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Genre: Romance

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Title:  A Coincidental Endurance

Logline:  An endearing professor at a prestigious liberal arts college struggles to come to terms with the sudden death of his wife, who, he learns, was having an affair in the days before she died.

Synopsis:
Walter Burke has taken time off from his teaching to deal with his grief, and write his manuscript, “The Ethics of Love,” about the logic of the most mysterious emotion. During the last year-and-a-half, he has slowly come to terms with the death of his wife, resigned to never know with whom she had an intimate relationship, and often commiserating with his best friend, Boyd. As he prepares to return to teaching, an unexpected and passionate affair with the florist who arranges flowers for his wife’s grave stirs Walter’s neglected feelings for love. Yet as Walter tentatively pursues a new love, he discovers Boyd has his sights on her, too. He backs away, not wanting to hurt his friend. The lover’s triangle intensifies, however, when Walter discovers it was with Boyd whom his wife was having an affair. Feeling betrayed and bewildered, Walter can’t seem to trust anyone, including his own instincts about his desire to love and whether he will ever love again.

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Title:  Purple Dusk

Logline:  To renew contact with the girl of his dreams, Rex Ford blunders into a scheme to embezzle money from her husband''s bank.

Synopsis:
Rex is hopelessly in love with Sarah who, although in a troubled marriage, would rather just use him; not only to help husband Angus payoff his gambling debts, but to keep the bookies'' from making-good on their threats. Possessed of a single- mindedness, Rex obliges Sarah to whatever she wants, and the three enter into a high-stakes scheme of theft from the very bank that employs Angus.

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Title:  The girl with the broken smile

Logline:  Sofia is a 30 year old African American woman, who is surrounded with pain and loss from her past. James, a white man, comes into her life, when love is the last thing she wanted.

Synopsis:
With the help of her friend Isa, Sofia decides to make some changes in her life on New Year day (2008). Isa is an Arab man, whose face will not be revealed untill the end. While she is trying to take charge of her life, love happens. For Sofia, love and people is something that truly scares her, as they are not guaranteed to last. Whether she expected or asked for it, 2008 will be an eventful year for Sofia. This is a story about love, no matter the race, color or background.

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Title:  Fear Of Flying

Logline:  When a divorced, hard luck, traveling salesman falls for a vibrant young woman half his age, he must choose between his love for her and closing a deal with her father’s company.

Synopsis:
Larry is a 42 year old, divorced, down on his luck salesman. Theresa is a vibrant 22 year old beauty who loves fast cars and upside down margaritas. There is no way the two of them would ever get together – that is, until they meet on a plane and Larry, desperate not to show up single again for the boss’ party, asks her out. That she says yes is amazing. That they fall in love despite all of their differences is more than Larry could ever wish for - and he needs to determine if he''s willing to open up his heart one more time. At the same time he must overcome increasing pressure in the office, along with his mother, who is now dating a guy younger than Larry is. But will he sacrifice his relationship with Theresa to close the big deal with her father’s company?

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Title:  ZAPPED

Logline:  A niece and her aunt, whose marriages are in trouble, join their vocational forces to create a behavior modification chip (BMC) to save their marraiges.

Synopsis:
A young lady, Jewel, who works for a computer chip company, and her Aunt Vicki, who is a nurse, have marriages that started off wonderfully, but as time passes they end up married to alcoholics who are making their lives miserable. Jewel and Vicki get together and begin to scheme a way to modify their husbands’ behavior. Jewel creates a microchip (BMC, Behavior Modification Chip) with a microscopic viewer, as well as a “shock” effect, which can be inserted by a needle into the foreheads of their husbands. Vicki obtains the medical knowhow and surgical needles. When the time is right, Vicki inserts the microchip into the needle, and inserts the microchip into the medically-sound spot of the forehead on each of their passed out husbands. While their husbands are “out on the town,” the two ladies can see and hear everything their husbands are doing. With their hand-held control (Zapper), they can “zap” their husbands at will.

