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Merlinsky [98-page feature screenplay: American Zoetrope
quarterfinalist, Writers Network quarterfinalist]
Log line:
Imagine the Lord of the Rings meets Harry Potter and they go back to the
future.
Synopsis: The endless hordes of Hollywood tourists
in the late 1940's are easy marks for a con-man magician like Harry Merlinsky.
He knows how to sucker the rubes and flash the ol' hamster-outta-the-fedora
every now and then, to baffle 'em and dazzle 'em. But he didn't expect a
naive fan like Jake, who wants to learn Harry's Old Knowledge - "real"
magic. Harry's archenemy obliterates Jake's girlfriend, forcing Jake
to become a wizard, just to stay alive. Will Jake use his
newfound powers for vengeance? The timeless myth of the
Sorcerer's Apprentice unfolds against the backdrop of the Magic Castle and the Hollywoodland
sign.
Lineage: 12th-century folklore myths begat The Sorcerer's
Apprentice by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which begat a tone
poem by composer Paul Dukás, which begat Disney's
Fantasia, which inspired Merlinsky, a magical action-adventure.
Genre:
Action-adventure, w/magic.
[this
book by AJB & ACB contains background about the screenplay]
[prose
adaptation of the opening sequence, published by SFWP Literary Journal]
[3-page sample, HTML]
[complete screenplay, 128K PDF file]
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\\\ BackslasherBlog.com \\\ [feature screenplay]
Log line:
Surfing for romance in cyberspace can be murder.
Synopsis: The
teenaged winners of an online tattoo contest fall in lust, while a
psychotic killer patiently waits to cull them from the herd.
Genre:
Teen suspense-comedy.
[10-page sample, HTML]
[10-page sample, 16K PDF file]
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Francis Ford Coppola calls it "quality stuff."
It
was featured in an interview with one coauthor on the CNBC network.
It
was also showcased in a chat with the other coauthor on Central Europe's premier
TV newsmagazine.
The Creative Screenwriting magazine review says it has
"tremendous possibilities as a romantic thriller."
It reached the quarterfinals
in one international contest, and was among five finalists in another.
What is
it?
The Fall In Budapest [99-page feature screenplay:
SCRNWRiT finalist, Writers Network quarterfinalist]
Log line:
An American undercover agent, convinced that a former KGB operative
plans to wreak terrorist havoc on a cataclysmic scale, risks everything to stop
the Russian in this action-packed romantic thriller.
Synopsis: Vitaly,
a former KGB operative, takes a nasty tumble in Budapest's late autumn, and he's
aided in his struggle back to health by the Hungarian nurse Erzsébet. The
course of their blossoming romance is altered by ugly memories of the past,
involving the historical tension between their two countries, as well as their own
personal experiences. Jared, an American undercover agent, is convinced that
Vitaly's sinister "business" partners are planning a nerve-gas terrorist attack,
and he's willing to risk everything, including his relationship with his lover,
to stop the Russian.
Genre:
Romantic thriller.
[this
book by AJB & ACB was written as a companion to the screenplay]
[Wired magazine article]
[Internet Kalauz magazine interview + English translation]
[more information]
[flash-fiction
adaptation of one scene, published in Paris]
[complete screenplay, 133K PDF file]
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Eleven Thousand Virgins [102-page feature screenplay:
Writers Network semifinalist]
Log line: Field of Dreams
with medieval chant music in place of baseball.
Synopsis: Alex Barnett
has a comfortable life in Los Angeles and San Francisco; it's probably
too comfortable, although he can't quite admit to himself that an extended separation
from his wife Nicole eats at his soul. An unusual set of seemingly unrelated
circumstances impels him to seek out a centuries-abandoned monastery in southwest
Germany, where he confronts the animate image of Hildegard von Bingen, the
legendary twelfth-century mystic, prophet, and composer of ravishing liturgical
chants. Although his friend Lars believes it's a bona-fide vision, much like the
visions that fueled Hildegard's own creativity, Alex cynically distrusts his deepest
instincts and drives himself to search for a more acceptable answer. His quest
guides him on the path toward self-awareness, through experiences both sacred and
profane. One man's inner and outer pilgrimages take him to the depths of uncertainty,
and, almost inexorably, to the peak of actualization.
Genre:
Spiritual drama.
[Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) - Discography]
[Eleven
Thousand Virgins CD, by Anonymous 4]
[6-page sample, HTML]
[complete screenplay,
124K TXT file]
[complete screenplay,
140K PDF file]
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Vlad the Impaler: Son of Dracul [91-page feature
screenplay]
Log line: Many will assume this is just another
retelling of the 'Dracula' horror myth... but Vlad's story is true.
Synopsis:
The Holocaust killed approximately 10% of Germany's people. Some estimates
claim that Vlad exterminated more than 20% of his fellow Wallachians. [WARNING:
GRAPHIC VIOLENCE / based on 15th-century history.]
Genre:
Historical drama.
[complete screenplay, 118K PDF file]
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Azért is..! (Despite
everything..!) [11-page animation script: Million Writers Award semifinalist,
American Gem eighth finalist]
Log
line: Animation inspired by a classic poster, a unique deck of cards, and a pocket-sized
bottle of liquor.
Synopsis: Even though this European nation has existed
for more than a thousand years, over 70% of the country "vanished" after World War I.
Today, the exiles' great-great-great-grandkids still think in Magyar.
Genre:
Animation, adventure-drama.
[complete
script, HTML]
[complete script, 24K PDF file]
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Ooga Booga Yip Yip [10-page
satirical script]
Log line: Cavemen are from Mars, cavewomen are from Venus, monoliths
are from Jupiter and lockers are from Earth. Mostly, anyway.
Synopsis: Cave
couple shacks up together and discovers the one true key to relationship harmony.
Genre:
Comedy short.
[complete
script, 48K PDF file]
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Doc Holliday's Gal [11-page Western
script]
Log line: The gunfight at the OK Corral has been done to death...
but maybe you've never seen it from a woman's point of view.
Synopsis: Doc
Holliday spends quality time in Tombstone with his Hungarian paramour, Mary Katherine
Horony (a/k/a Katie Elder or Big Nose Kate), during the final hours before the gunfight
that launched a passel o' movies (Wyatt Earp, etc.). Based on a true story.
Genre:
Western short.
[complete
script, 48K PDF file]
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Britney and the Judgie-Poo [4-page
satirical script]
Log line: "Life really zooms by, here in the fast lane."
Synopsis: Britney
Spears argues her case for being allowed to have sleepovers with K-Fed's kids.
Genre:
Comedy short.
[return to
blog posting & script]
Steven Spielberg Kicks Some Serious
Butt [4-page satirical script]
Log line: "I'm SPIELBERG, dammit!"
Synopsis: Steven
Spielberg and his co-producer, Mark Burnett, disagree about how to fix the low ratings of their Fox
reality show, "On The Lot." Will it be lightsaber numchucks or eating a bug?
Genre:
Comedy short.
[complete script, HTML]
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Feelix [7-page
animation script]
Log line: You'll never look at Oscar® the same way
again!
Synopsis: WARNING - this is a South
Park parody, so watch out for the strong language and adult situations.
Genre:
Animation, comedy short.
[complete script, HTML]
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Formatters &
Templates: Check out our free
screenplay template (15K) for OpenOffice.org Writer 2.x/3.x, and our template for MSWord 2002 (57K).
PS:
Here are some other MSWord script formatting templates: 2000
and 97 + 2007. And here are
some WordPerfect macro formatters. Finally, here's the Wikibooks entry on
Screenplay Format, which includes a link to John
August's CSS template for screenplay markup on his website.
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