A man diagnosed with a terminal illness makes a drastic decision.
Type:
Short
Status:
Available for Free
Page Count:
5pp
Genre:
Drama
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Copyright Details:
Copyright is owned by the writer, Gary Howell.
Synopsis/Details
This is a short film written for, and ultimately winning, a One Week Challenge on Simply Scripts. The parameters of the challenge was that it had to be 5 pages or less and the theme was that it had to be based on a song title. It is set in Las Vegas, where Joe Ferguson is presented with a terminal cancer diagnosis. Given his situation, and current state in life, he makes the decision to sell all his assets and risk everything he owns on one hand of blackjack. This could be filmed on a small budget by a very creative director using stock film footage of Vegas and utilizing tight indoor shots.

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Submitted: 2023-Sep-21
Last Updated: 2023-Oct-16
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The Writer: Gary Howell

I'm an attorney by trade, but a writer at heart. I have written several shorts, and I am currently involved with a feature that I have worked on the past year that is now in development, with an Australian director at the helm. I have had three short films produced, "Country Road 12" that stars Dee Wallace ("E.T.", "Poltergeist"), "Skip," and "Study Date." I also acted as an executive producer on a short, "Clean Slate." I have also co-written one dramedy, "The Journeyers", that was optioned with Josh Monkarsh of Traffic City Productions, and is in development. I have one drama pilot, "Bounty," about a Texas bounty hunter, which recently had a table read done by television actors, and is in… Go to bio
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