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Chapman's Killer Scripts
A collection of the best screenplays written by the students of Dodge College.
Comedy Drama Family/Action Adventure Fantasy Thriller/Horror
COMEDY
From da Big Island
New York defined her, Hawaii changed her.
An unforgettable fish out of water tale. Ruth, a New York TV personality, leaves the commotion of the Big Apple for the peace and tranquility of the Big Island of Hawaii - and finds anything but.
Author: Bill Hutchinson
hutch10@aol.com
COMEDY
Seafood Stew
Some confessions should never be made.
A man has a heart attack, and on his death bed, confesses to his two brothers-in-law that he has been cheating on his wife -- their sister -- for ten years. When re miraculously recovers, he faces two enraged men that threaten with telling his wife the truth -- unless he finds a way to make it up to them. And to their sister.
Author: Karina Abayian
abayi100@chapman.edu
ACTION COMEDY
The Adventures of Toast Man
He's not really super...he's not really a hero... but he's got lots of free time.
When Mitch ingests expired junk food, he notices that he has newfound superpowers of fire. He begins his life as Toast Man, the slacker superhero. He's the hero for the working man who hates to work. Mitch promises to clean up the country... and move out of his parents' basement.
Author: Justin Leo
justinjleo@gmail.com
COMEDY
Space Cadets
Opposites distract...
The dysfunctional love story of a man and woman with severe Attention Deficit Disorder. They fall in love -- but can't pay attention to each other or the world around them.
Author: Edwin LaNotte McDonald IV
FastEdwin@Yahoo.com
DRAMA/COMEDY
Love Wounds All Heals
When one hand washes another, both get clean...
A widower, a gay soldier in training, an adulteress, a hippie, and a chronically ill jackass dust off the skeleton bones for an epic healing that only an epic tragedy can bring.
Author: Amber R. Howard
amraho1@yahoo.com
DRAMA/COMEDY
A Teenager's Guide To Being Noticed
Go mess up your room!
Sixteen year old doormat Randal Bailey is going to kill himself in a way no one will ever forget. He just hasn't figured out how yet.
Author: Arthur Pielli
adpielli@hotmail.com
COMEDY
Rise of Jonas
May you be blessed...after gym class.
Jonas Alexander is a casual teen with typical problems who is told one day by his sick mother that he is supposed to be the second coming of Christ.
Author: Joseph Pezzula
joe.pezzula@gmail.com
COMEDY
Jump Jockey: The True Story of "Moon Boots" Jorgenson
Some jockeys race. Others soar.
The underworld of Equestrian Show Jumping is exposed when the world's most celebrated jum jockey, Taylor "Moon Boots" Jorgenson, is arrested for Riding Under the Influence of alcohol with an "escort" on saddleback. To erase his lifetime ban from the sport and regain his dream girl's trust, "Moon Boots" must prove his innocence, bust his horse out of a twelve-step program, and defeat his nemesis at the one place where legends are born: The World Equestrain Show Jumpoing Finals.
Author: Edwin LaNotte McDonald
FastEdwin@Yahoo.com
COMEDY
Rad Awesome
Sometimes living in the past isn't the main thing -- it's the only thing.
It's 1991, the eighties are over, grunge rock is hot and Vincent "Rad" Reddenhurst couldn't be more depressed. His band has broken up and his father is certain that he's on a fast track to nowhere. Vince must find the courage to follow his dream or risk losing the eighties forever.
Author: Brock Manwill
brockgmanwill@hotmail.com
ROMANTIC COMEDY
Save the Date
In order to pull off her dream wedding, bride-to-be Lindsay must thwart the sabotage attempts of another man...the groom's father.
Author: Christina Johns
socalchristina@gmail.com
COMEDY
In the Meantime
Everything they think they know about themselves may make more sense tomorrow...
A bewildered college student accompanies his estranged father on a journey of redemption, coming to grips with becoming a man, and realizing one day can change life's outcome.
Author: Robert Margolies
seilogram@hotmail.com
COMEDY
Marvin
They needed a roommate. Now he's Marvin' in.
Adam Idler is on track to complete his fifty-year-plan when Marvin, a loud, hairy, barefoot drifter, and his hamster, Mr. Sassy Mittens, move into Adam's house and threaten to ruin his meticulous plans.
Author: Alex McNall
alexmcnall@yahoo.com
FILM NOIR COMEDY
Graffiti Drive
Dead fish, one-eyed Transvestites, and drug dealers with hedge clippers: another typical night in L.A.
