welcome and thank you for visiting my screenplays. Here you will find a variety of genres, some quite controversial yet compelling. Please browse them and contact me for additional questions or screenplay requests. I look forward to hearing from you.
My Resume:
I have just finished a screenplay on the life of Joey Dee who had a #1 hit in 1962 named ‘THE PEPPERMINT TWIST’. Joey made The Peppermint Lounge the number one-night club in the world. We are starting the process to find a home for this gem.
I wrote and produced a 21-minute short, ‘THE CURE’.
I've was hired to write a screenplay about the life of country superstar GEORGE JONES. His widow, Nancy Jones, and producer Mark Koch, chose me after interviewing several Hollywood screenwriters. The film’s budget was fifteen million plus dollars. I was paid $25,000.00 to write it plus $172,500.00 upon the film being greenlit. I finished the screenplay just before Covid shut everything down. Just recently Nancy Jones was severely ill with Covid so the screenplays status is unknown.
My screenplay, DECEPTION, finished in the top 10 at the San Francisco Indie Film Festival.
I was hired by the producer of Lost in Space, Black Dog and others, to write a faith-based feature drama.
I am a co-writer of a TV series called 'The Last Supper. We have 8 completed episodes. More information under The Last Supper tab.
I have written a novel based on 2 of my screenplays, Into the Mystic, and the sequel, Into the Mystic II, currently available on Amazon. Over 2500 copies have been downloaded on Amazon.
*I am versatile in my genres and have learned to adapt my writing to each one. My genre count is:
11 DRAMA/THRILLERS
5 FANTASIES
1 ROMCOM
1 FAITH BASED THRILLER
1 SHORT, THRILLER (PRODUCED)
1 SHORT, DRAMA
My IMDB address: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6887351/
My Amazon book, INTO THE MYSTIC: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1520472412
The Cure: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=peD3Zbi7lM4&t=6s
My website address: https://grhicks777.wixsite.com/mystic
PEPPERMINT TWIST CHRONICLES - Joey Dee is Rock & Roll history! He was there to see it firsthand, helping
launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, The Young Rascals, The Ronettes and so many more.
This is a hard hitting, gritty tale that takes you through the rock 'n roll scene of the 1960's as never described before. The true, exciting, and endearing journey of a "Jersey Boy" scoring a #1 hit record that brought about life adventures he wasn't prepared for. This is so much more than a "rock bio". It's a sometimes dark and gritty tale of redemption.
LOGLINE: True story of how Joey Dee survives the Mob, early sixties racism, his own infidelity and how he made The Peppermint Lounge the most famous night club in the world.
See the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Peppermint-Twist-Chronicles-HENDRIX-FIGHTING/dp/B09B1LZZS9
See Joey's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIvZu4dPQQ
THE GEORGE JONES STORY - (ON HOLD) I was hired by George's widow, Nancy Jones and No Show Productions, to write a first draft, which is now completed. I was fortunate enough to have spent some time in Nashville with Nancy, her business partner and the producer, Mark Koch. George is one of the most beloved country stars ever, winning over 20 awards in his lifetime. But behind the scenes, George struggled with alcohol and cocaine and he fought a battle with them that would have killed most men. Nancy was married to him the last 30 years of his life and without her, it's unlikely George would have survived as long as he did. Hopefully, the movie will be released in 2021 but with this Covid curse no one is sure of anything. More to come as events unfold.
THE CURE - A 20 minute short film that is an emotional, controversial film that takes you into the mind of a child molester. It will disturb many people and many others will cheer it because it addresses a subject that millions of persons been victims of.
See it on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peD3Zbi7lM4&t=6s (film completed in MAY, 2019)
LOGLINE: A woman takes justice into her own hands when she confronts a child molester in his home with the intent to force a confession into a tape recorder before she kills him.