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Title:  My Bully''s Sister

Logline:  A guy seeks revenge on a bully by seducing his sister.

Synopsis:
After barely surviving childhood bully days, Ryan has created a new image for himself as a womanizer and finally has the perfect plan to get back at Bumpy, his former tormentor: hook up with Bumpy''s ravishing sister Megan, and then dump her so Bumpy can pick up the pieces. But what Ryan doesn''t know is that Megan has her own personal score to settle… I''m a young, hard working and very dedicated writer. I''ve written and completed over 20 scripts of different genres. Two of my scripts are currently in pre-production in South Africa. I''m working with Bridget Pickering, she was South African co-producer of the Oscar nominated Hotel Rwanda. More information available at: http://www.fireworxmedia.co.za/team/bridget.htm

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Title:  The King of Broken Hearts

Logline:   Logline: A female journalist is assigned to research a new internet sensation called the “Broken Heart Gram” and the man behind the idea.

Synopsis:
The story centers on an uptight journalist whose assignment is to write an article about a new sensation that has hit the marketplace called the Broken Heart Gram. When a person has been on the wrong side of a broken relationship, they now can send their former significant other a Broken Heart Gram which contains a black or red rose as well as a clay heart broken in half. Bill McDonald’s business is an unexpected success, and catches the attention of a major woman’s magazine. They send one of their best reporters to interview Bill McDonald and write a feature article about the dubious achievement. Penny Meyers,a seasoned journalist tries to keep her personal cynicism and her own romantic troubles aside. Penny is also under pressure from her publisher to get the dirt on Bill McDonald. The story takes a life of its own as she discovers his secrete and attempts to mend his fractured relationship while jeopardizing her own, and her job.

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Title:  The Plan

Logline:  Coincidences abound when a young woman saves the life of a familiar, famous stranger.

Synopsis:
At eighteen, Tess Clark is certain she controls her destiny. Volunteering at the hospital, she briefly meets Jack, a handsome, witty writer recovering from an accident. Although they have instant chemistry, they go their separate ways. Seven years later, their lives have dramatically changed. Jack is a famous actor while Tess, coping with the loss of her husband, teaches Kindergarten. Their paths collide when Tess discovers a car accident and saves the life of an unconscious Jack. Overwhelmed and shaken by the coincidence, Tess remains anonymous and leaves the hospital. Determined to meet the woman who saved him, Jack appears in Tess’ life and an unlikely friendship is formed. The romantic tension builds as they verbally spar through amusing texts, phone calls and coincidental meetings. When a shocking secret from Jack''s past is revealed, they discover their pasts were more entwined than they knew. Life takes you where you are meant to go, with or without a plan.

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Title:  Lost Love in Paris

Logline:  A character driven romantic comedy about two new york souls who chase the fate of love.

Synopsis:
A life changing event involving Donald Strump opens the door for pathetic Michael to pursue his dream of being an artist in Paris. Escaping a nagging mom to marry, a life of idiotic routines, and never falling in love, Michael now has a second chance to fulfill his dreams. Then we have basketcase Elaine, whom can never forgive her ex-fiancee for cheating on her the night before their wedding. After 3 years of all work and no men, Elaine''s psychologist orders her to go all alone to a foreign country and fall in love with her innerself. Her destination is Paris...although the last thing upon her heart was meeting a man...

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Title:  Heart on Fire

Logline:  Set against the Red Bull air race series a young American pilot find his passion, comes to terms with his past and discovers love like no other.

Synopsis:
Ethan Nolan a young cocky race plane pilot in the Red Bird air race series, crashes at the end of his first season and survives. Ethan and his team claw their way back competing in the next years’ series against friends, foes and their past. The action of the Red Bird air race series takes Ethan Nolan, his new girl friend Daava Penning, his crotchety crew chief Max Freemont and the rest of his team to San Diego, Tucson Az., Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Lisbon Portugal. Along the way, Ethan discovers that he is competing with his past, an obsessive competitor that has ties to his past, and the love of his life. Struggling to finish the series and win a world championship, Ethan finds that passion triumphs over obsession.

