2003 Semi-Finalists

In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the first round, every script is read by three judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings move into the second round, or the Semi-Final Round. The scripts listed below made it through this process and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival 2003 Semi-Finalists.

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Action/Adventure:

10 Minutes From Paradise — Janyce Lapore

A Message for Martinez — Larry N. Stouffer

Alpha Hunter — Gregory Luckett

Betrayal On The Hudson — Clarence Hotchkiss

Beyond The Rainbow — Beth Beatty

Children of the Pipeline — Trent Haywood

Crossroads — Glenn Ledbetter

Drawing The Line — Larry Hunter

Freewater — Michael Keefe-Feldman

Gangbusters — Jermaine Maxwell

Government, Inc. — Glenn Ledbetter

Guy Flick — Rick Wolf

Harmony — Hilary McIndoo

Jammed Transmission — Ron Singleton

Khins — Chris Rakotomamonjy

Left and the Zapatistas — Thomas E. Fenlon

P.R.A.Y. (Physician’s Resistance Army) — John Phillips

Seth Episode 1 — Vincent Jones

Terminal Cascade — Curt Samlaska

Terror On The Run — Robert Gately

The Avon Man — Dave Vaughan

The Beloved Scoundrel — Michael J. Casey

The Book of Wars — Dana Topping

The Knights of Rhodes — Iris Yamashita

The Legend of Blackbeard — Dominick Passaretti

The Midnight Rambler — John Charles Lewis

The Waterman — Robert S. Fogel

The White Rose — Robert J. Lintault

The Xanthine Chip — Dawn Rochelle

Utopia — Kristin Overn

The Unlikeliest Angel — David Gittlin

Comedy:

A Greek Tragedy In Rome — Frank C. Vento

A Sponge Fisherman of Albuquerque — David Wingfield

Act Naturally — Duane King

Armageddon at Coffeeheaven — Lucy Cruell

Bernie — Martin Horsey

Bertha & Red — Bettye Givens

Between Jobs — Dieter Kalteis

Birds Gone South — Chris Rennier

Citations — Peter Walsh

Darryl Dinkel, Organ Courier — Jack Sekowski

Dinner With The Osbournes — Brett Brown

Garbacide: Trasher On Cleanstreet — Marie Quantock

Grave Diggings — Anthony Lipski

Hat Trick — Robert Gately

Healing Marie — James Ossi

Her Name Was Tuesday — James Ziolkowski

Homecoming Queen — Eric Rogers

Hotline — Nicholas Turner

I Wanted To Be Woody Allen — Tim Morrow

Illegal Operations — Kerry Dye

In A Nutshell — Marie Quantock

Kitchen Privileges — Betty Smith

Letter Quest — Doug Davidson

Me and Chimichanga T. — David Wingfield

Not Here, You Won’t — Jack Kilpatrick

Paging Nostradamus — Mark Saunders

Paradise Waits — Michael Amitin

Pretty Bird — Barbara Albers Jackson

Queen of Hearts — David Wiseman

Stagemom — Maggie Franks

The Absence of Vonnegut — Brian Forrest

The Avon Man — Dave Vaughan

The Behavior of Solids Under Pressure — Karen Hanna

The Jelly Donuts — Sandra Scott

The Jukebox — Larry Hunter

The Surprise of Your Life — Susan St. Peters

The Total Dummy’s Guide To Marriage — Nancy Pothier

The Whole Magilla — Andrew Smith

The Year I Did Nothing — Ana Barredo

Two Christian Women Get Horny — Sandra Hodge

Welcome To Chainsaw High — Hiroshi Kubota

What Are Your Supposed To Be? — Laurel DiGangi

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Drama:

10 Minutes From Paradise — Janyce Lapore

A Light Before The Darkness — Ken Mora

A Small War — Victor Silva

A Woman’s World — Paul Root

A–hole Saints — Billy Maddox

Barking At The Moon — Ronald Romine

Be Careful What You Wish For… — David Kruh

Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues — Theresa Moreau

Betrayal Between Friends — Jeniene L. Scott

Boo Hoo Flanagan — Robert Gately

Brother’s In Crime — Dominick Passaretti

Caught By The Dragon — Carolyn Wright

Chasing Rainbows — Nathan Cline

Crossroads — Glenn Ledbetter

Destiny — Caron Tate

Dleur de Lys — Kathleen Behun

Doctor Kosek — Bob Joseph

Dreaming of Autumn — James D. Nagel

Drive Around — Patrick Parr

Eden Falls — Shaun Paikai

Finding Face — Jon Reid

Gutter-Punks — Lee W. Jones II

Halfway Home — David J. Schroeder

Halfway Around The World — Tammy Stewart

Harmony — Hilary McIndoo

Healing Marie — James Ossi

I Love You, Dolores Cullapick — Walter Williams

I’m Getting Married In The Morning — John Alarid

Into The Quiet — Robert Powell

Kent Street — Jacob Lurie

Kitchen Privileges — Betty Smith

Made In Washington — Randolph Hirsch

Mourning Cloak — Agnieshka Jane

Persephone Rising — Catherine Pennington

Reading Conrad — Kris Brown

Run With Me — Pietro Arpesella

Saved at Nob Hill Manor — Kim E. Ruyle

Sprinkle The Infield — Mik Scriba

Terror On The Run — Robert Gately

Terrors of the Soul — Jane Peterson

The Boarder — Jane E. Ryan

The Dale — Rick Polizzi

The Dove — Plamen Kiorlinski

The Unlikeliest Angel — David Gittlin

The Watchman — Fred Cooper

Tinseltown Jesus — Adam Mosher

Trailer — Barry Staff

Unlimited Options — Janette Yeap

When Everything Mattered — Michael Woolery

When The World Was Square — Irwin Greenstein

Women Descending Into Madness — Allan Tijamo

Family:

Adam, The Boy Genius — Monte Zain Tajudin

Escape From Algebra I. — Chuck Whitton

Halfway Home — David J. Schroeder

Hero — Shirley Warke

Hypergolics — Melissa Centeno

Jason’s House — Murray Spitzer

King of The Castle — Debra Johnson

Letter Quest — Doug Davidson

Stagemom — Maggie Franks

The Book of Wars — Dana Topping

The Surprise of Your Life — Susan St. Peters

The Toymaker’s Son — Sherri O’Sullivan

Xingu, The Wonder of The Amazon — Michael D’Agostino

Thriller/Horror:

A Matter of Trust — Michael Trach

Alpha Hunter — Gregory Luckett

At The Sound Of The Tone — Pamela Hunt

Baby Mine — Thomas Kearnes

Behind Blue Eyes — Jack Sekowski

Best Served Cold — Ross Buckner

Canaries — Craig Cambria

Cold as Ice Pat Edwards

Dance With The Devil — Bob Joseph

Fair Trade — Lisa Solod

Interstate — Marc Samson

North Park — P. Rolf Larson

Orion Rising — David Butterfield

Sk8r 666 — Jeremy Rubin & Gary M. Lumpp

Someplace, Somewhere — Tony Shyu

Summerland — Thomas W. Manning

Terminal Cascade — Curt Samlaska

The Jovian Dilemma — John Flynn

The Last Lizard — Hiroshi Kubota

Welcome To Chainsaw High — Hiroshi Kubota

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<table cellspacing=5><tr><td width=285 valign=top>Action/Adventure: 10 Minutes From Paradise — Janyce Lapore A Message for Martinez — Larry N. Stouffer Alpha Hunter — Gregory Luckett Betrayal On The Hudson — Clarence Hotchkiss Beyond The Rainbow — Beth Beatty Children of the Pipeline — Trent Haywood Crossroads — Glenn Ledbetter Drawing The Line — Larry Hunter Freewater — Michael Keefe-Feldman Gangbusters — Jermaine Maxwell Government, Inc. — Glenn Ledbetter Guy Flick — Rick Wolf Harmony — Hilary McIndoo Jammed Transmission — Ron Singleton Khins — Chris Rakotomamonjy Left and the Zapatistas — Thomas E. Fenlon P.R.A.Y. (Physician’s Resistance Army) — John Phillips Seth Episode 1 — Vincent Jones Terminal Cascade — Curt Samlaska Terror On The Run — Robert Gately The Avon Man — Dave Vaughan The Beloved Scoundrel — Michael J. Casey The Book of Wars — Dana Topping The Knights of Rhodes — Iris Yamashita The Legend of Blackbeard — Dominick Passaretti The Midnight Rambler — John Charles Lewis The Waterman — Robert S. Fogel The White Rose — Robert J. Lintault The Xanthine Chip — Dawn Rochelle Utopia — Kristin Overn The Unlikeliest Angel — David Gittlin Comedy: A Greek Tragedy In Rome — Frank C. Vento A Sponge Fisherman of Albuquerque — David Wingfield Act Naturally — Duane King Armageddon at Coffeeheaven — Lucy Cruell Bernie — Martin Horsey Bertha & Red — Bettye Givens Between Jobs — Dieter Kalteis Birds Gone South — Chris Rennier Citations — Peter Walsh Darryl Dinkel, Organ Courier — Jack Sekowski Dinner With The Osbournes — Brett Brown Garbacide: Trasher On Cleanstreet — Marie Quantock Grave Diggings — Anthony Lipski Hat Trick — Robert Gately Healing Marie — James Ossi Her Name Was Tuesday — James Ziolkowski Homecoming Queen — Eric Rogers Hotline — Nicholas Turner I Wanted To Be Woody Allen — Tim Morrow Illegal Operations — Kerry Dye In A Nutshell — Marie Quantock Kitchen Privileges — Betty Smith Letter Quest — Doug Davidson Me and Chimichanga T. — David Wingfield Not Here, You Won’t — Jack Kilpatrick Paging Nostradamus — Mark Saunders Paradise Waits — Michael Amitin Pretty Bird — Barbara Albers Jackson Queen of Hearts — David Wiseman Stagemom — Maggie Franks The Absence of Vonnegut — Brian Forrest The Avon Man — Dave Vaughan The Behavior of Solids Under Pressure — Karen Hanna The Jelly Donuts — Sandra Scott
 The Jukebox — Larry Hunter The Surprise of Your Life — Susan St. Peters The Total Dummy’s Guide To Marriage — Nancy Pothier The Whole Magilla — Andrew Smith The Year I Did Nothing — Ana Barredo Two Christian Women Get Horny — Sandra Hodge Welcome To Chainsaw High — Hiroshi Kubota What Are Your Supposed To Be? — Laurel DiGangi </td><td width=285 valign=top>Drama: 10 Minutes From Paradise — Janyce Lapore A Light Before The Darkness — Ken Mora A Small War — Victor Silva A Woman’s World — Paul Root A–hole Saints — Billy Maddox Barking At The Moon — Ronald Romine Be Careful What You Wish For… — David Kruh Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues — Theresa Moreau Betrayal Between Friends — Jeniene L. Scott Boo Hoo Flanagan — Robert Gately Brother’s In Crime — Dominick Passaretti Caught By The Dragon — Carolyn Wright Chasing Rainbows — Nathan Cline Crossroads — Glenn Ledbetter Destiny — Caron Tate Dleur de Lys — Kathleen Behun Doctor Kosek — Bob Joseph Dreaming of Autumn — James D. Nagel Drive Around — Patrick Parr Eden Falls — Shaun Paikai Finding Face — Jon Reid Gutter-Punks — Lee W. Jones II Halfway Home — David J. Schroeder Halfway Around The World — Tammy Stewart
 Harmony — Hilary McIndoo Healing Marie — James Ossi I Love You, Dolores Cullapick — Walter Williams I’m Getting Married In The Morning — John Alarid Into The Quiet — Robert Powell Kent Street — Jacob Lurie Kitchen Privileges — Betty Smith Made In Washington — Randolph Hirsch Mourning Cloak — Agnieshka Jane Persephone Rising — Catherine Pennington Reading Conrad — Kris Brown Run With Me — Pietro Arpesella Saved at Nob Hill Manor — Kim E. Ruyle Sprinkle The Infield — Mik Scriba Terror On The Run — Robert Gately Terrors of the Soul — Jane Peterson The Boarder — Jane E. Ryan The Dale — Rick Polizzi The Dove — Plamen Kiorlinski The Unlikeliest Angel — David Gittlin The Watchman — Fred Cooper Tinseltown Jesus — Adam Mosher Trailer — Barry Staff Unlimited Options — Janette Yeap When Everything Mattered — Michael Woolery When The World Was Square — Irwin Greenstein Women Descending Into Madness — Allan Tijamo Family: Adam, The Boy Genius — Monte Zain Tajudin Escape From Algebra I. — Chuck Whitton Halfway Home — David J. Schroeder Hero — Shirley Warke Hypergolics — Melissa Centeno Jason’s House — Murray Spitzer King of The Castle — Debra Johnson
 Letter Quest — Doug Davidson Stagemom — Maggie Franks The Book of Wars — Dana Topping The Surprise of Your Life — Susan St. Peters The Toymaker’s Son — Sherri O’Sullivan Xingu, The Wonder of The Amazon — Michael D’Agostino Thriller/Horror: A Matter of Trust — Michael Trach Alpha Hunter — Gregory Luckett At The Sound Of The Tone — Pamela Hunt Baby Mine — Thomas Kearnes Behind Blue Eyes — Jack Sekowski Best Served Cold — Ross Buckner Canaries — Craig Cambria Cold as Ice Pat Edwards
 Dance With The Devil — Bob Joseph Fair Trade — Lisa Solod Interstate — Marc Samson North Park — P. Rolf Larson Orion Rising — David Butterfield Sk8r 666 — Jeremy Rubin & Gary M. Lumpp Someplace, Somewhere — Tony Shyu Summerland — Thomas W. Manning Terminal Cascade — Curt Samlaska The Jovian Dilemma — John Flynn The Last Lizard — Hiroshi Kubota Welcome To Chainsaw High — Hiroshi Kubota </td></tr></table>

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