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Cut!by  Phil Reissman
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The world's biggest movie star has to contend with severe budgetary restrictions on the set of her latest film. This is a satirical look at the dismal state of film financing.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
The Zombie Pitchby  Mark Saunders
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Co-owners of a struggling ad agency give their all when pitching an unusual customer for new business.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Guitar Dancesby  Steven Burton
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Beverly, a choreographer, observes Joe as a stranger with a walking disability along with his guitar on a city sidewalk. Then, she discovers his musical talent which leads to mutual inspiration.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
The Fewby  Jay Thompson
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Five people are trapped in limbo and are left behind during the rapture.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
A Red Glow of Neonby  Michael Fawcett
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Gladys Baker, who has taken baby Norma Jeane (the future Marilyn Monroe) from her foster family for a visit, has dinner with the baby’s father in her Hollywood apartment.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
The Marriage Counselorby  Sean Ryan
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A married couple hire a hit man to give them an instant divorce.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
The Horse-Drawn Hearseby  Jason K. Allen
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On Halloween night, a young boy sees a mysterious horse-drawn hearse driven by a sinister old man. Forty years later, he sees what appears to be the same hearse - but this time there's no driver and the hearse is carrying a coffin. (Produced writer; previous short "American Sock" won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Big Catchby  Jason McCloy
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A film crew from a small news station visits the remote town of Beauford to do a piece on the Big Catch fishing competition. In true mockumentary style, they meet the local six time Big Catch champion, Bobby Ray, and come to find there really are such things as backwoods divas.

Genre: Comedy
16 pages
We Will Always Have Moviesby  Tom Deiker
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œWe Will Always Have Movies -- Classic Film Satire. A woman, a man, a waiter melodramatize favorite movie lines. 1-scene (outdoor cafe), 11 pages. Cast of 3: 1 woman, 2 men. Some adult language. ©WG1636320

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Destiny Deliversby  Mindy Goldhammer
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You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family. Ben does not have that option. He is bullied by his mother to marry the girl of her choice. He becomes outraged and searches for sanctuary. Destiny follows him and manifests a stunning transformation in his life.

Genre: Romance
6 pages
Soulsby  Michael Fawcett
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In a small town cemetery on Halloween, four actors portray prominent citizens from the Civil War era. A fifth person claims she’s the real thing, not an actor.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Home Invasionby  Francis Jay & C.B. Liffer
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A single mother returns home to find another family who claims to live there. (A short psychological thriller by a writing team with a recent spec sale.)

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Just A Little Gayby  Virgil Wade
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At the end of the day, aren't we all just a little gay?

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
7 pages
The Ultimate Manby  Diana Suber
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Hilarious and unexpected œglitches ensue when a brilliant single woman takes matters into her own hands by building herself the ultimate man.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
17 pages
Triumphby  Mark Rupprecht
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A washed up, recluse, super hero is offered a job by a recruiter representing a city in need of a hero, giving him one last chance to prove who he was.

Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Meaninglessby  Rob Tobin
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A married man begins an affair with a co-worker. Or does he?

Genre: Drama
6 pages
For I Have Sinnedby  Sheri Tor
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A young boy’s prank has dangerous repercussions when he plants a tape recorder in the neighborhood congressional and overhears a local shop owner confess to murder.

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15 pages
Christmas Memoriesby  Eric Harbak
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A families' Christmas celebration is interrupted by a mysterious visitor from one of their pasts.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
17 pages
Butcherby  Aatish Thakerar
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A journalist interviews a renowned criminal, but finds that their conversation reveals something much greater at stake. Script reviewed by Wendy Mitchell, Editor of Screen International, as "snappily written, with a great pace about it...dialogue also well written."

Genre: Other
9 pages
Office Assby  Jared Wynn
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A mild mannered office drone with a shy bladder learns that his disability isn't really the shortcoming he thought it was. (In the vein of a "Whitest Kids You Know" sketch.)

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Brotherby  Karan Mummigatti
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In this single location short, a man explains to his wife his resent of his materialistic lifestyle. "Brother" is a dark dialogue-driven dive into the day of a broken man and the price he paid in the pursuit of an easy buck.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Pluck You!by  Donna Carbone
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A story for women who have to face the fact that hitting sixty in biological years is nowhere near as exhilarating as hitting it behind the wheel of a Ferrari. While out to dinner with their husbands, Maggie is embarrassed by best friend Denise’s observation that her face is beginning to resemble the Abominable Snowman. Damn those fluorescent lights!

