Tagline – “Coolness Has Its Price”
“25 words or less” summary – A naïve college graduate from a small town changes completely when he moves to New York City and enters the nefarious world of advertising
Full summary:
Tommy Parker, a wide-eyed, innocent college grad from small town America - Lynchburg, TN to be exact - moves to New York City to make a name for himself and gain independence and freedom from his overbearing family. Although ambitious, he has no idea what he wants to do until he stumbles into the world of advertising.
Tommy falls in with a wild group of friends soon after he enters advertising and his life quickly devolves into a haze of drugs, booze and womanizing as the city, and his environment, turns the once naïve kid into a rough, cynical douchebag.
His life revolves around long hours of hard work during the day and all night drinking binges, late night trips to strip clubs, and casual hook ups at night. This behavior leads Tommy to routinely make questionable decisions and do questionable things – like passing out on the Coney Island beach in the middle of the night, getting a “tramp stamp” tattoo on a dare, or doing coke off the body of a stripper in a random VIP room.
After months of nonstop partying, it all comes crashing down one night in Atlantic City when Tommy accidentally punches a police officer in a drunken haze during a scuffle. He lands in jail and is sentenced to community service and forced into rehab. While in rehab, Tommy reflects on what his life has become and no longer likes who he sees in the mirror. Luckily, he is inspired to change after listening to someone that addresses his rehab group. The man is a few years older than Tommy and he tells everyone the troubles he’s had in his life due to his addictions. Realizing that this guy could be him in a few years, Tommy’s eyes open up and he sees the light.
Not liking who he is anymore or what he’s become, Tommy decides to leave the city and his dreams behind to head back home where he belongs. He resigns from his job and moves back down to Lynchburg, TN immediately to go back to his old life and work at his father’s general store. As Tommy leaves, the question in his mind remains, “Was I always capable of this bad behavior and is this the real me or was it the environment that changed me?” He might never know for sure.
The Cool Kids Screenplay
Sunday, January 31, 2010
"The Perfect Date"
“25 words or less” summary – Love blossoms after a girl agrees to be her friend’s wedding date just so he can impress his successful ex-girlfriend
Full summary:
Michael Claiborne, a professional man in his early thirties, comes home to his NYC apartment one day to find an invite to a destination wedding in the mail. Knowing that his ex-girlfriend will be in the wedding party with him, he immediately starts stressing out about finding a date. Since she moved away, his ex-girlfriend became a successful small business owner married to a top brain surgeon, so he knows he can’t just take anyone. Mike decides to institute an interview process to find the “perfect” date.
He goes on a succession of dates to find the right girl, but for one reason or another he finds the most trivial things wrong with all of them – one isn’t tall enough, another’s cheek bones are too high, one isn’t proportional enough. Having no luck, two months before the wedding Mike begins to worry that he won’t have a date. While at brunch with a couple of female friends, Mike mentions that he wants to ask a girl that he knows through work, but the problem is that he really only knows her through their phone conversations and he’s hardly ever seen her in person. He wonders aloud if she’d even contemplate going with him, but aurely enough his friends encourage him and give him enough confidence to ask her.
So Mike invites Emma out to brunch and finally builds up the nerve to ask her to the wedding. At first she’s apprehensive about going, but he’s so desperate that he offers her money and positions the invite purely as a “business arrangement.” She’s still apprehensive but eventually agrees to go as a friend just so he doesn’t have to deal with his ex by himself. She declines payment in lieu of a favor for whatever she wants, payable at a later date whenever she asks for it.
They fly down to Puerto Rico for the wedding weekend and Emma plays the dutiful date perfectly – lavishing praise on Mike and telling everyone how awesome he is – whenever his ex-girlfriend is within earshot. The two grow closer to each other as they spend more time together. Slowly, Mike’s focus begins to move away from his ex-girlfriend and towards Emma. Although the two get closer, Mike secretly wonders if Emma will reciprocate the feelings. As the wedding reception begins, Emma surprises Mike by cashing in her favor which ends up turning their trip into something much more than a simple “business arrangement.”
