An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons, a Muslim American, becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers' new friendship and forcing them to question how well they knew their own children.

"Torn capitalizes on a gripping and emotional storyline to deliver a terrific ending." - Tony Hicks, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

"Slowly uncovering the prejudices that calamity can unleash, Michael Richter's screenplay lays bare the damage wrought by Sept. 11 while deftly dodging hysteria, wondering how we differentiate between innocent teenage behaviors and dangerous red flags. Most of all, it wonders if we can ever fully know the people we live with, leaving the question to resonate as deeply as the two women's grief." - Jeannette Catsoulis, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"A great accomplishment." - John Oursler, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"A terse, wonderfully observant and unsentimental screenplay by Michael Richter... Richter tells the tale with admirable economy-the film runs 80 minutes-as well as an unstressed but devastating emotional authenticity. He could have ended his film with the question of the boys' culpability unanswered and that ambiguity would have been sufficient, but instead he reveals the truth, and the revelation is breathtakingly poignant." - David Noh, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

"A genuinely unsettling microcosm of modern terrorism... Torn rings with the sound of quiet truth." - Andrew Lapin, THE DISSOLVE

"Michael Richter's screenplay weaves together its various themes and such subplots as Lea's tentatively resuming a relationship with her long estranged ex-husband (Patrick St. Esprit) with intelligence and sensitivity, not to mention an uncommon succinctness (the film runs a scant 80 min). The relationships between the complex characters are well drawn, and the ironic ending manages to touchingly upend our expectations." - Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

For a unique, little-known three month period in 1505 Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. They each had a comission to paint a mural depicting the military glories of Florence. This play dramatizes that great moment in history. What transpired in that room? How did Leonardo, sophisticated and well travelled, handle the local bearded recluse? How did Michelangelo react to the older, more experienced artist working in his city? Salai, Leonardo's adopted son, was named the Devil for good reason.

When "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" became box office hits for Universal, Carl Laemmle Junior immediately ordered that sequels be written for both films. Scripts were prepared but Junior's choice of director - James Whale - had had enough of monster films and was doing everything he could to avoid them. Finally in 1935, after getting out of shooting "Dracula's Daughter" Whale agreed to direct "The Return of Frankenstein." In this volume is the final shooting script by John L. Balderston. Balderston added more scenes from the novel, such as the monster hiding in a peasant's hut and learning to read and speak. But Whale thought his version of the Monster's personality too brutish and evil. He wrote a new script with screenwriter William Hurlbut, added new characters such as Mini and Dr. Pretorius, keeping Balderston's script as just an outline. Most historians and fans feel that when Return of Frankenstein was renamed "Bride of Frankenstein" it became the most beloved film in Universal's Classic Monster films.

Memories of Underdevelopment was the first great international success of Cuban cinema. The film provides a complex portrait of Sergio, a disaffected bourgeois intellectual who remains in Havana after the Revolution, suspended between two worlds. He can no longer accept the values of his family's reactionary past and yet boredom and the conditioning of his early life prevent him from committing himself to the new revolutionary society. Sergio's story is played out in the turbulent period of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 missile crisis, events he can only watch on his television screen or from his apartment balcony. The film, initially banned by the U.S. government as part of its trade quarantine of Cuba, was shown here five years after its original release. But American critics responded enthusiastically to it and the National Society of Film Critics bestowed an award on its director. This double volume includes the complete continuity script of Memories, as well as the complete novel, Inconsolable Memories, upon which the film is based. An interview with Alea is reproduced here, as well as documentation of the political controversy that surrounded the film in this country. Michael Chanan's introduction places the film in the context of Cuban political and cultural history. The volume also includes a biographical sketch of Alea, a chronology of the Cuban Revolution, reviews, commentary, a filmography, and a bibliography. Michael Chanan lives in England, where he teaches and writes on film. He is the author of The Cuban Image: Cinema and Cultural Politics in Cuba.

Perhaps you've encountered that strange, unsettled feeling of familiarity - haven't you been here before? Hasn't this experience already happened in exactly the same way? What if that wasn't you. What if that was your duplicate, the result of an atomic experiment that has taken an unexpected turn, creating a process that can replicate and manipulate living matter - with untold potential, but terrifying consequences.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived into modern times. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotes and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving us surprising insights into his work.