A nebbish telemarketer fends for his life in downtown L.A. when he uncovers a dead fish with a nasty secret.
Author: Aubrey Hartman
hartmanae@yahoo.com
COMEDY
Shivv Bandalai's House of Karma
There's something more... to the house next door.
Amelia Rogers is set to become the next president of her neighborhood homeowners' association, but things are beginning to fall apart due to her less than perfect karma. When a mysterious guru moves in next door, his advice becomes all that she seeks to straighten out her life, and her luck.
Author: Katinka Lincoln
freekatinka@msn.com
DARK COMEDY/ACTION
The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
Imagine if you couldn't sleep...every again.
Struck with a rare brain condition that renders him unable to sleep, Ethan Jimerson lives a double life - a slacker video store clerk by day and a cunning vigilante by night. But when he meets the beautiful Teresa, Ethan's balancing act of maintaining a relationship while infiltrating a criminal organization for the good of society catches up to him.
Author: Bryan Swaim
swaim.bryan@gmail.com
COMEDY
I, Robot House
What happens when a women comes between two best friends: a brilliant scientist and his robot house.
Dr. Dave Hollis has created the perfect automated home, Prometheus. Before Prometheus can be sold to consumers, it must be tested, and Heather Williams, the beautiful corporate lawyer, moves in with Dave and Prometheus to act as an impartial observer. Dave and Prometheus engage in an increasingly desperate battle for her affections.
Author: Joe Giannetti
Giannettiplex@gmail.com
DRAMA
Promontory
Heroes are always something else.
When fighting for what is right -- but what Authority has labeled wrong -- are you a hero, or something else? That's the question Private Danny Reeves must answer when he defines military orders to return to Iraq for a second tour. Danny finds himself on the run, a fugitive from the country he once fought to protect.
Author: Phil Pirrello
vsphil007@yahoo.com
DRAMA
Ketchup
Careful what you wish for...
A lonely waitress lives vicariously through the lives of the oddball customers that frequent the diner that holds her captive.
Author: Amanda Jane Dibb
dibb@usa.com
ROMANTIC DRAMA
Stump Louie
All of the music in the world...is in his head.
1941. Louie Palmer is the world's least known piano player. He can play any song you've never heard of, all the radio hits, too. But he hides from the world because of a massive stutter. When a washed up manager pushes him to play a radio show in Albany, N.Y., Louie takes a chance, inspired by the image and the words of a dancer named Florence Heartly. Looking to escape from the Depression, and with War looming, the city takes notice. Louie becomes an instant success on a radio show where listeners name obscure songs and try to "stump Louie."
Author: Joseph Pezzula
joe.pezzula@gmail.com
HISTORICAL DRAMA
Golden Age
Let a dreamer dream too high, and he may be crushed by the weight of his imagination.
In the midst of a crippling drought in ancient Egypt, Luka, a brilliant scientist, makes it his goal to create a tower to control the weather, and incurs the wrath of a powerful enemy who seeks to use the tower for wicked ends.
Author: Matt Burns
wondercorn@gmail.com
DRAMA
Ponzi
Based on the true story of how a poor immigrant made millions and almost got away with it.
Charles Ponzi is a poor Italian immigrant with a streak of bad luck and a fuming American father-in-law. He finally strikes it rich by inventing the original pyramid scheme. But with his debt ballooning and a skeptical reporter on his back, Ponzi must put on the performance of a lifetime or lose everything.
Author: Ben Godar
bgodar@yahoo.com
ACTION DRAMA
Sturgeon
Sometimes, someone's death can lead to someone else's life.
Caught up in a murder on an Indian reservation, two friends flee into Canada and discover that sometimes death means a fresh start.
Author: Derek Johnson
derekwjohnson@gmail.com
DRAMA
Junction
When everything is going wrong, how do you figure out what is the right thing to do?
In the wake of his best friend's death, Jesse has thirty-six hours to decide whether to replace his friend in the lives of others, or to leave and pursue a budding music career in Nashville.
Author: Nate Field
natefield@gmail.com
HISTORICAL DRAMA
The Princess in the Tower
There's nothing more dangerous than an empty throne.
In 1483, the twelve-year-old king of England is imprisoned by his uncle. an unlikely bond soon develops between the boy and his guard William, and together they plan the young King's escape.