The Perfect Date Screenplay
Full summary:
Michael Claiborne, a professional man in his early thirties, comes home to his NYC apartment one day to find an invite to a destination wedding in the mail. Knowing that his ex-girlfriend will be in the wedding party with him, he immediately starts stressing out about finding a date. Since she moved away, his ex-girlfriend became a successful small business owner married to a top brain surgeon, so he knows he can’t just take anyone. Mike decides to institute an interview process to find the “perfect” date.
He goes on a succession of dates to find the right girl, but for one reason or another he finds the most trivial things wrong with all of them – one isn’t tall enough, another’s cheek bones are too high, one isn’t proportional enough. Having no luck, two months before the wedding Mike begins to worry that he won’t have a date. While at brunch with a couple of female friends, Mike mentions that he wants to ask a girl that he knows through work, but the problem is that he really only knows her through their phone conversations and he’s hardly ever seen her in person. He wonders aloud if she’d even contemplate going with him, but aurely enough his friends encourage him and give him enough confidence to ask her.
So Mike invites Emma out to brunch and finally builds up the nerve to ask her to the wedding. At first she’s apprehensive about going, but he’s so desperate that he offers her money and positions the invite purely as a “business arrangement.” She’s still apprehensive but eventually agrees to go as a friend just so he doesn’t have to deal with his ex by himself. She declines payment in lieu of a favor for whatever she wants, payable at a later date whenever she asks for it.
They fly down to Puerto Rico for the wedding weekend and Emma plays the dutiful date perfectly – lavishing praise on Mike and telling everyone how awesome he is – whenever his ex-girlfriend is within earshot. The two grow closer to each other as they spend more time together. Slowly, Mike’s focus begins to move away from his ex-girlfriend and towards Emma. Although the two get closer, Mike secretly wonders if Emma will reciprocate the feelings. As the wedding reception begins, Emma surprises Mike by cashing in her favor which ends up turning their trip into something much more than a simple “business arrangement.”
The Perfect Date Screenplay
"Dade County"
Tagline – “What If The World’s Most Dangerous Terrorist Was Held On American Soil…And Escaped?”
“25 words or less” summary – The world’s most dangerous terrorist escapes military custody and plots to bomb Miami’s American Airlines Arena while evading capture by a victim’s vengeful boyfriend
Full summary:
In an age when Guantanamo has closed and terrorists have moved to American soil to face trial, the world’s most dangerous terrorist, Viper, escapes custody in northern Florida as he’s being transferred to federal court.
Vixen, his sultry girlfriend, helps Viper get to Miami where he meets up with Mr. Mohammed, a mysterious financier, who offers to smuggle him out of the country on an Algerian cargo ship. This offer of course comes in exchange for Viper committing one last terrorist act for Mohammed – detonating a dirty bomb during Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers at the American Airlines Arena.
Meanwhile, Diesel, an ex-bouncer of a club that Viper used to manage and the vengeful boyfriend of a pregnant woman who died in a terrorist act, hears that Viper escaped and promises to get revenge by finding and killing him. Diesel partners up with his friend, Magnum, and goes on a pursuit through Miami to find Viper before he strikes again.
Diesel’s first run-in with Viper takes place at a popular strip club in downtown Miami. Viper and Diesel engage in a gunfight inside but Viper manages to escape and then he leads Diesel on an adrenaline-pumping car chase through the streets of downtown Miami and South Beach until he's able to make his getaway.
To get the inside track on Viper, Diesel decides to kidnap Mr. Mohammed right from his house and force him to give up any information he has on Viper. He uses an unusual tactic of persuasion to force Mohammed to come clean and admit that Viper is going to blow up the American Airlines Arena and escape on an Algerian cargo ship. Both Diesel and Magnum race back to land in an effort to find and stop Viper before it's too late.
Back on land, Diesel spots Viper driving on a highway and the chase is on again. Things takes a turn for the surreal when the chase spans both on and off the highway and includes everything from a jackknifed 18-wheeler carrying large slabs of beef, the interruption of a pick-up basketball game, a car race around a horse track, Siberian tigers running loose on I-95, the apprehension of Tony Stewart’s #20 stockcar and the destruction of a Hummer limousine.
