During one of the worst winters ever seen at the height of the Great Depression in 1933, a park employee's young boy discovers that Santa is locked out of Yellowstone National Park!
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
112pp
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
Everyone
Synopsis/Details
ON a wintry night out window-shopping after a meager meal with his parents who are Yellowstone Park employees, little Donald Fraser comes across the ultimate Christmas Present - a USS Wyoming Battleship Erector Set! But Jay Fraser, Donald's dad, who is a park ranger, knows they could never afford it, so he makes up an excuse on the spot. He informs Donald that Santa can't come into the park that year - the gates of Yellowstone are locked every night, and he's the one who locks them. NOW Jay Fraser has to get the buy-in from the other financially-strapped employees, and they all agree to forgo Christmas that year. No matter what the cost to his family and friends, Donald is determined to get Santa back into Yellowstone so he can get his beloved battleship. He conspires to come up with a plan with his two friends, Carrie and Melvin. But Donald's plans end up alienating his friends and threaten to take his dad's life after an avalanche. A remorseful Donald then mounts a campaign to bring Christmas and Santa back to the park - this time for all the right reasons. It's a campaign that goes all the way to the President. INSPIRED by the real-life story (rights secured) of young Donald Fraser, A Yellowstone Christmas revives the true Spirit of Christmas in the lives of the struggling families of Yellowstone National Park during the Depression. Just like the hard economic times of today, A Yellowstone Christmas calls on the goodwill of all as it climaxes in a truly heart-warming, Capra-esque ending.
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Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition - Semi-Finalist

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The Writer: Daniel Klein

Daniel Klein's A YELLOWSTONE CHRISTMAS was a semi-finalist in the Final Draft Big Break screenplay competition. Daniel's formal education in writing includes the prestigious University of Iowa Writers Workshop/Graduate Fiction as well as writing studies at the University of Missouri and the Kansas City Art Institute. Daniel has placed in literary competitions such as New Letters Literary Awards, Vocal Fictions Awards, and others. Klein got his start in Hollywood as a script reader for several production companies, most notably Propaganda Films and Rysher Entertainment. Daniel had been a teaching associate of Writers Guild-winner, the late Ken Rotcop, and his Professional Writer's Workshop… Go to bio
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