After finding a million dollar opal, a struggling miner and her brother must escape their isolated outback mine and evade cut-throat thieves, who are hellbent on stealing the opal and ending their lives.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
85pp
Genre:
Thriller
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Copyright Details:
I hold the copyright.
Synopsis/Details

Approximately 250,000 to 1.5 million open and hidden mine-shafts surround the mining town of Coober Pedy, South Australia. Mine fields stretch for hundred of miles in each direction.

Partly underground, Coober Pedy is a weird place that’s dangerous A.F.

"Like RESERVOIR DOGS meets ACE IN THE HOLE, OPAL is an epitome of a revisionist western." (Blacklist 8 Reviewer).

*Blacklist 8 script*, however that's an expensive journey so it is currently not hosted there. I've revised and polished the script since then, personally I think it's much stronger now.

I hope you enjoy this journey.

QF - Page international Screenwriting awards (2022). Semi Finalist Gold Coast International Film Festival (2022).

All Accolades & Coverage

Blacklist 8. The script has since been polished and is greatly improved. The script is no longer on the Blacklist as that gets expensive quickly.

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Submitted: 2022-Jan-05
Last Updated: 2023-Jul-03
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The Writer: Nick Philippa

Hi, I'm an Army veteran and an Australian creative. SMOKESCREEN, a WW1 script of mine, made the ScriptShadow Secrets Mega Showdown Top 4 in 2025. https://scriptshadow.net/mega-showdown-finalist-4-smokescreen/ OPAL scored a Blcklst 8 (top 3.5% of screenplays on the site, from both amateurs and pros). I'm fortunate to be mentored by Nicky Weinstock, Dominic Morgan (Scriptfella), and Philip Tarl Denson. Thank you. I've read a bunch of screenplay books and my personal favourites are ScriptShadow Secrets and Pilar Alessandra's Coffee Break Screenwriter. I'm fortunate to have the incredibly talented Entertainment Lawyer, Jay Johnson on my team. You may DM at your leisure, I'll try to get to any… Go to bio
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