Yet again Viper manages to escape. Once away from Diesel, Viper plants the dirty bomb in the American Airlines Arena then boards the cargo ship that will take him out of the country. Diesel and Magnum go to the arena and embark on a desperate search for the bomb before it detonates. Remarkably, they find it and take it with them to the Port of Miami to apprehend Viper. With the cargo ship having already left the dock, the two commandeer a yacht and catch up to it. Diesel climbs aboard the ship and finds Viper for a final, explosive showdown in an effort to save Miami and bring him to justice.Dade County Screenplay
“25 words or less” summary – The world’s most dangerous terrorist escapes military custody and plots to bomb Miami’s American Airlines Arena while evading capture by a victim’s vengeful boyfriend
Full summary:
In an age when Guantanamo has closed and terrorists have moved to American soil to face trial, the world’s most dangerous terrorist, Viper, escapes custody in northern Florida as he’s being transferred to federal court.
Vixen, his sultry girlfriend, helps Viper get to Miami where he meets up with Mr. Mohammed, a mysterious financier, who offers to smuggle him out of the country on an Algerian cargo ship. This offer of course comes in exchange for Viper committing one last terrorist act for Mohammed – detonating a dirty bomb during Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers at the American Airlines Arena.
Meanwhile, Diesel, an ex-bouncer of a club that Viper used to manage and the vengeful boyfriend of a pregnant woman who died in a terrorist act, hears that Viper escaped and promises to get revenge by finding and killing him. Diesel partners up with his friend, Magnum, and goes on a pursuit through Miami to find Viper before he strikes again.
Diesel’s first run-in with Viper takes place at a popular strip club in downtown Miami. Viper and Diesel engage in a gunfight inside but Viper manages to escape and then he leads Diesel on an adrenaline-pumping car chase through the streets of downtown Miami and South Beach until he's able to make his getaway.
To get the inside track on Viper, Diesel decides to kidnap Mr. Mohammed right from his house and force him to give up any information he has on Viper. He uses an unusual tactic of persuasion to force Mohammed to come clean and admit that Viper is going to blow up the American Airlines Arena and escape on an Algerian cargo ship. Both Diesel and Magnum race back to land in an effort to find and stop Viper before it's too late.
Back on land, Diesel spots Viper driving on a highway and the chase is on again. Things takes a turn for the surreal when the chase spans both on and off the highway and includes everything from a jackknifed 18-wheeler carrying large slabs of beef, the interruption of a pick-up basketball game, a car race around a horse track, Siberian tigers running loose on I-95, the apprehension of Tony Stewart’s #20 stockcar and the destruction of a Hummer limousine.
Yet again Viper manages to escape. Once away from Diesel, Viper plants the dirty bomb in the American Airlines Arena then boards the cargo ship that will take him out of the country. Diesel and Magnum go to the arena and embark on a desperate search for the bomb before it detonates. Remarkably, they find it and take it with them to the Port of Miami to apprehend Viper. With the cargo ship having already left the dock, the two commandeer a yacht and catch up to it. Diesel climbs aboard the ship and finds Viper for a final, explosive showdown in an effort to save Miami and bring him to justice.Dade County Screenplay
Monday, January 25, 2010
"Family Reunion"
Tagline – “Everyone Has A Secret”
“25 words or less” Summary – A convicted felon heads to Thanksgiving dinner to confess his crime to the family and finds that everyone else has a secret to reveal too
Full Summary:
Ted Baker is a clean-cut, professional guy in his early-thirties who has just been convicted of a felony for his participation in a ponzi scheme. Currently residing in New York City, he is driving to New England with his sister for a family reunion on Thanksgiving Day. There, Ted is planning to tell his parents that he’s expecting to be sentenced to a minimum of 3-5 years in prison within the next month.
Already considered the black sheep of the family, Ted left his small town in New England after college and ran off to New York City to make a quick, easy buck. Once the money started rolling in, he never looked back and basically forgot about his family back home.
Jane, his sister, represents everything he’s not – a good family person and someone who became successful the “right way” without taking shortcuts- and she’s sure to remind him of that during their drive to New England. She is, as Ted describes her, “Little Miss Perfect.”
Once at his parent’s home, Ted gets reacquainted with his extended family, most of whom he hasn’t seen in years. While they’re hanging out before dinner, all of the relatives seem very normal, well put together and successful.
