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

A teacher takes on the pupil from hell only to learn what treachery means. This screenplay adapted from the novel of the same name tells the story of tenacious teacher, Sarah who takes on Josh, the pupil from hell. Dyslexic and older than she had expected, he takes pleasure in humiliating her at every opportunity. To make matters worse, her relationship with old school friend, Frank suffers at the hands of his commitment to a criminal clique, headed by psychopath, Kurt who operates in a derelict house known as the Hollows. Guilt-stricken over her dead brother, everything would appear stacked against her. But Sarah's troubles are just beginning as she forges on with her commission. Slowly she uncovers the dark secrets of Josh's family and the sinister workings of Kurt's tightly-knit circle. Ultimately, her past catches up with her, bringing her face-to-face with her greatest fear. A psychological tale of murky secrets, betrayal and sexual chemistry at its core, this story lasts approximately 100 minutes screen time. Properly formatted and easy to read. With a character list and guidance on reading screenplays. Book's statistics 8x5in 110 pages and 17,000 words approx.

"I opened my business magazine, and that's when I saw the ad. Executive De-stressing. Get away from it all. Guided one-on-one wilderness camping. Our motto is "If you're not living on the edge, You're taking up TOO MUCH ROOM " Call Earl - the Camping Guy So I did, and I signed up on the spot. I'd never been camping before. I was really looking forward to it and Earl - well, Earl, he was quite the guy." Reminiscent of television's and theater's The Odd Couple, "The Camping Guy" follows the misadventures of Earl, an experienced woodsman, and Johnson, his inept city slicker client, as they spend a camping weekend in the wilds of the Rockies. What was intended to be a de-stressing weekend soon turns into a distressing one, as these two mismatched campers find themselves engaged in unintended and hilarious situations. Male bonding has never been more funny, nor more dangerous A Fringe Festival audience favorite, "The Camping Guy" has simple set requirements and a small cast, making it a favorite of both audiences and back stage production crews alike. If you like camping, or if you hate camping, you're going to love The Camping Guy"

Chinatown, generally regarded as the Great American Screenplay, follows a seedy private investigator, Jake Gittes, as he becomes involved in a case far more complicated than he ever imagined. Instead of adultery and divorce, he uncovers a conspiracy reaching to the economic foundations of Los Angeles. Set in the 1930s, the film was directed by Roman Polanski and stars Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston.

2011 Reprint of 1899 Edition. "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" was first performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London. It is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satirical treatment of Victorian manners and customs. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make it Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

This is a screenplay; which eight friends want; to do a documentary; of an abandon mental institution; it seems that they meet some unsuspected; vistors; then; all of sudden; all hell breaks loose.

Inspired by a true story, HEAD OF THE CREEK embodies the essence of a Shakespearian Tragedy. When a brilliant bumpkin embarks upon lurid quest, his prize becomes his punishment. - "This above all: to thine own self be true..." (William Shakespeare, "Hamlet," Act I, Scene 3) Louis Wilson is a hayseed born with the aptitude of a Nobel Laureate. At the age of 8, someway, somehow Little Louis has it all figured out. He gets it. For some of us it takes our entire lives to get it. Others never get it. Louis got it, and maybe you'll get it, too. His goal is simple - take an early retirement and live out by the old creek. But Louis quickly learns what most of us already know - the simplest things in life are often the most complex and impossible to accomplish. HEAD OF THE CREEK is a gritty, glimpse of Louis's simple goal that becomes a 30-year Machiavellian quest for Nirvana. - "He had everything it took to live right, but he chose to live wrong."

Wilson's approach can be seen as a communal romanticism, dealing with ordinary people, language, and problems, giving the priority to the feeling and human dignity over logic, power and money, putting freedom and equity as a pivotal concern, almost presenting women and children as victims, and highlighting the importance of heritage, identity, and culture. As his self-revision message, all those three plays demonstrate scenes of black self-review, showing the blacks' part of responsibility in the situation they live in. It is a project of self-rehabilitation for the blacks. Since American society is a multicultural spectrum, there is not any certain legibly ascribed American identity. That is why Wilson does not submit to the claims of the dominant cultural trend by some white critics like Brustein. Wilson confidently presents the blacks' identity typified with self-fulfilment and contribution to the American culture, as his alternative contributory image of man against the white dominant models, or the violent black ones.