THE FARMGIRL
Genre: CRIME DRAMA 116 Pages
LOGLINE: A young farmgirl becomes a cold-blooded killer as she vows revenge on the men that killed her father in a
home robbery.
GINNY: I got a story to tell, one I find myself not quite believing but...you just have to know how to read it.
A gripping screenplay styled after the film noir classics of the 50's & 60's, it's filled with dark twists, conflicts, cynical
dialog, and an explosive ending. This story explores a 1960's woman trying to compete in a man's world of violence.
INTO THE MYSTIC - Now available as a novel.
I finally did it. I took my two screenplays, Into the Mystic, Into the Mystic ll, and wrote a novel. It's a fun read, full of action and adventure.
Premise: It's been planned for two years by four old high school buddies, now in their late thirties. A two-week trip on a 40 foot boat for relaxing, exploring,
fishing and general adventure. But when they enter a fog bank and one of them is washed overboard, their journey abruptly changes.
Come and join the guys as they as they deal with mermaids, sirens and the beauty of an exotic island that holds more surprises, twists and turns than even they ever imagined. OVER 2500 DOWNLOADS
Available at Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAV6UKD
or Smashwords at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/697794
There you have it Hollywood, a novel and movie.
DRAGON'S BREATH
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
LOGLINE: With the help of an obscure drug that eliminates a person's free will, a man goes on a journey of revenge against those who sent him to prison for a crime he did not commit.
After a man is released from 7 years of prison for a crime he did not commit, he seeks revenge on the mayor, DA and police captain who set him up. He's introduced to a drug that force a person to do exactly what he says and also acts as a truth serum.
But when he uncovers a sex slave ring by this same group, including the murders and selling of women, he knows he must try to end those responsible.
A tale of revenge, murder, lust and trust with enough twists to leave even the most hardened reviewer satisfied.
ETERNITY
Genre: FAITH BASED THRILLER / DRAMA 122 Pages
LOGLINE: A man goes on a spiritual journey after his wife dies in an accident in which he is convicted of drunk driving and sent to prison.
I can't say too much about this one as it is one I was hired to write for producer Mark Koch. Partially based on a book by Mary Kaye Baxter, it is a spiritual self discovery by a man after he is sent to prison for his wife's death.
But things change when his daughter begins an out of control, downward spiral as her drug use increases. Once close to death, our Lord reaches out to her to
walk with him in hell. When she asks why her, our Lord tells her she is the messenger to spread his word.
A frightening but realistic look at the results of drug use, demons and a descent into hell.
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THE WRONG NUMBER
How do you come to the point you want to kill someone you've never met? The Wrong Number is a gripping drama that explores racism between a black and
white man who have never met, their harsh words and violent actions the result of a wrong phone call.
Genre: CRIME/DRAMA 119 Pages
LOGLINE: After a wrong phone number leads to exchanged racial insults, two hot tempered ex-Marines, one black, one white, plot to kill each other until their actions affect a criminal enterprise and they become targets who must partner together to survive.
As Jake surfs the computer, a wrong number phone call by a black man, Deshon, escalate's after racial insults are exchanged by both. Deshon threatens to kill Jake.
Jake loses his sales job and is soon delivering Pizza's. The harassing calls continue. Deshon finds out where Jake lives and in the dark of night, they face a standoff
as both aim pistols at each other. But instead of shooting, Deshon drives away before anything happens.
Jake is soon drawn into Deshon's world of crooked cops, stolen merchandise and murders. Once the crooked cops go after Deshon, he must partner with Jake for both of them to survive.
VINNY'S REVENGE
Genre: CRIME/DRAMA/COMEDY 98 Pages
LOGLINE: After a Mob boss is murdered, he’s reincarnated and when he turns thirteen, he returns to his old crew to reclaim his position from the same mob boss who murdered him and took over his mob.
Vinny Lazarra is a successful mobster. He’s in a relationship, he has a crew, owns a deli, he’s making money. Vinny’s even hidden close to a million dollars in the garage wall of his home. But someone wants what Vinny has. After a dinner with his close associates, Vinny is gunned down.