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Title:  If I can make it there...

Logline:  British teacher Scott, went to Hollywood to chase his dream. What he didn''t know was he was about to begin another journey more far reaching than he''d originally bargained for.

Synopsis:
Scott Readman, teacher and thirtysomething singleton from England, has had enough of the day to day, facing off demanding bosses and lazy teenagers. The British weather, the distinct lack of romance in his life and a bank account he''s got nothing to do with except buy his dopey friend Jim endless mid week pints, is really getting him down. So, one Easter, Scott sets off for Los Angeles in search of all that''s missing in his life back home. He only has two weeks to convince tinsel town they want him to stay forever. If he makes it there, he''s not going back to school ever again...

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Title:  A Wilderness of Voices

Logline:  When a woman celebrity comes across a perfect man, she is overcome with joy but she has to choose between her career and the man.

Synopsis:
A Wilderness of Voices is a gripping story of Rickie who falls in love with a Supermodel. He uses letters, cards, flowers and gifts as a means of communication since he does not want to be labeled a stalker. His love for the Supermodel inspires him to become a poet and she gets overjoyed upon receiving his poems. He reaches out to her Booking Agent to make sure the Supermodel is receiving everything. The Supermodel gets overwhelmed with his devotion and dedication that she decides she cannot lose him at any cost. She uses the phone as a means to communicate with him (besides the media) but things turn around when her 22nd Birthday comes along. That is when Rickie realizes he has become the hunted. He feels trapped and wants to get out but doesn''t know how. Eventually, he does with a little bit of ingenuity.

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Title:  BAD BOYS OF SOUTH FLORIDA OR BAD BOYS BAD GIRLS

Logline:   This is MAN''S sex & the city.It''s about men''s attitudes on dating&sex with women''s behavior''s today.Dramatic internet dates are viewed showing the lifetyles of boca,& s.beach people.

Synopsis:
Dramatic sexy stories of the attitudes men and women have on the internet dating scene.Millionaire Match.com, plenty of fish.com, Match.com reality dates showing who does what to who, and the passion,self interests,desires, lust,golddigging and all the truth of todays single lifestyles.Shot in boca ft.lauderdale andpalmbeach,as well as the rich and famous ski resorts and the bahama''s. the couples that make it can be followed into a newlywed series and both can be transitioned into movies. Intensely and seriously better than other show like it! Today''s men and women searching for fun,money,sex,excitement,pleasure,security,and the rare possibility of LOVE.Who gets married,murdered,who''s using who? A shrink is ulilized to show all of us, our own ways of living and teaches us all to view issues we rarely stop to feel or ponder upon. So hmmmmm?? What will the women feel ? What will the men say about the personalities they see? It''s hot & filled with new actors.What will the normals say?

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Title:  It''s Belissimo

Logline:  Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy loses girl because of peculiar family secret. Boy finds a way to win girl back.

Synopsis:
In this time that we are living in there are two things that are true. The first thing being that life according to the news is depressing. The second thing being that a good film has the ability to restore lost hope. And hope is something that is needed in this time of economic struggle. My screenplay has the potential to be the type of film that can bring hope to our generation. Nicole is a recent college graduate who is ambivalent about her future. All she knows is that she wants to sing. But she is too scared to live her dream until she meets Giovanni. Giovanni is a music virtuoso visting from Italy, who is also ambivalent about his future. When Giovanni meets Nicole, he offers to teach her to sing, and by doing so, he brings Nicole and himself back to life. Nicole and Giovanni fall in love, but their love is never realized because of the other life that Giovanni is destined to live in Italy causes the demise of what would be. Giovanni overcomes the obstacles to win Nicole.

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Title:  Tangled Hearts

Logline:  Aidan, a young bachelor with a promising mortgage business partners with Nadia, a 40 year old gold digger. Heavy drinking, business woes and a shared denial of romance, creates an odd pair.

