THE GOOD FAMILY, by Nick Marciano
Mob crime comedy. An aging don with a year to live tries to buy an
illegitimate son he sired from the mother for $1 million, feeling it would
be his one good deed in life.
But his sister wants her drug-addicted son to inherit the family
fortune and hires two dim-witted hit men to whack the don, all of which
ends in hilarious violence.
CAR SHARKS, by Wayne T. Chapman
A loveable, soft-selling car salesman has twenty-four
desperate hours to close one final sale – or his life will topple like a
house of cards.
HOUSE GUESTS, by Rod Chapman
An orderly, newly married couple’s tiny apartment is
invaded by the wife’s daughter in the throes of a nasty divorce and the
husband’s son who just lost his job, their home turned into a disaster
zone. 2008 ASA Screenwriting
Contest semi-finalist.
THE INCONVENIENCE OF DEATH AND FRIENDSHIP, by Lisa
Haeber
Film-noir comedy set in Philadelphia. Interwoven lives of a blue-blood
woman and her three Catholic-school friends, each finding no fulfillment in
marriage, family, success, gayness, straightness and other aspects of
modern life. When one murders her loathsome husband, their friendships –
and their sense of humor – are stretched to the limit.
WINNER TAKES DAD, by John Ellis
Two high-school football stars on competing teams find
out they’re fraternal twins and have the same father, an absentee truck
driver secretly married to both their moms. They agree that the winner of the big game gets to claim
Dad, then go all out against each other, only to discover they’re more
family than enemies.
DIAMOND RAIN, by Mark Martino
A patent agent, desperate for money to fight a fraud
charge, tries to cash in on a billion-dollar invention and finds himself –
and an athletic ex-nun who saves his life – on the run from a shady
engineer’s hired killers.
SHORT TEE, by Dennis Bove
Sports comedy.
When Bobby’s life falls apart, he reunites with an old-high-school
crush who encourages him to play a sport that once devastated not only his
future but his friendships…miniature golf.
PRINCESS IN AMERICA, by Lino Mugwanga
African-American comedy. Two mischievous college buddies find themselves in
conflict with each other – and with other lovestruck males – over a
stunningly beautiful African princess freshman.
FLIPPING THE BIRD, by Tim Wiggins
A lonely chauffer is unexpectedly dispatched to drive his
ex-wife, whose revelation that her austistic son is probably his son causes
him to wreck his limo. Losing his
job, he works for an animal-rights group, rescues a smart-mouthed parrot
and reunites with the son, who learns to speak from the parrot.
THE LIFE’S SHOW, by Esther Ruiz
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