Sara and Danny Donahue have a baby the next year. Everything is normal until their baby, Connor, wants to start watching gangster video’s at age two.
With his astounded parents finally convinced he used to be Vinny, now 13 year old Connor has them take him to his old deli, Frankie’s. The three of them go in the back where Connor convinces his old crew, Mo, Carlo and Jimmy, he used to be Vinny.
As his parents comfortably slip into the mob mentality, Connor learns Vinny had a daughter, now the same age as him. He also tells his crew who killed him, their current mob boss, John.
Unhappy with their situation, Mo, Jimmy and Carlo try to convince Connor to come back and help them get rid of John and take back over.
Big Frank, John’s boss, decides he wants to buy the deli. Instead, Connor and his parents buy it. When John confronts Connor to sell, he refuses.
John’s goons kidnap Vinny/Connor’s daughter Amber. Once Connor sells the deli, Amber will be released.
Please contact me to learn more about this screenplay.
WITCHY WOMAN
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA/FANTASY 119 Pages
LOGLINE: A 500 year old imprisoned witch, once a beautiful princess, is freed in 2017 but only has a few weeks to reclaim her princess body before time runs out and she dies.
Have you ever felt like you were in someone else's body?
FREYA, a 15th century witch, is about five feet tall, a protruding chin and nose on her weathered face.
HELENA is a beautiful princess, 22 - 28 years old, silky, shoulder length blond hair, average to petite size. She is royalty.
Eva is a little girl rejected by Helena and her friends. Many think her a witch because of her ugly looks. When she grows up to be a young adult, she again ventures into the village where Helena publicly humiliates her.
So when the old witch, Freya, agrees to swap bodies with Eva, she takes the deal so she can seek revenge against Helena. Once Helena visits the witch, Eva, now Freya, takes Helena’s body and casts her into a bottle.
All goes well for Freya until the bottle is found five hundred years later when she learns Helena has been released.
Pablo, a cynical, struggling writer, buys the bottle at a flea market. While Pablo’s son Ricky watches in fear, Helena the witch makes her appearance. Alarmed,
Ricky makes her leave. While outside, Helena discovers her magical abilities before Pablo intervenes and brings Helena back in.
Freya hires Adofo, an African man, to get the bottle back. Adofo enters Pablo’s apartment as a man but leaves as a woman.
Pablo contacts Bree, high priestess of a coven of retired witches. Bree offers the coven’s help for Helena's up-coming battles.
At the same time, Freya and her troll, Teshi, arrive in town. Teshi is an ugly troll before Freya transforms him into Marvin, a gorgeous hunk of a man.
As Pablo, Ricky and Helena eat in a restaurant, Helena tires of the stares of others and casts her magic. As shrieks howl from the patrons, Helena smiles, satisfied.
Freya and Marvin confront Helena in Pablo's apartment where a magical battles ensues. With the help of Bree and her coven, Helena survives Freya's attack.
A frustrated Freya hires another woman to finish what Adofo did not. When she confronts Pablo and Helena, Adofo saves them. In a surprise even to himself, his new feminine side is revealed.
After five hundred years in a bottle, Helena's body is vulnerable to the toxins of modern times. She becomes weak, bedridden. As Bree holds her hand while she sleeps, it is revealed through Helena's dream she has 24 hours to live. Bree musters her witches to search for an answer.
Only a secret visit by Marvin/Teshi holds hope. All gather to say goodbye to Helena. As her spirit rises from her body, a desperate Bree tries one last hope to save Helena for the final battle with Freya.
Never Trust a Stranger
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Pages: 116
From my Blue Cat screenplay entry reader analysis:
What did you like about this script?