Synopsis:
AIDAN, a 28 year old playboy who drinks a lot, has a promising mortgage business and loves the single life. NADIA, a 40 year old gold digger who married men for their money in the past, also drinks too much and values her independence. When they meet, Nadia uses her powers of seduction to convince Aidan to bring her into his business. The more time the two spend together, the more attracted they become to one another. They begin using pet names, speaking in romantic baby talk and having sex in public places, all while continuing to drink in excess. Aidan fears losing his freedom as a bachelor and resists the notion that he has fallen love. Nadia fears she has lost sight of her financial reasons for tangling with Aidan and she, too, resists the idea of love. As the mortgage industry collapses, money begins to run out and their jobs become less and less stable. Feelings of love collide with self-preservation instincts and a new chapter of their life together begins.

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Title:  213 Melissa

Logline:  After raising his daughter by himself, Scott Brooks loses her in a tragic car accident. Can beautiful Melissa put his life back together or is it the love of another little girl?

Synopsis:
After divorcing, Scott Brooks loses his daughter in a tragic car accident. Emotionally distraught,he loses his job and goes to work as a Sales Counselor at the cemetery where Heather is buried. He meets Melissa who is going through a divorce and having emotional issues of her own. They connect but the timing isn't right and she drifts away. Feeling lonelier than ever, Scott leaves the cemetery and the city and becomes a Fire Fighter in Atlanta where he carries Sophie Tolliver out of a burning building. The smiling eight-year-old fills a void for Scott but had he seen "signs" that meant his relationship with Melissa was a matter of fate? 213 Melissa is a story of love, loss, laughter, redemption and heroes.

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Title:  Frozen Icons

Logline:  Terry Fosco thought she was in control of everything; but falling in love with your sperm donor is about as chaiotic as it gets. Frozen Icons: a dyslexic love story.

Synopsis:
FROZEN ICONS, a romantic comedy, begins with Terry Fosco, a successful political cartoonist, "stalking" George Riani, a New York opthalmologist through the streets of Manhattan. George, confronts Terry and learns that, ten years prior, she purchased his semen from a sperm bank and gave birth to his two children. Terry has sought George out to acquire another donation to to conceive a third child. George refuses, but riddled with curiosity, agrees to visit Terry and her two children in Chicago. The two end up dating and making love. Several mornings later, George abruptly ends the relationship when he finds Terry's ovulation test in the bathroom. Feeling used as a "stud service" George returns to New York wounded and angry, but he longs for his newly found children. After many futile attempts to attain Terry's permission to visit the children, George sues her for joint custody in an unprecidented case. After several unpredictable and hysterical turns in action, love prevail

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Title:  DASHED DREAMS

Logline:  Small town doctor meets top country entertainer, a whirlwind romance follows. His drinking becomes a problem and heartbreak occurs. Months later, they're thrown together at their friend's wedding.

Synopsis:
My mother and her mother often spoke about dashed dreams. In my youth I questioned the phrase several times, but never got an answer as to what it was; I had to find out for myself. Small town Nevada Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Jillian James and her two best friends travel to Seattle on holiday. They attend a country-music concert; a note is sent from backstage and Jillian meets Robert John Montgomery (RJ),top country entertainer. She refuses his offer to spend the evening with him. Later, telling her friends, she has her life and doesn't want his. For months, a whirlwind courtship happens, but Jillian is concerned with his drinking. RJ claims it's not a problem. During a visit to his parent's Iowa farm, RJ is hospitalized overnight then admitted to a treatment center. Heartbroken, Jillian breaks their engagment. After three months later, they are thrown together. Later, they are married on Lake Tahoe. Life's not Dashed Dreams, but Dreams Dashing to become reality.

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Title:  For Two

Logline:  A couple blinded by love learns to accept that their paths must diverge through the wisdom--and love--of a skeptical columnist who has been secretly writing about their relationship for three years.