The phenomenal success of George Lucas's first Star Wars trilogy quite simply revolutionized the cinema; but what sets Lucas's films apart from their legion of imitators is the quality of their screenplays. Lucas originally intended this trilogy to be a single film, but the epic scope of the story (combining hi-tech, sci-fi cinephilia with elements of Arthurian myth and mysticism) demanded that it be split into three. The first panel of the triptych is A New Hope. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, young Luke Skywalker leads a dull, isolated existence on his uncle's homestead. One day, two androids, C3PO and R2D2, show up bearing a message from Princess Leia, the leader of the rebel forces engaged in a struggle against the vicious tryranny of the Empire - as personified by the rasping presence of Darth Vader. The message leads Luke to realize his heritage as a Jedi Knight. He sets out on a wild adventure across the galaxy and, together with Leia and rogue pilot Han Solo, attempts to thwart the Empire by destroying its menacing base of operations: the Death Star.

Louis Phillips, a widely published poet, playwright, and short story writer, has written some 50 books for children and adults. Among his published works are: five collections of short stories - A DREAM OF COUNTRIES WHERE NO ONE DARE LIVE (SMU Press), THE BUS TO THE MOON (Fort Schuyler Press), and THE WOMAN WHO WROTE KING LEAR AND OTHER STORIES (Pleasure Boat Studio), FIREWORKS IN SOME PARTICULARS (Fort Schuyler Press), and MUST I WEEP FOR THE DANCING BEAR (Pleasure Boat Studio). HOT CORNER, a collection of his baseball writings, and R.I. P. (a sequence of poems about Rip Van Winkle) from Livingston Press; THE ENVOI MESSAGES, and THE LAST OF THE MARX BROTHERS' WRITERS, full-length plays, (Broadway Play Publishers). His books for children include: THE MAN WHO STOLE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (Prentice Hall & Camelot Books), THE MILLION DOLLAR POTATO (Simon and Schuster), and HOW TO WRESTLE AN ALLIGATOR (Avon). His sequence of poems - The Time, The Hour, The Solitariness of the Place -was the co-winner in the Swallow's Tale Press competition (1984). Among his published books of poems are: THE KRAZY KAT RAG (Light Reprint Press), BULKINGTON (Hollow Spring Press), THE TIME, THE HOUR, THE TIME, THE HOUR, THE SOLITARINESS OF THE PLACE (Swallow's Tale Press), CELEBRATIONS & BEWILDERMENTS (Fragments Press). He edited BEST LOVED POEMS (Random House) and THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSE. Other books include: GERTRUDE STEIN IN DAYTON & OTHER PLAYS; AMERICAN ELEGIES, THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSIN GUITEAU, and LATE NIGHT IN THE RAIN FOREST (World Audience Publishers) He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.

This is the story; of government control; it seemed that; as the government wants to take over; the world; as they enlist; the help of two scientist; then; all of sudden; the other people; who are against the goverment; is ready; to take them down.

SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Story about a disgruntled young man who begins to therapeutically write and in the process, creates a fantasy world where, he ends up creating a monster which seems to be totally indestructible
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LONG DESCRIPTION:
Fired from his job, dumped by his girlfriend and shoved around by the world, a young, lazy, day-dreamer takes refuge in his world of dreams and fantasies, and finally decides to become a writer. And what does he want to write about? He wants to write about monsters He wants to write about fights, action, adventure, etc. He's writing a book about:
'Two simple minded, happy-go-lucky buddies suddenly find themselves in trouble when they are attacked by a 3000-year old fireball-belching monster whom nothing seems to be able to defeat. When all the tricks of the local police fail to control the creature, and ordinary bullets and bombs prove useless, the question remains - will the world ever be able to get rid of this menace once and for all?'
He has started created a world of his own, a world in which only HE can rule with full authority. But will he be able to finish what he's started? More importantly, will he be able to taste success in his new venture?

Have you ever gathered around a cowboy's campfire on a pitch black night, and felt like someone was standing beside you in the dark? Have you ever heard scratching on the side of your tent, and hoped it was only a tumbleweed? There are TWO ways to have fun with Creepers Mysteries. Enjoy reading the BOOK (in the front). Star in your own Movie for the Ear using the SCRIPT (in the back). You'll have a blast Harry, Gillian and Arvin visit Smokey Joe's Ranch and go on an authentic cattle drive. They find out just how authentic when they land in the middle of a century-old mystery between a bandit and a bounty hunter from the Old West.

