Submerged
Lindsay is a teenage girl with a unique gift, but one that might literally be the death of her. In the small town of Willow Point, she discovers how evil can flourish in the commonest of places.
Submerged is a supernatural thriller. A feature length movie done in partnership with Dreams Unleashed. I wrote the script from a story by Ben McKenzie, who Directed the film. I also Co-Produced, was DOP, and am closely involved in Post Production.
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Mortal
Fools
When a group of friends get together for
a housewarming, the last thing they expect is an invasion
of invisible gatecrashers with the power to play cupid and
plenty of mischief in mind!
This is a low budget feature film which I have also Co-Produced and Directed. the film is complete and currently seeking distribution. For more visit
the
Mortal Fools web
site.
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Sugar
A
Black Comedy. Think Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Aussie
style (with less bloodshed and more fart jokes). Another short
film that grew into a feature. The short version was written and
produced for the 2004 Newcastle Shootout festival, and is being
entered into other festivals.
The
basic premise is that a couple have just shot a drug dealer in their
home, and have to decide what to do with the body.
The
feature version take this simple short and expands it with a large
cast of twisted characters and a comedy of errors that leads ultimately
to starting a gangland war. Another relatively low-budget film to produce
and some great bent characters.
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Storyteller
A
horror / thriller. Full length version of the short film I made a few years
back. A Screenwriter suffering from writer's block, suddenly 'finds'
a new villian and is able to write again. But this new villian begins
to take over the story, and it becomes a battle of wills just to stay
alive.
This
would be a relatively low budget feature to make, and a tour-de-force
for the lead actor playing two roles (the writer and the villian).
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The
Show Must Go On
A
movie musical. The story centres on the final week of rehearsal
as a small theatre company tries to stage a new musical.
Everything
seems to be going wrong. First they have to suddenly change venues
to a derelict old venue no-one has used in years, then their leading
lady walks out. And this is just within the first five minutes. But
the musical numbers, through the imagination of the Director,
look spectacular - If they ever get to opening night.
Most
of the action takes place in the theatre, with the Director as the central
character in what would be a toure-de-force for the actor playing the
role.
The
script is complete (second draft) and I have a fully produced demo
of all the songs.
This
script was selected as a finalist for the Newcastle Film Festvial
'Pitch-a-Script' 2004.
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The
Edge
Originally
written as 4 hour mini-series, this was condensed to a two hour screenplay.
It is set in the near future and concerns a brilliant, though socially
inept, University student. He is also a paraplegic in a wheelchair.
He
is building for himself a Virtual Reality machine and frequently enter
'VR' to escape the real world. But as the story progresses his VR world
starts to invade his dreams and his real life until it becomes impossible
to tell them apart.
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The
Downing Affair
A
political thriller that explores the criminal underworld of Sydney and
police and political corruption at all levels.
It
is the story of Bill Downing, Minister for Police in New South Wales,
and an active anti-corruption crusader. As a result of his stance his
young son is kidnapped. Unable to trust the police he enlists the aid
of a headstrong young reporter to help find his son.
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Return
of the Prophet
Based
on the novel, this is set in the future, in a society built up around
the myth and legend of the early 21st century prophet Tobias - the messiah
of our times - who was assassinated and cryogenically frozen.
In
this future several hundred years later, Tobianism is the ruling religion.
But all hell breaks loose when a team of revolutionary scientists manage
to revive the frozen body of Tobias. Trouble is, his reincarnated soul
is already reborn as a young man called Rene.
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