Synopsis:
Jamie Nelson attends to Michelle Miller's every need, and that's the way she likes it. Neither pays the inequality much mind; it's in the name of love, after all. Nikki Janes, the love-skeptic author of a relationship column in a popular Chicago magazine, was inspired by the couple's daily coffee dates. She has secretly spent the past three years telling their tale in her column, both the ups, and as of recently, the downs. One fateful day, in need of rescue, Jamie meets Nikki. Before long, Nikki finds herself involved, Jamie finds himself in love, and Michelle finds herself in fear of losing the love she took for granted. Through the wisdom in her column and her passion for life, Nikki opens their eyes to the love they had and lost, and opens their hearts--maybe even her own--to the possibility that true love awaits every soul. It just might be worth fighting for. "Dessert is meant for two. That said; I hope you all find somebody to share with." - N. Janes, final column

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Title:  Petals of the Midnight Rose

Logline:  John and Lynn meet on a Mexican beach. They seem to know each other. They become involved in a tender love affair filled with mystery and healing in this lifetime and lives past.

Synopsis:
The morning of his first dan in Mexican coastal town for cancer treatment John passes Lynn, an Asian lady, walking on the beach. They mysteriusly recognize each other. They come to believe they have known each other in a former lifetime, but a darkness haunts them. A blurred nightmare returns for John, reflecting an experience in Vietnam when he shot a young woman a Viet Cont machine gunner was using for protection. Lynn discovers she is a healer, giving care to John in their love making. She never stays the nignt and is seen entering the sea nude to return to land in the morning. Lynn disappears as John's treatment ends. He searches for her, discovering that a woman answering Lynn's description entered the water, not to return, weeks before John's arrival. Five years later, John returns, writes his love story to his children, goes to the water, undresses as Lynn emerges to take his hand. They enter the water. Two butterflies rise into the morning sun.

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Title:  Paternity Leave

Logline:  Jack doesn’t want the baby – just the time off.

Synopsis:
Ad exec Jack Hadley's fed up. Dozens of his co-workers go on paid paternity leave, leaving Jack with all of their work. He decides that he, too, wants to take paternity leave. So with help from a friend, he devises a plan to convince his employer that he's becoming a daddy. Enter the distractions: Merri, Jack's beautiful new boss, and Bell Baby Products, a bothersome new advertising campaign that Jack now has to lead. But babies aren't Jack's thing. He's the sports advertising guru, for god's sake. So while he's falling for Merri personally, he's falling from her graces professionally. And bigger obstacles arise: an obsessed, mostly-out-of-work actress turns on him; a money-laundering mobster wants him dead; and a militant sorority sister becomes hell-bent on taking him down. In the end, Jack faces three dilemmas: being exposed as a fraud, being "offed" by the mob, and losing the woman he loves. And all because he wanted a little time off. Go figure.

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Title:  Waltzing Emily

Logline:  Emily’s ordinary existence is no competition for her fantasy life, but when true love comes her way, these two worlds collide to give “reality” a whole new meaning.

Synopsis:
Emily is dreading her 30th birthday. Unable to hold a job, lose weight or keep a man, her life is no match for her two wildly successful sisters – Tracy and Lila – and sex-crazed mother. The only escape from her dreary routine is her lush fantasy life of captivating a room at a 1920’s speakeasy or having an all-consuming romance a la “Like Water For Chocolate.” When Adam, a charming schoolteacher, moves into her run-down NYC walkup, Emily braces herself for a leap of faith, hoping real life will finally surpass her fantastical daydreams. But jealousy over Lila’s engagement to Nathan drives her to muse about a steamy love affair with the gorgeous fiancé. While Emily grapples with the guilt of having thoughts of such betrayal, her dueling worlds meld further and further into one confusing existence. Just as she is about to come clean, she learns that her sisters’ lives are not as perfect as they seem, between Tracey’s unwanted pregnancy and Lila’s failing grades at law school.

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Title:  Movie Love

Logline:  Average Joe is doting on a movie star. Using an old school friend he is even able to get to know the star but recognizes real love in his friend.

