Runs Like a Gazelle
Type:
- Feature
Status:
- For sale
Page Count:
109pp
Genre:
- Comedy, Family
Budget:
- Independent
Logline:
Athletics staff at a small mid-West college recruit a jolly ex-Eastern Bloc coach passed over by everybody else to train a fleet-of-foot deliveryman from the poor side of town for a big State track meet.
Synopsis/Details:
"Runs Like a Gazelle" is a fictional story in the vein of "Rocky" or "The Karate Kid", but without the fights, and with a cute romance. The sport in question is the 100 meter sprint.
Oh, and you might as well throw in a little bit of "It's a Wonderful Life", because one of the underlying themes is "volunteerism" and strangers who offer a helping hand. I think it's about time a movie was made about those amazing people, don't you?! Certainly, my protagonist, Donnie Lopez - for all the effort he puts out and all the troubles he surmounts - wouldn't get too far without a little help!
If you'd like to view the script or synopsis for this fun and uplifting modest-budgeted 4-quad story, which has a wide assortment of characters to broaden its appeal, I look forward to sending the PDFs to you. (Also available as Pilot + Episode One)
Producers: Please contact the author for the PDFs, or preview at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U92BJ2
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The Writer: Steve Garry
I wrote my first screenplay in 2008, at the age of 52. It was a surprise, yet predicable too, for composition was my favorite subject in my earliest years of elementary school. But somewhere between the ages of 10 and 52, I must have felt that writing wasn't a serious or possibly an attainable career. My writing methodology is unique because I use many of the same skills I used for decades as a software programmer. The stories must be both "logical" and "bug free". Oh, and hopefully, thought-provoking, entertaining, suspenseful, or humorous, often in the same script, with captivating characters and story lines, especially given the complex themes I often take on in my work. From satire to... Go to bio
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Lawyer: William Archer
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