the whole time? BERN IN HELL r_heske@msn.com A bickering couple are reunited in the Afterlife. HER FIRST DAY ALONE r_heske@msn.com In this urban horror tale, a post-partum mother suffers through a series of psychotic hallucinations after her daughter leaves for her first day of day care.
THE MILL E-mail Address: rob.def@hotmail.com Logline: 3 generations of families live in the house next to the mill, and everytime somebody dies when they enter the mill. Genre: Horror;Thriller;Short Movie
DRIVEN E-mail Address: writer514@aol.com Logline: A burglar breaks into a woman's home, saves her life and loses his own. Genre: 30-minute short drama SECRET OF SEBASTIAN INLET E-mail Address: brucemarich@yahoo.com Logline: When a young surfer is rescued by the ghost of a cabin boy from a sunken Spanish treasure galleon, her life is changed forever. Genre: Romance/ Short
SPIDERS AND SNAKES E-mail Address: writtenbyzack@hotmail.com Logline: A teenager bored with his small-town life finds excitement in the company of a female fugitive. But the journey she takes him on could be his last. Male lead, 16. Female lead, late teens to mid-20s. Four male supporting characters, a teen, an older man and two police officers. Exteriors near a freeway and on a country road. Interiors in a van, a car and a house. Drama, 11 pages. Genre: short film THE BODY SHOP E-mail Address: writtenbyzack@hotmail.com Logline: A sex-starved clerk at an auto parts store is besieged with customer requests for human body parts. Male lead. Two male supporting roles and one female supporting role. Interior, auto shop. Exterior, city street. R-rated comedy, 4 pages. Genre: short film
LET THE DOG OUT (Short) E-mail Address: Libragrl10877@msn.com Logline: Paul ask his step-brother to feed their dog while he and his wife go out of town. Paul could never imagine the trouble his brother would get into while he's gone. Genre: Comedy
TECHNICALITY E-mail Address: pauljwilliams9@yahoo.com Submit Your Logline: A decorated police detective, recently retired and about to start a new life, receives a mysterious visit one night from the past, which calls into question his entire life, and he must decide if this enigmatic stranger is friend or foe or both. Screenplay Genre: Short BIRTHDAY CANDLE heidi202@aol.com Two elderly people come together by chance on their birthday which is on the same date. THE FEED kip3k@hotmail.com A man begins losing each one of his senses. He searches for the source of his affliction as the world outside crumbles.
LITTLE QUEASY Fullscoop@verizon.net Faced with a life threatening siuation, Little Queasy, a dinghy, beats his fear of seasickness and saves the day.
DUO vorgin0@yahoo.com A bored office worker begins an unhealthy obsession with murder.
THE PENALTY pennson35@globaldial.com Twenty boys playing soccer have 2-false legs. Two, have 1-false leg. Which team wins depends on a penalty shot. Two boys have another secret.
BEFORE DARK (THRILLER) sarahturnbull@email.com Harley Evans has a tough time keeping farm hands on his horse farm when they fail to live by one rule - never enter the barn after dark.
BLOOD RELATIVE r_heske@msn.com On the anniversary of her twin's brutal murder, a woman meets a psychic stranger with a deadly intuition. Will terror strike twice?
FAT CLUB r_heske@msn.com Two fat men go to a gentlemen's club where shame and pain are the motivation for losing weight.
THE DREADFUL DINNER r_heske@msn.com Six acquaintances meet at a French restaurant where a death is on the menu. And that's just the beginning of an utterly dreadful dinner.
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