Bobby is not a traditional leading man; he is a homeless Vietnam vet who gets sucked into a plot to rob some powerful gangsters. He has a heart of gold, but there is an underlying darkness to him. He is capable of horrible acts without batting an eye. We see this dichotomy throughout the script. It begins when he agrees to help Alex’s “family” because he is led to believe they are in trouble, but once they double cross him he shows no mercy. He’s a great character that
you want to like, but would be terrified if he was not on your side. The opening scene captures his characterization perfectly. He is in the midst of a suicide
attempt, and after it fails, he knows he has more work to do in life.
This scene is a great character establishing moment, and it really sets the tone for the rest of the script.
Dialogue stands out. Each character has a unique voice. Bobby talks like a homeless man who has lost his family and life. The gangsters talk like mobsters.
Joplin talks like a punk rocker girl. You have done great work with matching each character’s dialogue to their characterization. Another great aspect of your dialogue is that it enhances the story instead of focusing on needless exposition.
The pace of the script moves quickly. There is never a dull moment, and the action really keeps the audience engaged. Nice work on pushing the gas pedal
down and never letting up. The tension also builds to the climax well. It feels like Bobby and his accomplices are in danger at every turn.
With the attention you have paid to tension and pace, you have crafted a wonderful crime drama. (font change mine)
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Genre: Thriller 113 Pages
LOGLINE: A desperate homeless man, thinking he is being given a chance at a new life, metamorphoses into his former Marine Corp mentality after picking up stolen mob money he was deceived into thinking was a murdered mob accountants savings.
OPENING SCENE (not formatted)
INT. PARIS RESTAURANT TABLE - NIGHT
BOBBY FREEMAN sits at a table next to a window in a very high end restaurant, dressed in an expensive suit. He's around 50, 6 feet tall, slicked back hair.
He's very handsome, in fact one could easily mistake him for royalty. An attractive WOMAN walks by, glances and smiles at Bobby. He grins, stares out the window.
The restaurant is full, light CHATTER fills the air. Waiters buzz about delivering drinks and food. A tuxedoed WAITER stops at his table.
WAITER
More champagne sir?
BOBBY
Yes...please.
The waiter grabs the champagne from an ice bucket stand next to the table. As he pours it...
WAITER
Will a guest still be joining you?
BOBBY
Yes, she should be here anytime.
WAITER
Very good sir.
Bobby sips his champagne as he watches people amble by outside the window. He glances at his watch, continues to gaze outside.
He's lost in thought, seems oblivious to his surroundings. A voice shatters his concentration.
WOMAN
Bobby...Bobby!
He glances up, smiles, stands. He grabs the woman's hand, kisses it.
BOBBY
Welcome to Paris.
SUPER 30 DAYS EARLIER
EXT. ALLEY WALL DAY
Bobby Freeman holds a small, shiny, chrome barreled, white handled pistol in his mouth, both trembling hands gripped around it, thumb on the trigger.
He stands by a garbage dumpster, leans against a brick wall. His eyes dart back and forth, perhaps hoping someone will intervene.
He’s dressed in an oversized, gray, stained trench coat. He wears dirty, spotted, khaki pants with frayed bottoms and worn holes, what used to be white tennis
shoes and a dirty, spotted wrinkled shirt with a fashion logo.
His hair is matted, tangled and shoulder length. His bushy, thick, six inch beard looks like something may be living in it.
His jungle, wild man like appearance cannot hide the fact that he’s devilishly handsome underneath.
BOBBY'S POV
He glances to the end of the alley as people scurry by, oblivious to his plight. Slow, he pulls his pistol out and watches, kicks the dumpster as light tears trickle
down his cheeks.
BOBBY
Fuck all of you out there! You hear me? Fuck you and your perfect lives!
(whispers)
Fuck you man.
BACK TO SCENE
Angry, hurt, shaking, scared, he slides the gun back into his mouth. His eyes squint and again dart about, his brows furrow, he summons the courage to pull the trigger as sweat beads run down his soiled cheeks.