Synopsis:
In this romantic movie about people in their thirties average Joe is doting on a star. In funny daydreams he is planning on how to meet her best. At the end he is using an old school friend and he is even able to get to know and date her privately. But getting closer and closer to his 'movie love' he recognizes real love in his old school friend. WGA Registration Number 1171911 Since I had to give a face to the star I chose Ms. Aniston since she would perfectly represent a known and admired star by the target group. However, it also could be any well known actress. Please respond to rowagr@web.de Sincerely,

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Title:  FROZEN ICONS

Logline:  Terry Fosco thought she could plan and control everything, but falling in love with your sperm donor is as out of control as it gets; Frozen Icons, a deslecsic love story.

Synopsis:
Terry Fosco, a successful and attractive political cartoonist is "stalking" George Riani, a New York opthalmologist through the streets of Manhattan. George, knowing he is being followed, confronts Terry and learns that ten years prior when George was in medical school, she purchased his semen from a sperm bank and gave birth to his two children. Terry has sought out George because she wishes to obtain another donation from George and conceive a third child. George refuses but, riddled with curiousity, agrees to visit Terry and her two children at their home in Chicago. The two end up dating and making love. Several mornings after their first sexual encounter, George abruptly ends the relationship when he finds Terry's home ovulation test in the bathroom. George returns to New York anry but longing for his newfound children. He ends up sueing Terry for joint custody in a case that baffles the New York family courts. The subplots are funny and the ending is happy.

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Title:  It''s All In the Vision WGA 830166

Logline:  When a crazy psychic reads the future of a snooty-rich boy, she sees a vision of herself marrying him.

Synopsis:
Psychic Sonya Bruschette needs her holiday to Mexico to happen sooner rather than later. Her neurotic spirit, who has been assigned to help her with her readings, and her crazy mother, a divorced sex-crazed older woman, are driving her insane. Sonya takes on one last client for some extra cash. When she does the reading for soon-to-be-married-snotty James Petrie something totally unexpected happens. She sees a vision of herself marrying James. She faints. For some stupid reason, even though Sonya knows everything happens for a reason, she runs into James in awkward places. Like the Bingo Hall. And on the plane when she is flying to Mexico. When Sonya is in Mexico, James''s Gran goes missing. James loves his Gran and will do anything to find her. Even contact psychic Sonya. Sonya flies home to help James. As they work together to find Gran they fall in love. They get married in the ceremony Sonya saw In the Vision.

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Title:  You Can''t Hide From Love

Logline:  Twenty years later, Samantha is on a quest to find her high school sweetheart. He''s changed a bit.

Synopsis:
Samantha, a thirty something woman in a mid-western town is dumped for the last time. she seeks the one person that made her feel happy, her high school sweetheart, only to find he''s a Presbyterian minister. With help from her dysfunctional family and her daughter, she must confront her true desires and her faith. "You Can''t Hide From Love" is a romantic comedy for the whole family. The lead character, Samantha, is a strong female protagonist. This is one of three scripts I have to offer. "The Blue Tomato" and "Casanova of Cleveland" are also available for your viewing. Please feel free to contact me at the information below. Sincerely, Jeff Ringgold WGA#: 1093162

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Title:  2nd Guessing

Logline:  Thirty years later,a funeral reunites the high school super jock and the homecoming queen bringing back lost memories of burning passion and guilt-ridden heartache.

Synopsis:
Larry and Diane had an on and off relationship in high school.It ends abrubtly when Diane visits Larry at college and he decides they lose their virginity.She feels it''s date rape.Diane settles in Asia where she marries Jon,a slick businessman. Larry spends his entire career as an accountant at the local bank playing second fiddle to his high powered executive wife Helen.Years later Diane returns home for her mother''s funeral.A sentimental Larry pays his respects.Emotions take over and they spend days catching up. Diane recounts the night at college and finds Larry had blacked out from drinking and had no recollection of the event.He feels shame but she foregives.They make love and start to plan the rest of their lives together.Jon appears after having embezellement charges dropped.Helen''s promoton out of town falls through.Larry and Diane must make a choice. WGA Registration # I38026

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Title:  Katella

Logline:  In order to hatch from her egg into the heavens and avoid being cast into hell, the angel Katella must complete the impossible task of finding the perfect mate for her pet man.

