THREE OPTIONED MOVIE SCRIPTS
Screenplays are only about 120 pages, containing mostly dialogue with camera and scene setting instructions as necessary. They leave plenty of room for imagination. A good analogy is that reading a book is like watching television while reading a screenplay is like listening to radio.
My three best scripts are provided here in full for anyone who wants to read them. All are comedy-dramas, two aimed at adults and one at children. Each has been optioned by Hollywood producers at least three times. This means several people tried hard to get the financing to film each one.
Below is a thumbnail of each script followed by its synopsis. Click on the synopsis link to bring that into view in the thumbnail box. Read that and decide if it feels right for you. If one or more strikes your fancy, click on the link below the title to read its full text. They are listed in an order dictated by drawing lots. I can never pick a favorite among them. They’re like children to me.
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A LEGEND RIDES AGAIN |
In "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" Icabod Crane doesn't necessarily die. He vanishes, leaving behind a pommeled cap. This story postulates that he fell into a time tunnel and came out in modern-day Tarrytown, New York. Now he must make his way back to his own time and place with the aid of two costumed children out trick-or-treating on Halloween night. A script aimed at the pre-teen audience, but all teens and adults were once children. Synopsis
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WENDELL'S DEATH |
Wendell Mobley is informed he has one week to live. A crass
media mogul offers to buy the rights to film that final week of his life
as the ultimate in Reality TV programming. "We're going to bring
death back into the home, where it belongs!" A hilariously macabre black
comedy. Synopsis
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SERIOUS BUSINESS |
A recently divorced architect is close to losing his job. He's given one last
chance to do something right. Unfortunately, he is mistaken for a hit man on a
mission, and before he knows it he becomes the hit man's primary target. More of
a dark comedy than black, funny and tense throughout.
Synopsis
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© Lloyd Pye