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Pale Fleshby  Dena McKinnon
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An undead finds solace with a group of goth teens, but can he control the hunger?

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Amish Women's Wrestling League Training Campby  Tom Deiker
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"Amish Women's Wrestling League Training Camp" - Farce. Wrestling instructor prepares peaceful and nonviolent students for a career in professional wrestling. 1-scene (gym), 10 pages. Cast of 4 women, no CGI/SFX. General audience. ©PAu3346338 Stageplay version performed at 4th Street Theatre, Des Moines, Iowa.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
The Old Man and the Gardenby  James Decker Sr.
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An old man writes his son in prison complaining he’s too old to dig his garden and wishes he could help. The son, feeling guilty writes back œDon’t dig in the garden. That’s where I buried the bodies. That night the police dig the entire garden looking for the bodies but leave having found none. The next day the son writes œIt’s okay to plant now, it’s the best I could do under the circumstances.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Wank Bankby  Chris Leonard
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Andy still pines for the love of his life who dumped him two years ago. When he accidentally meets her again he considers calling her, setting off a chain of events that build to a bittersweet climax.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
The Old Man in Cabin 110by  Gregory McDonald
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The old days and the new ways collide in a cramped cabin aboard a train as it heads for an unknown destination. Youth comes to take out an aging killer as he searches for meaning in his life's work.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
17 pages
Tea for Two!by  Bryan Carrier
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Johnny, is a bully at school. He sits in the principle's office with his victim, Megan. He is taught a valuable lesson when, Megan, gives him her cross. They meet 20 years later and, Johnny, became a priest. One moment can define a lifetime.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Details Emergeby  Tom See
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A motorist, stuck in traffic, watches a man walking through a rain storm and gets lost in creating a story for him, imagining him a man trying to get away with murder, as the motorist himself prepares to carry out his own act of violence.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
TWO FOR THE MONEYby  Frank Hayslip
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The hit would have been easy until this happened. (two actors - two locations - 10 pages)

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
The Surpriseby  Amy Auburn
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Five sperm are on their way to catch an egg. As they swim up the canal, they make a few discoveries about each other and about themselves.

Genre: Animation
8 pages
Easy Way Streetby  Ronald Fordham
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Two-location script involving two partying couples who are attacked by a ghost-like young girl while they are parked in a remote area.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Mr. Spooky and the Typewriter from Hellby  Ben Scarlato
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An insane ringmaster and a serial killer wearing a rabbit mask take several teenagers hostage.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
The Right Choiceby  David
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Did you ever wonder why God lets children die? Drama/Sci-Fi.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Barracudaby  Marcia Goetsch
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A gifted star ship pilot risks her reputation and her life for one final run to get the drug that enhances her.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
All's Quiet on the Eastern Frontby  Rosie Cross
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When a soldier walks the wrong way to the front lines of war, he finds it very quiet.

Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Not Long For This Worldby  Matthew Swartz
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A young boy has an unsettling experience with his dying father that he will never forget.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Martyrby  Eric Harbak
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In a conquered Earth of the future a young man must decide what sacrifices he is willing to make to help free those he loves.

Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
In the Shadow of 9/11by  Michel Corbeil
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IN THE SHADOW OF 9/11 AWARD WINNING SCREENPLAY in contest sponsored by Indie Film Co-op. Terrorism returns to the United States in 2013. After losing their spouses in the World Trade Center tragedy, an American engineer and an Indonesian woman marry and have a daughter. They discover their daughter is the reincarnation of the wife's first husband when the little girl fears she might become the victim of a new terrorist attack.

Genre: Drama
26 pages
Over Your Dead Bodyby  Tom Deiker
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œOver Your Dead Body -- Dark Comedy Ghost Story. Widow's best friend confesses to an affair with the deceased husband, who lingers and listens. 1-scene, 12 pages. Cast of 3: 2 women,1 man, ages optional. Simple scene (living room), no CGI/SFX. General Audience. ©WG1636320

Genre: Horror
12 pages
 
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