On Screenwriting and Love and Politics is a book by screenwriter Aviva Butt that invites the reader to take an up close view at writing a film script. Written in an engaging literary style, the book attempts to illuminate the emotions, theories, and process that go into crafting a screenplay. As a special appendix, the book includes the author's latest full-length screenplay "Blue Mist." On Screenwriting and Love and Politics also features an introduction from Gaetano Nino Martinetti, an award-winning cinematographer who contributes his views on the role of cinematography in making movies. "I write about love and politics. My screenplays are theatrical feature films on Middle Eastern subjects. This time with my screenplay "Blue Mist," the world situation and the Middle East come to New Zealand." - Aviva Butt Although she was born and raised in New York City, author Aviva Butt has lived all over the world and currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand. Aviva is a prolific writer who has authored poems, short stories, screenplays, and two previous books. She has also translated many poems and short stories from Arabic and other languages. When she is not writing, Aviva enjoys going to the movies and listening to Indian and Middle Eastern music. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/AvivaButt

Comedy film and theatre project set inside a train. The whole story is set inside a train carriage. Due to an engine failure the journey is dragging on without knowing when it will end. The only information received is from the "camp" voice of the main train driver blasting away throughout the train at regular intervals. The passengers are forced to endure this, pushing them to the limits; into some deep agonizing fits and often deeply traumatic moments. During the journey they all speak to each other either together and in unison or they are responding to their own respective conversation without even acknowledging their receiver's end conversation all veering deep toward their own monologue. No one is really listening to what the other one has to say but the interaction is still vibrant, and often high-ended. Toward the end, it's almost like if all the passengers were talking to a brick wall; but the difference is of course that a brick hasn't got a face or a sound. All the groups share the same conversation but never interact between and with the different groups. They only share the same train of thoughts.

Pavel Kudlak is the twisted and darkly comic story of a young, hot-blooded gambler with a propensity for violence, deep thought and redemption--determined to know his mother's real killer before his insane father dies wrongly accused. It is a shocking story of lust, deception, and murder--challenging our very notions of good, evil, and individual self-worth.

BLACK MAMBO is a sizzling hot, highly stylized, gritty crime story placed within the miry landscape of the Los Angeles underground crime world. When Police Detective Will Biggs and his crew attempt to infiltrate Black Mambo's counterfeit crime syndicate, Will's team gets made and all hell breaks loose.

Toe Eugene Marais deurtrek van malaria en morfien by 'n vreemde plaashuis in die Waterberg ingeneem word, verander daardie huishouding heeltemal. Twee vroue ding mee om sy aandag - Maria, die huisvrou, en Jane, 'n jong meisie onder die gesin se sorg. En op hulle beurt is daar twee jaloerse mans - Gys, die eggenoot, en hul seun, Adderjan. Oor die maande waarin Marais onder die sorg van die twee vroue herstel, verrig hy wat vir die plaasmense en hul bure na wonderwerke lyk. Hy versamel en ondersoek byna alles, maak diere mak en bring hulle in sy kamer in, genees besoekers. Hy "mesmeraais" mense en hou hom besig met dinge wat soos toordery lyk. Algaande bring sy teenwoordigheid in almal die verlange na iets onbereikbaars na vore, maar dis Marais se verlange na die jongmeisie, en hare na hom en na 'n ander lewe, wat al die verswee konflikte op die spits dryf.

Fire For Effect is a WWII story, but not of the ordinary kind. Based on a true incident, it involves a little known, but vitally important branch of Military Intelligence - the IPWs - Interrogators of Prisoners of War. It is the story of a battle of wits between two officers, good men both, with strong convictions, integrity and a firm sense of duty - but on opposite sides. And it concerns a potentially catastrophic event about to happen.