Author: Rebecca Kirsch
RDKirsch@gmail.com
DRAMA
Dead in the Morning
Travel to find yourself...and loose yourself in the process.
After the death of his mother, Charlie is coaxed into traveling to Europe by his best friend Toby, whose agenda in 'live it up' through booze and drugs. Charlie's attempt to overcome his depression leads him to an emotional downward spiral, for which Toby ultimately blames himself.
Author: Charles D. Borg
borg100@roadrunner.com
DRAMA
Origin
To know yourself, you must know others.
As her wedding preparations are underway, Alex Ramirez is beset by odd visions of a women she recognizes only in dim memory. Her attempts to learn more about this person are resisted by her family members. Alex takes matters into her own hands; and as she learns the true identity of the woman, she learns her own.
Author: Leticia Morin
aeris104@gmail.com
FAMILY ADVENTURE
Captain's Inn I: Captain Mike's Treasure
Expecting a long, boring California summer, 13-year-old Sarah stumbles upon smugglers, treasure, and the adventure of a lifetime.
Sarah Cooper (13) has the life -- shopping, friends, money. But no more, the family is broke (thanks, Dad). Granny Parkins offers a summer of hard work and rural living (yuck!), and Sarah has no choice. Her only hope is to find Captain Mike's treasure and restore the family fortune. But life has other plans.
Author: Katherine Ploeger
katherineploeger@ca.rr.com
FAMILY ADVENTURE
Joey Down Under
They've been orphaned in the outback. Parental Guidance Necessary.
Joey the Kangaroo escapes from the australian animal orphanage to find his real mother and embarks on a journey across the outback and the ocean, staying one step ahead of a vicious monitor hired to bring him back. Alon the way he discovers what family really means.
Author: Whitney Owens Hemsath
owens105@chapman.edu
ACTION ADVENTURE
Cargo
Freedom is coming.
The perilous adventures of African-American abolitionist icon Harriet Tubman, a defiant and deeply spiritual woman struggling aganist the evils of bigotry and oppression.
Author: Gwen M. Cassidy
gwenmcassidy@yahoo.com
ADVENTURE/FANTASY
The Cup of Doom
Sometimes things are hidden away from the world for a very good reason.
In 1948, at a secret U.S. government storage facility in Colorado (where things like the Ark of the Covenant are stored), Elmer and Clarence -- two lowly laborers -- uncover a plot by a secret Nazi cell to resurrect their favorite dictator and give him another shot a world conquest. Elmer and Clarence must use their wits -- and whatever odd, magical devices they can lay their hands on -- to thwart the Nazis.
Author: Michael Dwyer
writermichael@mac.com
FANTASY
Lostland
Somewhere over the rainbow is no place like home.
Eric Welles hates his job and his life, but lacks the backbone to make a change. He gets the push he needs from an alcoholic leprechaun who leads him into a bizarre world. Now eric must overcome his fears to make it home... and possibly save the world.
Author: Alex McNall
alexmcnall@yahoo.com
THRILLER/MYSTERY
The Razorblade Circus
It's gutcheck time...
Back-alley pro wrestler Tiko Tulley battles an organ snatching cult and a plague of stomach parasites born of the latest advances in underground sports medicine ("Scanners" meets "The Program").
Author: Nate Berne
nberne@earthlink.net
GHOST STORY/MURDER MYSTERY
Spirit of Justice
She won't rest until justive gets served to all.
Barry Adams, an attorney haunted by his past, gets a chance at redemption when he discovers that Texas is about to execute an innocent man. There's just one problem -- the only evidence he has is the testimony of the victim's ghost. Now, with the ghost's help, Barry must race aganist the clock to unearth solid evidence that will exonerate the innocent man and bring the real killer to justice.
Author: Shane Smith
Tiny_Handprints@yahoo.com
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Retribution
Denial is sometimes easier than facing the truth.
Nico Valdez, 35, a former Durango police detective, is forced to investigate who killed his brother Miguel, a Juarez detective. Nico uncovers a web of police corruption and discovers that Miguel, his brother, was caught up in it.
Author: Pablo Montes
soulfighter69@yahoo.com
HORROR
Chindi
When myth and medicine collide... no one is safe.
At Hope Hospital, a remote facility in New Mexico, two doctors are forced to collaborate to defeat the spread of an ancient, horrifying Navajo curse: "Chindi."
Author: Charles D. Borg
Borg100@roadrunner.com
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