American Gem 2006 Short Screenplay Competition - Loglines, Synopsis and Screenplays

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First Place Winner - Michael Ugulini

PARCHED Drama
Logline: A farmer defends his dying field during a prolonged drought.
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Second Place Winner - Hyemin Koo

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CALM AND PASSION — Drama
Logline:
A nerdy high-school senior falls in love a month before the Harvard application deadline and learns in a twisted way the bitter lesson of the balance between calm and passion. A satire about the college admissions process.
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Third Place Winner - Jason N. Zimmatore

TABLOID Thriller
Logline: A sleazy tabloid reporter, who takes photos of celebrities on their deathbeds, gets his comeuppance at the hand of an aging TV tough guy.
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Fourth Place Winner - Alexandra Torterotot

BY THE HAND — Drama
Logline: Elijah, a young 8-year-old boy becomes friends with Malaika, an elderly homeless woman in order to avoid going home to his estranged mother.

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Fifth Place Winner - Musa Jackson

THE GARDNER Drama
Logline: As new wealth and prosperity helps Harlem rise up from urban decay. One its long standing residents, a beloved elderly Harlem widow wrought with Alzheimer's descends into dementia as she waits for her grandson the doctor to rescue her.
 
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Sixth Place Winner - Kent Young

COOKIES — Drama/Comedy
Logline: Harry is either losing his mind, or falling in love.
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Seventh Place Winner - Meredith Rose

UNBROKEN FALL — Drama/War
Logline: A U.S. Army Captain Gabby Davis has worked hard to get to where she is. Now she has to use all her wits, imagination and years of training to navigate her platoon through hard lessons about honor and friendship, prejudice and trust, love, loss and betrayal, and, oh yeah, there's a war going on out there, too.

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Eighth Place Winner - Douglas Stark

NIGHT Supernatural
Logline: A newcomer to a senior facility meets residents crippled not only with the fear of dying, but a shadowy spirit who is stealing their souls.
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Ninth Place Winner - Diana Kemp-Jones

VOYEUR Film Noir
Logline: A loner dominated by his voyeuristic appetites descends into murder and madness.

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Tenth Place Winner - Lawrence Whiteside

AUTOMATA — Drama
Logline: A toy-maker is asked to make a mechanical sister for a little girl. He will find out the girl's father has more in mind for the toy than a companion for a lonely girl.

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Runners Up 11-16

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Reid Michael Goldberg

A SOLDIER'S PSYCHOSIS — Drama
Logline: Prepare for the dark side of warfare.
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Stuart Creque

BON VOYAGE, MR. HICKEY — Comedy/Erotic/Film Noir
Logline:
Mr. Hickey crossed the Mob. Now he's at his "Bon Voyage" party....
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Ralph Pritchard

NARROW ESCAPE — Romantic Comedy
Logline: Ralph and Jan are in a rut. They began, as most couples do, in deep, romantic love. Thirty years, three kids, two careers and one mortgage later, they’re finally alone in their “empty nest”, struggling to rekindle their romance. Ralph’s attempts at changing his couch potato ways and igniting passion into his marriage brings comedic, yet nearly tragic results.
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Michael Paul Stephenson

ORANGE — Drama/Supernatural
LoglineOrange follows a married couple’s attempt to conceive a baby, a pregnant young migrant worker struggling to survive and the old man that inadvertently brings them together in one unimaginable and heartbreaking moment.
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David Leon Todman

THE WOODMAKER'S DOLLS — Horror
LoglineWhen tragedy changes the life of one man, he is forced to find ways to cope with his problems. His everyday activities and job are focused on refilling what he has lost.
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Drew Miller

VINCENT'S EAR — Drama
Logline: When Vincent, resident window-painting artiste, mysteriously vanishes, Anthony, becomes the unwitting pupil, who must add his own finishing touches to an enchanted mural Vincent started.

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Runners Up 17-25

(in alphabetical order by title)

Bob Heske

FAT CLUB — Comedy
Logline: Two fat men go to a gentlemen’s club where shame and pain are the motivation for losing weight.
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Marcellus Thurman

THE FORTUNE TELLER — Supernatural
Logline: Can a Young Woman Save Her Future by Remembering Her Past?

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Lee Morton

A DOG’S LIFE — Dramatic Comedy
Logline: Never underestimate a woman's best friend.
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Dale Culpepper

THE RENDERING — Drama
Logline: The Rendering is the story of a man whose obsession with the vivid dreams he is having is beginning to take its toll on an already fragile marriage.

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Stanley Ray

PIGEON CAMERA — Drama
Logline: An estate sale curio reveals a dark secret in a young boy's family.
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Scott A. Magie

NO LIMIT: THE EXTREMELY SHORT STORY OF MY POKER CAREER  — Comedy
Logline:
As a kid, I had talent... lots of potential. I dreamed of the Olympics, or maybe the NFL, or maybe even Hollywood. But after failing miserably as a seafood waiter, I decided to take up Texas Hold'em to fund my unemployment.
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Taylor Gardner Jones

THE ELEPHANT ASSASSIN — Drama
Logline: Albert Fushen is the world’s foremost authority on Sydney Maine, one of America’s most mysterious writers. He is given the chance to meet Maine but all he sees is an old man in a wheelchair.
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Jeremy Montgomery

THE OIAD SHOW — Horror
Logline: Two characters from two different worlds search for someone called Oiad. Yet, the closer they get to their destination the more is revealed about Oiad and the characters disturbing relationship to whomever or whatever it is. 
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Hiroshi Nakajima

LILY — Love story/Romantic Comedy
Logline: A story of young girl, Lin, who firmly believes in a superstition that any man who gives her a lily on her 25th birthday will be the one she happily spends the rest of her life with.
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