He gazes up at the sky, slow, closes his eyes, pauses, squeezes the trigger. The gun CLICKS. His eyes bulge open, he has a look of ‘shit’ on his face but
breathes a sigh of relief as he slides the gun out.
He stares at it for a moment, clicks out the magazine and ejects the bullet from the chamber into his shaking hand.
INSERT shell end of bullet. The bullet has a mark where the firing pin hit it.
He stares at the bullet in disbelief. As he stares he’s overcome with emotion, his eyes well, tears fall. He glances from the bullet up to the sky.
His fatigued face grunts as he drops the bullet in his shirt pocket, slams the magazine back into the pistol, shoves it in his pocket, trudges away.
INTO the MYSTIC
GENRE: Fantasy/Adventure
LOGLINE: After four friends discover a lost island, Mermaids agree to help free one of them captured by neighboring Sirens if they will fight long dead
pirate spirits hell-bent on taking the island back from the mermaids, but must kill a human to do so.
What if there were a story that had the magic of E.T., the action of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, the tension of ‘JAWS’, the humor of ‘The Hangover’ plus romance,
twists, a man coming of age and a jolting end?
When’s the last time a great mermaid movie played on the screen? A four quad fantasy so real it will leave you asking yourself if mermaids really do exist.
Do mermaids exist? It's a question that will keep an audience coming to the movies.
A few historical quotes from real life people:
In the Fifth Century AD, Physiologus described the mermaid as "a beast of the sea, wonderfully shapen as a maid, the upper body of a woman and the lower
body of a fish, split at the naval".
In 1608 Discoverer Henry Hudson’s crew spotted a mermaid alongside their ship. He wrote "she was looking earnestly on the men, she was spreckled like a
macrell with long black hair, white skin and a woman’s breasts".
So get on board as our guys battle sharks, pirates and sirens, discover pirate booty, swim with the dolphins, pursue romance and question
whether they want to return to a civilized world.
RANDOM DIALOG: (not formatted)
JOSHUA from The Bahama's, prisoner of the Siren's:
I keep that word, freedom, out of my head these ten years, never let it in. Once that tiny little word creep into you head, it jus’ get bigger and bigger.
It start out the size of a pebble, then it become the size of a boulder until you no longer able to carry it around. Then, when you think you got a chance,
it no longer matter, you ready to die.
(pauses)
I be ready now mahn.
INTO the MYSTIC II
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure 123 Pages
LOGLINE: Once back in Miami, Treena becomes pregnant with a boy that the merman race has been waiting over 1000 years to be born, a boy child a merman
must kidnap and raise to be the savior of all their kind.
Things were going so well for Brandon and Treena after their move back to Miami. But once Treena becomes pregnant, their lives change forever. Since Mermaids can only conceive girls, the baby boy she now holds is the savior for the race of Mermen and Mermaids.
Thanos has been waiting years for this child, prophesied by the God's. Once he steals the baby, Brandon and Treena fight all the way back to Atargatis Island to
get their baby back. But things change when they discover the only way to stop this from happening is to take the life of their child.
Brandon turns into a warrior when he finds out the father of the child must die.
A magical story of faith and determination, lost and found love, and a battle for survival of everyone involved.
the PURE and the EVIL
Genre: Action/Thriller 98 pThe PURE and the EVIL: Someone must act when the system fails to protect the innocent.
LOGLINE: After failing to prevent a woman’s murder, a tormented package delivery woman takes on the fight herself, seeking revenge against a psychotic
pimp who traffics sex slaves in her small town.
Sara Silvestri, late thirties, early forties, delivers packages by day, justice by night. Her wounded childhood drives her to seek justice for abused women.
She studies Jeet Kune Do from Joey Pohng. A bond grows as they reveal their past. Joey hides the fact that he just delivered justice to a child molester.
Buck Black, mid-forties, is a balding big guy with a beer gut who fancies himself an old west cowboy. His business is prostitutes, buying and selling women and teens.