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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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Renew my body, set at 17. -Allen Ginsberg 1988, Chicago. Stare deeply into the watery blue eyes of an elderly and wheelchair bound man, pull back and you'll find yourself surrounded by the serenity of the manicured lawn of the Thousand Oaks Convalescent Hospital... his home for the past 30 years. Physical examinations must be done periodically, as with all of the elderly. For David Jason, it's an opportunity to briefly escape the confines of this limited world. Today's ambulance ride with his nurse and confidant, Angela Ryan, to Lakeview General Hospital will be unlike any other;...it will alter his life forever... embarking on man-kind's most impossible dream...a second.chance...to go through life again knowing what he knows now. On the way to the hospital there is a terrible accident, a collision between the ambulance and a careening eighteen wheeler out of control Angela is thrown clear, and David a concussion and deep lacerations; he is fortunate. Tests are done, and their conclusions are shocking. It seems as though David's cells are multiplying at an alarming rate, reversing metabolically to such an extent that he is actually regressing in age He may only have 6 months to live, as the physiological trauma of the regeneration process is determined to be too much for his life support systems. Further tests are performed: his condition constantly monitored by his faithful nurse. His injuries heal at an astonishing rate While visually he begins to appear noticeably younger, he goes through spells of strength and coherence then lapses into unexplainable periods of severe pain and near death states. Angela reviews his records, and finds nothing regarding his past no family contacts, no prior addresses, no medical information prior to his admittance on October 11, 1958. She suspects foul play and has him transferred out of Thousand Oaks. With the assistance of a retired ex-cop turned private investigator, Vince Carpeski, and a curious friend, Dr. Conrad Hoffman, an unresolved mysterious and suspenseful trail of a medical cover-up is revealed] The case was thought to have been sealed thirty years ago with the murder of a prominent hospital chief-of-staff surgeon who was on the verge of going public with damaging research fraud allegations. A multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical firm, Medtech, is implicated. A desperate man of corruption and greed, SydUnderwood, is found to have masterminded the scheme. As David and Angela race against time in their search for answers and truth, a once-in-a-lifetime love is rediscovered; a "fountain of youth" becomes a reality, giving love a chance to blossom again. If only for a moment, medical technology reaches into the future, sending shivering moments of enlightenment to strike deep into the soul, as justice is served The story moves between the forces of good and evil, eternal hope and despair as the PENDULUM swings to an engaging and masterfully written climax, offering our hearts and dreams...the possibility...of a second chance.

The Importance of Being Earnest is both Oscar Wilde's most important and funniest play. As the subtitle suggests there is more to this play than its farcical nature suggests. Wilde calls into question the nature of identity while poking fun at proper British manners and the aristocracy. Even after one hundred years, The Importance of Being Earnest continues to be the standard by which all other farces are judged.Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

LANE. I believe it IS a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person.

Serial Pool Attendant: Screenplay. A brother-sister crime caper in LA that is both an entertaining screenplay for television and an educational aid in sibling Psychology. This paperback also includes the proposed TV series Bible (template for the one-hour prime-time show); a minute-by-minute breakdown of the Four-Act structure, a necessity when writing for television with commercial breaks in mind. Synopsis: On an L.A. beach Alex (pool attendant) meets her idol, the notorious Shark (real name Henry, a high profile killer on parole). Shark mentors Alex in the art of 'murder' and in 'not getting caught'. Cultural references lead to his catchphrase "A CLASSIC!." Hitmen liaising as real CLEANERS. "If you've got a problem that needs filtering ...YOU CALL THE POOL ATTENDANT"

"An accident has occurred. Joe Chip and his colleagues--all but one of them--have narrowly escaped an explosion at a moon base. Or is it the other way round? Did Joe and the others die, and did the one fatality, Glen Runciter, actually survive? . . . From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from."--Lev Grossman, "Time"
In 1974, Philip K. Dick was commissioned to write a screenplay based on his novel "Ubik." The film was eventually scrapped, but the screenplay was saved and later published in 1985. Featuring scenes that are not in the book and a surreal playfulness--the style of the writing goes back in time just like the technology in the book's dreamworld--this screenplay is the only one Dick wrote and features his signature mix of paranoia, humor, and big-idea philosophy.