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Love, Cupid and the 23rd floorby  Ben Long
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A new love affair blossoms, but with every date taking place in the elevator. Cupid can't get a clear shot.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
23 pages
Outta Timeby  John Whetstone
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An inspirational road trip to "Back to the Future" filming locations causes a failed L.A. screenwriter to reconsider his decision to give up on his dream.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
The Glamourous Spellby  Dexter E. Williams
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A shy office worker gets hypnotized by a sexy and mysterious woman into gaining the confidence to stand up to her mean-spirited boss.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Embracing Chastityby  Tom Deiker
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"Embracing Chastity" -- Satire. A graduating college senior shares with "my best girlfriends" his fears on entering a life of priestly celibacy. 1-scene (park bench), 8 pages. Cast of 3: 2 women, 1 man. No CGI/SFX. General audience. ©WG1636320 Stageplay version performed by Love Creek Productions, Producers Club, New York.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Haven't We Met Before?by  Kevin Silva
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A bewildered director discovers that female characters from his beach party screenplay are haunting him.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Lovely Handsby  Adrian Moss
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When a poverty-stricken deli assistant falls for the lonely girl who’s just begun work at the gallery across the road he struggles to find a way of expressing his feelings. Set in London. Adaptable.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Dancing Rosesby  Tinisha Johnson
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In the mist of a broken heart and infidelity, a woman learns a damaging family secret that causes her to take extreme measures.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
The Babyby  David Estes
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To the adult, a randomly pulled fire alarm is a mild nuisance, but to the baby, it can turn the world upside-down. Combining the baby's comedic and intense voice-over with the fairly mundane events, we take a trip through the mind of a baby.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
The Ballad of Maurice Drewby  Allan Love
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An aged songwriter, dying with dementia, struggles to find the meaning of life as he is confronted by his alter ego, the devil. He must conquer this demon before he dies.

Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
Tabooby  John Witcher
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After living with schizophrenia for 20 years, I wrote a documentary on the challenges of living with a mental illness.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Never Judge a Book by its Coverby  James Collins
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Pugnacious gent chastises a young woman whom he believes to be a œBig Issue vendor, but in a surreal twist of fate her true vocation comes back to bite him in the backside.

Genre: Other
3 pages
We Didn't Start The Fireby  Cheryl Laughlin
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A chance meeting between a wealthy teenager running illegal credit cards and a street-smart, fire breather’s assistant sparks a night of understanding, acceptance, and brutal confrontation.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Double Crossby  anthony cacchillo
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A young woman in the Federal Government's Witness Protection Program is given a position in a hospital far away from her home. She is tracked down by an assassin hired by her jailed ex-husband whom she had testified against. But the male hired killer, after seeing and talking with her, finds himself falling in love, and his mission becomes compromised.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Voices in the Darknessby  John Witcher
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A young drug addict is diagnosed with schizophrenia. After years of exasperation, he beats the odds. Based on a true story.

Genre: Biographical
27 pages
Doctor Zout Is In -- Episode 2.by  Tom Deiker
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Vaudeville Parody. Lecherous physician and her hunk nurse take on the diseases of young and old men. 1-scene (doctor's office). 12 pages. Cast of 3: 1 woman, 2 men. No CGI/SFX. Adult language. ©WG1636320

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
The Bidby  Mike Puma
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œThe Pitch meets œflipping Vegas. The Bid will take you Inside the world of commercial construction, where every bid, every project, could mean millions. See what it takes to win the construction business of some of the world’s biggest brands and the challenges and obstacles that must be overcome to keep their projects on schedule and on budget.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Haunted Toy Houseby  Mark Simborg
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A husband and wife discover that their daughter's plastic toy house is haunted and decide to conduct an investigation.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
PACTby  Blair Duckworth
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Fearing that their troubled lives may not improve , three university students make a suicide pact , more reflective of chronic disillusionment than actual intent, but dangerous nevertheless

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Confessby  Scott McConnell
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A novice priest on probation learns in the confession of a female parishioner that his superior is sexually abusing her and promises to save her without breaking his confessional vow of silence.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Dogheadby  Tidy Eye
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Local pet food factory is caught canning genuine dog meat. A Judge deems it lawful. Fear invades every dog lover and hound alike. What can be done? The town's Top Dog seeks out a ridiculed detective. A once professional human spy cursed with the head of a Bloodhound as revenge for his talent. A broken man ever since, the town's head pooch must recruit the uniquely qualified snooper to help their cause and redeem himself.