The story of revenge, justice and romance begins here.
DECEPTION 2018 7th place finalist San Francisco Indie Film Festival
Genre: CRIME/DRAMA/THRILLER 108 Pages
LOGLINE: A San Francisco locksmith with a passion for burglary is forced into the high stakes world of undercover cops and drug dealers after he bungles a
simple heist.
NOTE: Based on my 15 years as a locksmith in San Francisco.
SYNOPSIS:
Joey Vincelli, a lifetime thief, has his ideal profession.
His job as a locksmith opens new doors of opportunities to meet victims to satisfy his dark side and his hunger to steal.
Blake, an undercover detective, infiltrates the gangs of the two largest drug dealers in town, Hector and Diego, both feuding for domination, each wanting to
take the other down.
Joey decides on an easy score with virtually no trail, unaware that the bar is run by Diego.
But the law is on to Joey and within a very short time he's attracted the attention of Nikki Ryan, a hottie with a shared secret desire for role-playing. Joey’s
clueless she is a cop and he is her assignment.
Nikki's ex-boyfriend, Lester, a stalker with a penchant for violence, doesn't like the idea of sharing his girl. Joey defends her once and pays for it later, dropped to
the sidewalk with a warning: leave her alone or suffer the dire consequences.
Nikki finds herself questioning her loyalty to the department as her relationship with Joey evolves.
On the plus side, Joey's befriended by amicable heavy Hector, who assures Joey he'll take care of Lester, and the two develop a friendship based on the bond between those operating just above the law.
Joey is jubilant from his bar knockoff until confronted by his victim, Diego, posing as a S.F. undercover detective. He gives Joey a new imperative, get close to
Hector, find out his next move and set him up.
But Joey is loyal to a fault and lets Hector in on the problem. Hector resists the urge to off him, instead choosing to trust the guy who'd let him in on the secret. Hector uses the information to his advantage, devising a scheme to snare his foe in his own sting.
Blake, now an accepted gang member by Hector and Diego, play them against each other while making plans to take them both down in an elaborate scheme.
His plan ensures both Hector and Diego will be at a pier at the same time, where Blake and his team will be waiting for them.
While Diego is at the pier, Joey is completing Hector’s plan’s to steal Diego’s cash and drugs. Joey escapes the sting and capture, bugging out of the country
with loot he's scored from Diego.
Joey bets on Nikki’s loyalty and sends for her with a challenge to drop the role she's played as a cop and join him in Mexico.
In a twisted, unexpected ending, Nikki, Hector and Joey reunite in Cozumel where they are confronted by Lester, seeking revenge on all three.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY 94 Pages
LOGLINE: After seeing a woman from work perform in a strip club, a recently divorced fifty year old man with confirmed bachelor syndrome changes his mind about dating her, unaware it’s her twin sister.
When Kevin Murphy was married, he couldn’t wait to be single. Now that he’s single, he doesn’t know what he wants.
This script spills crisp dialog and is full of twists, irony, and rich characters an audience will care about.
PEEPING TOM
GENRE: THRILLER 92 pages (not a slasher script)
LOGLINE: A respected, sane, college professor by day transforms into a maniacal, revenge seeking peeping tom at night as she targets four college co-eds to pay for a treacherous incident against her by their mothers 30 years earlier that landed her in a mental hospital.
A psychological thriller that exploits why we keep our windows locked and shades closed at night.
The LAW of KARMA
The law of karma states that every action you perform in life creates another reaction which in turn produces a new counter action.
Genre: CRIME/THRILLER 94 Pages
LOGLINE: Three friends with nothing to lose attitudes turn cold blooded after the bookie they robbed at his home poker game goes after them, their families and others he considers collateral damage.
Have you ever given thought to how many people any type of crime really affects? From the families of the perpetrator to others innocently involved, a single criminal action can affect those far removed from the act itself.
This is the law of karma.
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