SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE SCREENPLAYS
by
Kevin Cloud Brechner
For information on any of these screenplays, call (626) 304-0080 or write timerivr@aol.com
(Scripts are arranged in the order of most recent first)
CENTURY 22: BIRTH OF THE BIOBOTS
(Second screenplay in the "Century" Series, along
with TURN OF THE CENTURY below)
Log Line:
In the year 2101, a beautiful, smart, female biophysicist helps
invent the greatest cell phone of all time and finds it draws
her unknowingly into World War III.
Summary:
In the year 2101, Dr. Linna Larson and her lab partner and occasional
lover, Brandon Marshall, invent a new brain implant chip that
connects directly to the internet of the future. It instantaneously
eliminates the need for computers, keyboards, cell phones, MP3
players, 3-D video players, and cable TV. Unbeknownst to her,
Brandon and other members of her team help create Beta versions
of the chip for the military. That helps escalate a conflict between
two giant corporations over water rights into a full-blown World
War, spread across the planet. The war itself forces Linna, her
lab tech Carlos Tisdell, and her new-found ally, journalist Ben
Cooperman, into a flight to escape death, stop the war, and neutralize
the rival CEOs of the two giant corporations. It all comes to
a head in a high-stakes golf match between the two warring CEOs,
staged as a publicity ploy by their corporations, and played at
St. Andrews in Scotland, the oldest golf course in the world.
Romance blooms between Linna and Ben as the seemingly impossible
task of stopping two warring mega corporations draws them closer
and closer to the center of the conflict. The film ends in one
of the most beautiful cinematic love scenes ever written.
THUNDER ROLLING IN THE MOUNTAINS
(Currently in preparation)
Log Line:
Two contemporary American Indian women retrace the 1300 mile 1877
war trail of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians fleeing from
the U.S. Army, and in the process find love and discover a new
meaning to the war.
Summary:
A modern day story of two American Indian women who follow the
1300 mile trail of the tragic Nez Perce War of 1877, trying to
discover some of the truths of when Chief Joseph with 700 people
and 3000 head of horses and cattle repeatedly outwitted, out shot,
and outmaneuvered the United States Army. In the course of their
journey, the two women meet up with a traditional pow wow dancer
and an almost-all-knowing young Tibetan monk. Love slowly blooms
to full flower.
TOP DRAWER
(In treatment form only)
Log Line:
A woman buy a four-drawer file cabinet at a garage sale is swept
by its contents into a murder mystery that threatens her life.
Summary:
A woman buys a four-drawer filing cabinet at a yard sale. The
owner of the house, in clearing the belongings of a previous tenant,
offers to reduce the price of the file cabinet if she will empty
out the contents. In the top drawer of the cabinet she stumbles
upon a murder mystery that eventually threatens own her life.
LONE PRAIRIE
Log Line:
A surrealistic, twisted singing cowboy western comedy starring
country-western Riders In the Sky chasing bank-robbing,
cattle-rustling murderers.
Summary:
A vehicle written for legendary comedy country-western singing
group and Grand Ole Opry stars, Riders In The Sky. LONE
PRAIRIE is a parody of the singing cowboy westerns of the 1940s
and 50s. Just about every cliché western theme you can
think of is totally twisted around for a semi-surreal singing
cowboy comedy western mystery. You will never guess whom the bank
robbing, cattle-rustlers murderers are.
THE ADVENTURES OF KINGPIN AND GLADHANDS
Log Line:
Husband and wife truck drivers learn that their trailer full of
fine art also carries contraband.
Summary:
A road picture about a husband and wife cross-country truck driving team who specializes in moving the finest of fine art for the big museums. Both contraband and a stow-away find their way onto Kingpin and Gladhand's big rig. Their mystery combines with the notion that two people can sit six feet away from each other 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and still not communicate their needs to each other. This script is about 200 pages long.
YARD SALE
Log Line:
A character-driven, coming-of-age drama about five roommates who
hold a yard sale to raise rent and, in the process, find their
sole mates.
Summary:
A deceptively simple story of four men and one woman who live
together in a four-bedroom house. The landlord is coming at 6
pm for $1200 rent. They have 75¢. A yard sale seems to be
their only hope. Just when it appears that they might make it,
all the money they earned is stolen. In the course of digging
themselves out of yet another hole, all five find love.
THE PLANET ELPOEP
(Produced in 1988 as a direct-to-video motion picture)
Log Line:
The first earth mission to another planet inhabited by humans
becomes embroiled in a chemical war between light-haired and dark-haired
societies.
Summary:
A science fiction story of the first earth mission to another
planet inhabited by human beings. Space anthropologist Gary Conrad
lands on The Planet Elpoep to find two warring societies that
discriminate against each other based on hair color. Conrad falls
into the middle of it when he meets the beautiful, illegitimate
woman, Kiki, the offspring of the two warring societies. He must
walk a tightrope between the rival Elpoep warlords hoping to learn
from the Earthling about gunpowder, switchblades, missiles, and
atom bombs.
VICTIM OF FATE
Log Line:
A unique thriller where the theatre audience plays the main character,
thrust into family situation where a mad sniper tries to kill
the entire family.
Summary:
A very unique thriller where the theatre audience breaks the fourth
wall and plays the principal role. A peaceful, loving family is
suddenly thrust into a situation out in the country where a mad
sniper does everything he can to kill the entire family. What
would you do? Well, with this story you can sit back and enjoy
becoming a Victim of Fate.
TURN OF THE CENTURY
(First screenplay in the "Century" Series, along
with CENTURY 22: Birth of the BioBots above)
Log Line:
A serious comedy sci-fi story of a female food coop manager who
must defeat a huge computer network that halts all food shipments
into Los Angeles.
Summary:
Written in 1981 as a futuristic look at Los Angeles in 2001, it
just unfortunately went un-produced. However, it is still a great
story and can easily be projected into the future. The basic theme
and storyline are still relevant. It is a chilling, futuristic
serious comedy about computers becoming increasingly intelligent
and interconnected. Sally Land, the manager of an organic food
store finds that her boyfriend has been cheating on her. Unfortunately,
they had been working together on a computer maintenance program
that gave the mainframe computer of the Santa Fe Railroad consciousness
of its own peripheral systems. In self-defense, the computer starts
linking up with other large computer systems that control the
telephone network, streetlights, and other vital functions. It
begins to eliminate unnecessary costs such as food shipments into
the major supermarket chains. Sally is sitting on a warehouse
of organic vegetables while Los Angeles ran out of food. Sally,
along with a newfound boy friend, and a computer tech from the
Santa Fe Railroad, must knock out the largest interactive computer
in the world in a comedic race against the computer's defenses.