During a break in conversation at the dinner table, Jane goads Ted to come out and tell the family about his conviction. He does and his dad flies into a rage. His dad was always resentful that Ted ran off to the big city and left the family behind, and in the back of his mind he always knew that his son would get in trouble due to his blind ambition.
To ease the tension, Ted’s uncle admits, for the first time ever to the family, that he was in prison back in his twenties for possession and intent to distribute.
This opens up the floodgates and everyone around the table starts admitting their own secrets, showing that no one is perfect. There’s the cousin who is a heroin addict that shot up right before dinner, the first cousins that are caught making out in a spare bedroom and forced to admit that they recently got engaged, a teenage cousin who has recently entered the world of hardcore porn, and an aunt who admits she’s been cheating on her husband with her best female friend.
The matriarch of the family, a grandmother who is celebrating her 85th birthday, admits her transgressions from a long time ago too, but she takes everything in stride as she’s well aware that everyone has a tendency to screw up at some point.
Even Ted’s dad, who was so angry at his son’s actions, is forced to admit that he’s been embezzling money from the family business in order to pay off his massive gambling debt. And, yes, it also turns out that “Little Miss Perfect,” Jane, is not so perfect either.
It’s family dysfunction taken to the extreme at Thanksgiving dinner as secrets are revealed one by one.Family Reunion Screenplay
“25 words or less” Summary – A convicted felon heads to Thanksgiving dinner to confess his crime to the family and finds that everyone else has a secret to reveal too
Full Summary:
Ted Baker is a clean-cut, professional guy in his early-thirties who has just been convicted of a felony for his participation in a ponzi scheme. Currently residing in New York City, he is driving to New England with his sister for a family reunion on Thanksgiving Day. There, Ted is planning to tell his parents that he’s expecting to be sentenced to a minimum of 3-5 years in prison within the next month.
Already considered the black sheep of the family, Ted left his small town in New England after college and ran off to New York City to make a quick, easy buck. Once the money started rolling in, he never looked back and basically forgot about his family back home.
Jane, his sister, represents everything he’s not – a good family person and someone who became successful the “right way” without taking shortcuts- and she’s sure to remind him of that during their drive to New England. She is, as Ted describes her, “Little Miss Perfect.”
Once at his parent’s home, Ted gets reacquainted with his extended family, most of whom he hasn’t seen in years. While they’re hanging out before dinner, all of the relatives seem very normal, well put together and successful.
During a break in conversation at the dinner table, Jane goads Ted to come out and tell the family about his conviction. He does and his dad flies into a rage. His dad was always resentful that Ted ran off to the big city and left the family behind, and in the back of his mind he always knew that his son would get in trouble due to his blind ambition.
To ease the tension, Ted’s uncle admits, for the first time ever to the family, that he was in prison back in his twenties for possession and intent to distribute.
This opens up the floodgates and everyone around the table starts admitting their own secrets, showing that no one is perfect. There’s the cousin who is a heroin addict that shot up right before dinner, the first cousins that are caught making out in a spare bedroom and forced to admit that they recently got engaged, a teenage cousin who has recently entered the world of hardcore porn, and an aunt who admits she’s been cheating on her husband with her best female friend.
The matriarch of the family, a grandmother who is celebrating her 85th birthday, admits her transgressions from a long time ago too, but she takes everything in stride as she’s well aware that everyone has a tendency to screw up at some point.
Even Ted’s dad, who was so angry at his son’s actions, is forced to admit that he’s been embezzling money from the family business in order to pay off his massive gambling debt. And, yes, it also turns out that “Little Miss Perfect,” Jane, is not so perfect either.
It’s family dysfunction taken to the extreme at Thanksgiving dinner as secrets are revealed one by one.Family Reunion Screenplay
Sunday, January 24, 2010
"My Imaginary Friends"
Tagline – “A Little Confidence Is All You Need”
“25 words or less” Summary– An awkward, eleven year old boy gains the confidence he needs to ask a girl to the school dance by beating a video game
Full Summary:
Bernie is an awkward eleven year old boy who is constantly bullied at school. He asks his secret crush Beatrice, a similarly awkward girl, to the big Fall dance but she declines because she’s afraid what others will think and say. Dejected, Bernie heads home and confides in his stuffed animals – specifically Murray (a dog), Theodore (a teddy bear) and Mr. Elephant - that they’re his only true friends.