Synopsis:
In this romantic comedy, angels exist simultaneously in multi dimensions. The script is set several thousand years in the future where angels live in perfect harmony with mankind on the new earth. To angels, humans make great pets, but their love for humans is often misinterpreted. And so it is for heaven’s newest angel, Katella. In a higher dimension she has yet to hatch from her egg into the heavens, but on the new earth, the shell of her egg manifests itself as pride and in order for her to hatch, her pride must be broken and she must complete the impossible task of finding the perfect mate for her pet man, King Avian. Katella believes she has found the right woman, but King Avian is in love with Katella and happy with how things are. A trip to hell is necessary for King Avian to let go of a past love and Katella only has 24 hours left to complete her task or she becomes a rotten egg and is cast out of the heavens to hell with Satan and the rest of the fallen angels.

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Title:  He's the One

Logline:  Christopher finds out his best friend, Jenna, has become a surrogate mother. Then he finds himself falling in love with the man Jenna''s having the child for--a guy who drives him crazy.

Synopsis:
After a certain age, Christopher believes, a man can have a partner or a career, but he can''t have both. When his best friend, JENNA, becomes a surrogate mother for her friend, PARKER, Christopher has met his match. While supporting his best friend through her pregnancy, he finds himself falling in love with Parker who represents the opposite of everything he''s so far believed in the course of his life. Despite their initial dislike and differences, the two men begin to fall in love. At first Jenna is happy, but then as the men''s relationship deepens and the arrival of the baby comes nearer, Jenna freaks out and develops health issues related to stress. When Christopher recognizes that his best friend''s health and that of his lover''s baby are in jeopardy because of his relationship, he is forced with a heartbreaking choice.

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Title:  Broken Promise

Logline:  After unkowingly starring in a sex video while intoxicated, a fading pop singer returns to her small town Pennsylvania roots where she discovers a lost love and finds the road to redemption.

Synopsis:
At 17, Jamie and Bryan were in love and spent their summers together at a small country lake in Pennsylvania. She became a pop superstar and Bryan was an aspiring writer with dreams of greatness. The love struck teens made a promise to one another that no matter the future holds, they would always return to the lake to see each other - a promise Jamie breaks. Ten years later, Jamie is an alcoholic, the star of a sex video, and struggling to save her career. Bryan is a bitter frustrated writer working at a cell phone store and a widower trying to raise his 8 year old daughter, Katie. Trying to start her life over, Jamie returns back home and is reunited with Bryan for the first time since leaving him behind. He hates what Jamie has become and is still bitter over her broken promise and jealous of her success. Jamie befriends Katie who helps her find herself again, rediscover her true music, and become the kind of person Bryan can love all over again.

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Title:  LOVE IN THE TIME OF TERROR

Logline:   Wes, an American, and Hayaam, a Muslim, overcome the objections of parents and friends and the post-9/11 climate of fear and prejudice to explore their growing love for one another.

Synopsis:
Wes and Hayaam (a Muslim) meet during the tragedy of September 11, both in the same tower at the time. Meeting again on campus at NYU, where both are students, they begin having coffee together, taking walks, talking and sharing, and slowly become romantically interested in one another. But all their friends and family are against the relationship. A crisis is reached when Hayaam's father arrives from Indonesia and is temporarily detained as a suspected terrorist. He vows to pull Hayaam out of school and take her home. Hayaam is equally determined to spend her last night with Wes. A confrontation at the airport leads to an ending just short of tragic -- and in the end, their future remains possible. Charles Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University. He is the author of PRACTICAL SCREENWRITING (Focus Publishing, 2005).

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Title:  PERFECT MATE

Logline:  A lonely, frustrated, software mogul, develops a computer program to create his perfect mate.

