Dead Guy Days by Jake Mynatt | Script Revolution

Dead Guy Days

To pay back a debt, a grieving husband transports a mobsters fugitive son across the country. When they cross paths with a corrupt small town cop, they're blackmailed into carrying out a robbery.

Type:

  • Feature

Status:

  • For sale
Page Count: 
99pp

Genre:

  • Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Budget:

  • Independent

Age Rating:

  • 17+
Synopsis/Details: 

Mike's a 28-year-old widower in Chicago. His wife was murdered and he was nearly killed in a home invasion.
Now broken and addicted to drugs, he's reaching out to the mafia to have his wife's killer murdered in prison.

Antonio is the 19-year-old son of mob boss Angelo Iovanelli. One night, Antonio and his boyfriend Hernan are brutally attacked by bikers. Antonio gets bloody revenge against the bikers and now he's got to leave town.

Mike, now on his way to Colorado to start his life over, is offered the chance to have his revenge carried out if he secretly transports Antonio out of Chicago.

On the way to their destination, Mike and Antonio are captured by Blaylock, a corrupt cop with a plan to rob an armored car during the annual Frozen Dead Guy Days festival in Nederland, Colorado. Facing prison and the wrath of the mob, Mike and Antonio have no choice but to go along with the plan. And everything goes violently wrong.

All Accolades & Coverage: 
Shore Scripts 2018 Feature Quarter-Finalist Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest (2018) - Quarter-Finalist (Top 200) Script Summit Screenplay Competition Official Selection (2019) Scriptapalooza - Quarter-finalist (2019)
Submitted: August 2, 2018
Last Updated: February 23, 2023

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The Writer: Jake Mynatt
"Back Issues" Shore Scripts - Shore Script TV Pilot Contest - Semi-Finalist - (2016) Talentville - Script of the Month - Silver Medal - (August 2016) Cinequest Screenplay Competition - Teleplay (30 Minutes) - Top 50 - (2018) "Dead Guy Days" Shore Scripts Feature Contest - Quarter-finalist - (2018) Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest - Quarter-finalist - (2018) Script Summit Screenplay Competition Official Selection (2019) Scriptapalooza - Quarter-finalist (2019) "The Grind" ScriptXpert Script Search - Asylum - Finalist Screencraft Comedy Screenplay Competition - Quarter-finalist - (2016) "Hipster and the Schoolgirl" Amazon Studios - Finalist - (August 2011) Amazon Studios - Semi-... Go to bio

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