As he’s about to doze off for an afternoon nap, his parents surprise him with an early birthday present – the popular “Chronicles of Prince Valor” video game. Re-energized, Bernie plays the game all day and night when he’s not in school and he daydreams about it when he’s in school. Obsessed, he ends up beating the game within only a few days. Realizing that he has nothing else to do afterwards, Bernie quickly falls asleep right after the game ends.
Once asleep he enters into a vivid dream that places him in the video game as Prince Valor. Murray, his loyal servant, tells him that Princess Adorable has been kidnapped by the evil dragon of Gloomy Glen. After initial reservations, Prince Valor builds up enough confidence to lead the charge to find the Princess.
This sets them forth on an adventure across the kingdom, where Prince Valor and Murray battle bats, spiders, snakes, red ants and an evil vendor looking to kidnap the prince for ransom but who’s also carrying the mystical Sword of Alchemy which could help defeat the dragon. Along the way, they meet Theodore, a curious teddy bear in a forest, and Mr. Elephant, who saves them from a stampede in the Great Savanna, and they join the adventure.
All four of them go to Gloomy Glen to battle the dragon and rescue the Princess. The dragon quickly gets the upper hand and treats Prince Valor just like the school bully treats Bernie. Valor gets fed up and devises a plan to defeat the dragon and free Princess Adorable. Once freed, the Princess, Prince and his friends dance outside the dragon’s castle in celebration.
Bernie wakes up from his dream with a renewed sense of confidence and marches over to Beatrice’s house on Saturday morning to ask if she’ll accompany him to the dance that night. This time, he asks with much more confidence and she says yes. Later that night, they go to the dance together and dance the night away.
P.S. I wrote this as a 3-D animated feature, so keep that in mind when reading.
My Imaginary Friends Screenplay
“25 words or less” Summary– An awkward, eleven year old boy gains the confidence he needs to ask a girl to the school dance by beating a video game
Full Summary:
Bernie is an awkward eleven year old boy who is constantly bullied at school. He asks his secret crush Beatrice, a similarly awkward girl, to the big Fall dance but she declines because she’s afraid what others will think and say. Dejected, Bernie heads home and confides in his stuffed animals – specifically Murray (a dog), Theodore (a teddy bear) and Mr. Elephant - that they’re his only true friends.
As he’s about to doze off for an afternoon nap, his parents surprise him with an early birthday present – the popular “Chronicles of Prince Valor” video game. Re-energized, Bernie plays the game all day and night when he’s not in school and he daydreams about it when he’s in school. Obsessed, he ends up beating the game within only a few days. Realizing that he has nothing else to do afterwards, Bernie quickly falls asleep right after the game ends.
Once asleep he enters into a vivid dream that places him in the video game as Prince Valor. Murray, his loyal servant, tells him that Princess Adorable has been kidnapped by the evil dragon of Gloomy Glen. After initial reservations, Prince Valor builds up enough confidence to lead the charge to find the Princess.
This sets them forth on an adventure across the kingdom, where Prince Valor and Murray battle bats, spiders, snakes, red ants and an evil vendor looking to kidnap the prince for ransom but who’s also carrying the mystical Sword of Alchemy which could help defeat the dragon. Along the way, they meet Theodore, a curious teddy bear in a forest, and Mr. Elephant, who saves them from a stampede in the Great Savanna, and they join the adventure.
All four of them go to Gloomy Glen to battle the dragon and rescue the Princess. The dragon quickly gets the upper hand and treats Prince Valor just like the school bully treats Bernie. Valor gets fed up and devises a plan to defeat the dragon and free Princess Adorable. Once freed, the Princess, Prince and his friends dance outside the dragon’s castle in celebration.
Bernie wakes up from his dream with a renewed sense of confidence and marches over to Beatrice’s house on Saturday morning to ask if she’ll accompany him to the dance that night. This time, he asks with much more confidence and she says yes. Later that night, they go to the dance together and dance the night away.
P.S. I wrote this as a 3-D animated feature, so keep that in mind when reading.
My Imaginary Friends Screenplay
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