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Dougby  Mark Davidson
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Golden retriever DOUG, abused by his master, yearns for a better life. When he's pushed too far, he concocts a plan to break free and start life anew. Produced writer.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Memory Lineby  Aatish Thakerar
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In a future where memory line software allows users to revisit old memories, the technology's billionaire founder returns home after a twenty year absence. Writing reviewed by Wendy Mitchell (Editor of Screen International) as "snappily written, with a great pace about it...dialogue also well written."

Genre: Artistic
16 pages
Just Callby  Catherine Hardin
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A daughter grows up after her soldier father commits suicide. (Veteran issues, short)

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Hanging At The Dinerby  Ronald Fordham
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A one-location story about a young waitress who, while in a diner watching the young son of her co-worker, meets a strange man who claims to be able to see the future.

Genre: Horror
17 pages
Child Supportby  MATTHEW VOSS
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A single dad's career follows him home after he bungles a burglary.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
27 pages
Shopping Cartby  Steve Burton
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Jan Clinton, an affluent elderly woman demands the return of a fold able shopping cart from a male stranger assuming he took it from under her porch. After Jan discovers her mistake, she takes off on a quest to return the cart to this man.

Genre: Family
25 pages
Amazonesby  NG
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In some african kingdoms war against the settlers power have started. In Danxomey, the King Behanzin is going to use women warriors to fight the invaders; The Amazones.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Open Admissionsby  Alan Barkley
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The Director of Admissions at prestigious MIT must contend with candidates who have unusual expectations. Top 10 shorts, LA Comedy Shorts Festival.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Haunting For A Bargainby  Kelvin Wong
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A short psychological suspense/thriller/horror in the tradition of Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone. A young, first-time home-buyer couple is lured into buying a bargain-of-a-house when a resident spirit begins to torment their infant baby and drive the couple apart. Optioned in 2013 but since expired, this single-location script is once again available.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
The Ghost of the Aztec Princessby  kathleen Stevens
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This intriguing tale revolves around two Students who embark on a trip to Central America to research ancient ruins in a remote valley, supposedly haunted by the ghost of an Aztec Princess wearing a wedding dress, the reason for which will soon become apparent when one of them suddenly disappears without trace, culminating in his friend's realization that the former is the Princess's deceased lover from a millennia ago, reincarnated.

Genre: Action/Adventure
10 pages
Rubberneckersby  Alexander Ruben
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Road rage takes on a whole new meaning when a family of four mistakenly take a picture of a road side accident and incur the wrath of a homicidal school bus driver.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
The Ledgeby  Christina Donnelly
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Two lonely New Yorkers, each determined to end it all, meet unexpectedly on the ledge of their apartment building, only to realize, sometimes you have to go out on a ledge to find love.

Genre: Romance
19 pages
The Red Dressby  Cristian Fechete
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The life story of a woman who seeks comfort in her career, after her marriage fails, but she finds that happiness is complicated and extremely short.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Step On A Crackby  Darren J Seeley
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The mystery behind six mirrors which reflect murder and despair when they face each other in an old decaying house is revealed.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
I BEFOUR E Episode Threeby  Justine Goff
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Part three. Mockumentary about three subjects from an Adult Dyslexia Learning Group. Despite ban, Aaron is on a mission to use the Job Centre's photocopier and studies hard for the Spelling Bee. Christopher's new agent can only find him work in hospital radio where his dyslexic spirit guide's mixed messages leaves him with a lot to apologise for and Freda resorts to blackmail in order to appear in the Spelling Bee.

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
In Lightby  Kyle Lang
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In this suspenseful drama with supernatural flare, a loving couple's world is rocked when an unexpected visitor makes an appearance.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
There's No Audition For Deathby  Marla J. Hayes
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When a couple rehearses a death scene before a big audition, it ends unexpectedly... and badly. Note: this script was a FINALIST in the 2013 Extreme Screenwriting Short Script Contest.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Ian Mechby  Aatish Thakerar
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On his routine paper round one morning, a young boy is faced with flashes from a past he cannot remember.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Beyond the Lightsby  Gina Prince-Bythewood
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The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.

Genre: Romance
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
testing romcom bug on newsiteby  carl ward
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10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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