Script Sampler

Feature Film Screenplays
by Stephen Schlich

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HARDBALL

Science Fiction Thriller. 106 pages. WGA registered.

Trapped in a hostile corporate complex where violence is company policy and the workers are genetically engineered, a young recruit finds himself at the center of a cultish power struggle between the sadistic Establishment and the secretive Underground.

The Hybrid Pitch: DILBERT meets CLOCKWORK ORANGE
The One-sheet Slogan: The company really does own you.

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MID-LIFE CRISIS

Comedy. 106 pages. WGA registered.

A middle-aged druggist risks his store, his bank account, and his marriage when he gets involved with a sex bomb young enough to be his daughter.

The Hybrid Pitch: THE CLUELESS OF MADISON COUNTY
The One-sheet Slogan: Be careful of what you want.

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US & THEM

Thriller. 110 pages. WGA registered.

Robbed at gunpoint in their own home, a man and his wife buy into a secure, walled community — only to find that the "Us" inside is more dangerous and paranoid than the "Them" they were trying to escape.

The Hybrid Pitch: FALLING DOWN meets STRAW DOGS
The One-sheet Slogan: A man's home is his ... prison!

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LUCKY

Comedy. 102 pages. WGA registered.

Lucy Irish lives in the eye of a bad luck hurricane. No one gets close without consequences — until she meets a man who is immune to her curse. Betrayed in her only chance at love and stripped of the luck that protected her all her life, Lucy must rescue herself with courage and savvy that she never developed.

The Hybrid Pitch: I LOVE LUCY meets the Marx Brothers in the TWILIGHT ZONE
The One-sheet Slogan: Good Luck Gone Bad.

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URBAN LEGENDS

Comedy. 100 pages. WGA registered.

Two college boys take a surreal road trip through America's favorite public fantasies.

The Hybrid Pitch: MEL BROOKS hitches a ride with ROD SERLING
The One-sheet Slogan: Tall Tales for Modern Times.

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