The Day Hondo Found That Rare Bottle of Wine at Sullivan's Tap & Eating Establishment by Mike Murphy

The discovery of a 200-year-old bottle of wine sets two pompous rival wine lovers against each other to possess it.

Type:

Short

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

37pp

Genre:

Comedy, Family

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

13+

Based On:

My audio script.

Synopsis/Details:

When a two-hundred-year-old bottle of wine is discovered in a Boston bar, two pompous wine lovers are willing to pay any price to acquire it. They may have reached the limits of their tolerance though when the bar's owner decides that the bottle will go to the man who is best able to lessen the load of a newly widowed friend and customer. Showing kindness to others is new to them, and their actions soon go overboard. The owner changes his mind and says that the wine will only be available to either man after they learn to get along - which will not be easy for these two competitive souls.

Story & Logistics

Story Conclusion:

Surprise Twist

Linear Structure:

Linear

Cast Size:

Several

Locations:

Few

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Male Middle Aged, Male over 45

Advanced

Subgenre:

Family, Social-Class

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Time of Year:

Spring

Relationship Topics:

Jealousy

Submitted: April 30, 2019

Last Updated: October 16, 2024

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The Writer: Mike Murphy

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories. A more complete list of awards is presented below by year. In 2025, his TV pilot script Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator was a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 9). In the same year, Mike's screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the 2025 New York International Screenplay Awards. In 2020, his screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the Unique Voices Screenplay... Go to bio