Synopsis:
ROGER BATES, a thirty something, somewhat nerdy, billionaire, has had it with unrewarding blind dates, dating services, online matching services, bachelor auctions, singles bars, and gold diggers. In desperation, he creates his perfect mate by developing an ingenious artificial intelligence software program. Bates becomes obsessed with his “virtual girl,” JACQUELINE. She’s beautiful, highly intelligent, witty, easy to converse with, loves show tunes, Gershwin, his favorite movie, “Gone With The Wind,” and even plays golf. Bates’ obsession leaves him more frustrated than before so he launches a national advertising campaign, camouflaging it as a public relations promotion for his company Bates Software, Inc., to find the real Jacqueline…if she even exists.

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Title:  Eureka!

Logline:  British actor Michael Cox conceals his identity when arriving in a small resort town in Arkansas. Little does he know this secret could cost him the only woman he has ever truly loved.

Synopsis:
EUREKA Synopsis Miranda Garrison is a divorced woman in her early 40’s. She owns her own shop in the Victorian resort town of Eureka Springs, AR. Although she is attractive, she does not conform to the media’s image of beauty. She is a woman over forty with a real woman’s body. She’s kind, funny, and open but due to her past experiences, she does not readily trust men and she is resolved to spend the rest of her life alone never making the mistake of letting someone into her heart again. British movie star, Michael Cox, arrives home in London from location in Australia to find his young wife in bed with the director of his last film. Without confronting them, Michael returns to the airport where he makes a decision to travel to America to the Eureka Springs, AR, where his next movie is to be filmed in four months. Upon arriving in Eureka Springs, Michael finds that neither the residents nor the tourist recognize him as Mickey Cox the movie star. After not being able to even have dinner in peace in London due to his fame, he finds this fascinating and appealing. He soon meets Randa and her dog Bronte. Randa owns a retail shop in town and has an apartment to rent above the shop. Without revealing who he is, he takes a job in her shop and rents the apartment. Although Randa is wary at first, they become fast friends. Randa finds herself sharing all her thoughts as well as her dream of purchasing the old Victorian estate called Bellwood outside of town. Michael also opens up to Randa about how he thinks and feels about everything, but he manages to avoid the subject of his life back in London as well as the fact that he is still married. He knows he should tell her, but is enjoying building a relationship with a woman who likes him for who he really is and not some image on a screen. Ultimately, they fall in love and both are happier than they have ever been in their lives. There bliss is short lived when Michael’s wife shows up in Eureka Springs and tells Randa about who Michael is and the fact that he is married. Randa is devastated and feels once again she has been deceived and used by a man. She cuts Michael off, banishing him from the shop, the apartment and her life. Not knowing what else to do, Michael leaves to go back to London to file for divorce. Before leaving, he writes a letter to Randa explaining how sorry he is, that he is in love with her and begs her forgiveness and that if he does not hear from her, he must assume that she is not willing to forgive him. He lays the letter on the end table by the sofa in his apartment he has rented above her shop thinking she will soon find it. As he leaves the apartment, he slams the door and the wind catches the letter and it quietly slips onto the floor out of sight between the sofa and table. Eventually the shooting of Michael’s film in Eureka Spring arrives. Never reading or even knowing about the letter, Randa refuses to speak with Michael when he is there making the film. Randa does not find the letter until six months later when she goes to prepare the apartment for a new boarder. After finding the letter she decides to go to London to find Michael. When approaching his apartment in a taxi, she sees another cab pull up ahead of hers. A woman steps out, Michael opens the door of his flat and runs to meet the woman, grabbing her up in his arms smiling. Unaware the woman is Michael’s cousin returning from Sydney after a long absence, Randa is heart broken and decides to return to America without seeing him. Michael now divorced and after months of miscommunications and misunderstanding,Michael finds a way to bring them back together. Randa receives an invitation to Bellwood, her dream home, which she has heard has been sold and restored by its new owner. Upon arriving at Bellwood, she finds it furnished and decorated exactly as she had described it to Michael the last time they were there. Michael enters the room and hands her the deed to Bellwood with her name on it. He is the one who bought it and restored it for Randa. All is forgiven and they begin their life together.

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