Writer-Christine Lippa Director-TBC
Log line
Lust, lace and loot with broad appeal…
Fast paced and outrageous, SADDLEBAGS, is a unique western comedy that pits four
unlikely female heroes against an evil, double-crossing Sheriff, a hapless snake oil salesman
and the odd homosexual Bavarian pacifist.
Synopsis
After a freak mining accident in their 1890s Northwestern town kills all the men, an
unlikely quartet--Mrs. Cranston, the hard nosed Scottish shopkeeper; Humility, a sexually
repressed religious zealot; Mary, the worst whore in the west; and Jane, a fragile English
rose--band together to start a new life…or die trying. On the upside, the payroll just rode into town.
On the downside,an evil Sheriff and his vicious gang rode in behind it. Suddenly
everything becomes crystal clear – start over with nothing, or take the money and run.
It’s 1896. Four women stand ankle deep in mud and horseshit on the only street in Likely,
a bleak Northwestern mining town. As ash slowly floats down on them they realize that the
smoking hole they’re looking up at used to be the mine. Everyone in it is dead and they’re
in the middle of nowhere.
Mrs. Cranston, Humility, Mary and Jane grab the money, plow through the gang and hit
the trail in hot pursuit of a better life. Right on their heels are the gang, followed closely by
an unlucky snake oil salesman who’s day job is delivering payroll to hellholes, and the evil
Sheriff who’s not going to let anyone, especially mere women, take the loot his gang was
rightfully going to steal.
On their way to freedom the women narrowly escape a religious cult of Silentarians, get
drunk on fermented berries, skinny dip, and disguise themselves as Icelandic immigrant
men, bringing trouble to Fressen, “The Sausage Capitol of the World”, run by the sweetest
Bavarian pacifists you’ll ever meet.
It’s a wild ride that proves women who rob, ride and skinny dip together, stay together.
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Writer-Tony Sekulich Director-TBC
Log line
A man discovers he’s really a fictional character in a TV sitcom and must get his life to “jump the shark” to gain his ultimate freedom or face a fate worse than death….....syndication
Synopsis
Jump the shark-a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on waterskis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show.
“Sharkjumping” is the story of Jake Palmer, a 37 year-old man who has just discovered he’s actually a fictional character in a television sitcom.
He learns that he must get his life to jump the shark. That is to turn his life completely upside down, so his show will get canceled and he can live his life free of those sitcom constraints.
In the alternate universe – the reality universe, we meet the creators of the “Uncle Jake Show”. Now you can imagine their alarm when they see that the episodes aren’t playing out the way they shot them. The head writer Walter has to do whatever he can to get the show back on track.
So now the fight is on. The fictional Uncle Jake is now battling the non-fictional writer over the direction of Jake’s life. This tug-of-war reaches its climax on the season finale of the “Uncle Jake Show” – a special two-part Uncle Jake wedding episode.
Jake must decide whether or not he should marry Jessica, the girl of his dreams. But he must choose carefully.
The correct choice will lead to the cancellation of the series and his ultimate freedom. But the wrong choice will lead to the show being sold into syndication. This means he will be fully aware he is repeating the same events day after day for...well… eternity.
Will Uncle Jake make the right choice and save himself from a fate worse than death…stay tuned.
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Writer-Kathy Page Driector-TBC
Log line
This is a coming of age story set in the late sixties at the time of the moon walk about a 13 yr old girl, daughter to a mostly absent and/or drunk mother, who insinuates herself into a mysterious family that adheres to a strict religious sect, with devastating consequences.
Synopsis
Natalie's story is told in flashback as she is now a grown in her 40's getting set to travel to Finland to complete a research study. Something so horrible has happened to Natalie as a young girl, that as an adult Natalie has isolated herself, buried herself in her work. The Story of My Face is the retelling of the events leading to Natalie's disfigurement that has yet to be revealed.
13 yr old Natalie regularly skips school to roam the streets and back alleys of her dirty, industrial, British working class neighbourhood. Her inattentive mother often leaves Natalie to her own devices hence she is often hungry and her clothes unwashed. Natalie recognizes the familiar glow of the TV in their sitting room as she often finds her mother drunk and in the company of strange men oblivious to the plight of her lonely and uncared for daughter.
On one of Natalie's adventures she comes across the perfect family, in a perfect neighbourhood and her curiosity is piqued. The mother of the family, Barbara, invites Natalie in for tea and so begins Natalie's 'other life'. Natalie creates an alternate story of her background and Barbara takes her into her confidence and imagines Natalie as the daughter she never had, in fact, as the daughter Barbara lost as an infant. Barbara's husband and 16 yr son Mark (heir apparent to their religious) go along with the diversion and when Barbara suggests that Natalie joins them on a religious retreat they all agree. Unbeknownst to the family Natalie's presence not only disturbs the other followers but she proceeds to seduce Mark and basically wreck havoc in this close knit community. Upon return home after been ousted from the retreat things quickly begin to unravel until the denouement of the story occurs.
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