Welcome ladies gentlemen and fellow aficionados to what we lovingly call the fine arts. Presented to you in this book are four plays about Texans, written for Texans, by a fellow Texan, Edwin C. De La Rosa. Please excuse the overuse of the words us and we in this introduction for it is not delusions of grandeur; but it is a small sign that none of these four plays come from one simple mind, for you see each of these plays were formed from a collection of many minds. Likewise this collection of plays is written to the best of our abilities to appeal in an entertaining way to this great melting pot we call America. The mere word play has a meaning of an activity people engage in for mere entertainment or enjoyment. Therefore as a playwright, we feel that it is our duty to create a piece of literature in which the dialogue and the actions of our characters entertain and bring joy to the audience. Much like a book, a play also has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Fortunately, for us playwrights unlike a book a play is much open to interpretation. Be it by the demands of an artistic director or the performance of a truly gifted thespian a play maybe actually given new life and new meaning. To aid a little in a closer interpretation of these plays we have included a small preface to each story.

Four Screenplays by Don Haderlein includes the full length screenplays: Together We Stand, Brothers, Moonbeams and The Compassion of Jesus.

This is the second part; to the story call the twins; it seems that as the boys; lost all hope; the next door; neighbors decides to help them; in their time of need.

Here are three screenplays collected in print for the first time, from the prolific bizarro genius Tom Bradley. Each screenplay is adapted from a novel of the same name. LEMUR - damnation and salvation in the food services industry. VITAL FLUID - rival hypnotists stage a bizarre series of showdowns. BOMB BABY - a manhunt through Hiroshima's lightless crannies. ' . . . brilliant, evocative writing. Bizarre imagination set free. An enviable skill.' -Consuelo Boland

In this original screenplay, Sgt. Janet Lacey is a tall, tough uniformed sheriff's deputy with a reputation for being a regular Dirty Harriet. Herb Robbins is a short, bleeding heart liberal, assistant district attorney, who's just dismissed one of her cases because she didn't have a valid search warrant. And, tonight, she's stuck with him as her ride along. When a serial killer that Lacey has captured is gunned down while in her custody, her conduct becomes suspect. Later, when the dead man's mother is found murdered, a large amount of cash found on Lacey and a big drug stash discovered in her apartment, a warrant is issued for the officer's arrest. Robbins is the only one who believes that she's innocent, but can he help her?

Everything you'll ever need to know about spec screenplay formatting is found here. Learn about the Seven Screenplay Elements and what they do. Discover writing tips to help enliven your Dialogue and Direction. Recognize what to capitalize and when. Learn to format common screenplay techniques such as telephone conversation, foreign language dialogue, flashbacks, montages, talking animals, and much, much more This truly is the last book on spec screenplay formatting you'll ever need to own
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Jason had it all until his addiction finally caught up with him. After being court ordered to serve 28 days in a substance abuse facility, he loses it all. Jason learns to change his selfishness into charity for others as he bonds and forms a family with fellow addicts. This inspires him to develop the 28 Tee-Shirts Calendar Method.

4 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS By James Dean Claitor "Operator" "Southern Stories" "T is for Terrible" "Winner" 4 Original Screenplays All screenplays were optioned, but none have been produced yet. All rights available now. Script coverage provided by The Black List. OPERATOR Era: 1986 Locations: Texas, Europe Budget: Medium Genre: Romance, Romantic Drama Pages: 110 Logline: To prevent her son-in-law from putting her into a home, a sassy widower takes a job as a telephone operator and finally realizes her greatest dreams. SOUTHERN STORIES Era: Present/1860s/1970s Locations: Deep South, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Southern Plantation/Mansion, Battlefield, Woods, Elementary School Budget: Medium Genre: Horror, Gothic Horror Pages: 90 Logline: An anthology of Southern Gothic horror stories involving freed slaves returning to the haunted plantation of their former slave master, a young boy with enough rage to manifest a horrifying and uncontrollable monster, and a record executive whose search for an elusive phenom sends him deep into the haunted history of 'Nawlins. T IS FOR TERRIBLE Era: Modern Locations: Iraq, Texas, Mexico Budget: Medium Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller Pages: 89 Logline: T, a combat veteran in Iraq, returns home to fight a different kind of war. WINNER Era: Modern Locations: Various Suburban Budget: Low Genre: Comedy, Heist/Caper Comedy Pages: 117 Logline: Meek bookkeeper Percy finds a complex embezzlement scam that quite literally has his name on it, despite him knowing nothing of it. He's set to go on the run when he wins a $300 million lottery and suddenly becomes the most famous and popular man in town. Copyright 2013 James Dean Claitor James Dean Claitor http: //jamesdeanclaitor.com