Broad Green Pictures has waded into the fray with three scripts to consider. This brings us to 33 scripts up for award consideration. Check them all out on the Scripts Posted by Studios for 2015 Award Consideration.

99 Homes – Undated, Unspecified draft script by Ramin Bahrani & Bahrani Azimi – hosted by: Broad Green Pictures – in pdf format

Around the world everyone knows that honest hard work gets you nowhere. In sunny Orlando, Florida, construction worker Dennis Nash learns this the hard way when he is evicted from his home by a charismatic, gun-toting real-estate broker, Rick Carver. Humiliated and homeless, Nash has no choice but to move his mom and nine-year old son into a shabby, dangerous motel. All is lost. Until an unexpected opportunity arises for Nash to strike a deal with the devil – he begins working for Carver in a desperate attempt to get his home back.

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I Smile Back – Undated, Unspecified draft script by Paige Dylan and Amy Koppelman (Based on the novel I Smile Back by Amy Koppelman) – hosted by: Broad Green Pictures – in pdf format

Laney Brooks does bad things. Married with kids, she takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Now, with the destruction of her family looming, and temptation everywhere, Laney makes one last desperate attempt at redemption.

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Learning To Drive – August 4, 2013 revised draft script by Sarah Kernochan – hosted by: Broad Green Pictures – in pdf format

Wendy, a self-absorbed New York book critic, is shocked to reality by the sudden end of her marriage. Always dependent on her husband for driving, she must now learn to take the wheel on her own. Her instructor Darwan is a Sikh Indian who watches with alarm as his pupil falls apart at the seams. He himself is contemplating an arranged marriage with a woman he has never met. As these two lives intersect, both will change in unpredictable ways.

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Netflix is in – Screenplays posted by Studios for award consideration

Beasts of No Nation – May 8th 2014 Shooting draft script by Cary Joji Fukunaga (Based on the novel By Uzodinma Iweala) – hosted by: Netflix – in pdf format

Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in an unnamed West African country. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination Depicts the mechanics of war and does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail, and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier.

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Thanks cultofmac.com for the heads up on this script up for Award Consideration.

Steve Jobs – March 19, 2015 shooting script script by Aaron Sorkin (based on the book by Zwalter Isaacson) – hosted by: Universal – in pdf format

His passion and ingenuity have been the driving force behind the digital age. However his drive to revolutionize technology was sacrificial. Ultimately it affected his family life and possibly his health. In this revealing film we explore the trials and triumphs of a modern day genius, the late CEO of Apple inc. Steven Paul Jobs.

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Another Screenplay for Award Consideration.

Inside Out – Undated, Unspecified draft script by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, & Josh Cooley (original story by Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen) – hosted by: Disney – in pdf format

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

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Another script posted by the studios for award consideration. Find more on the Screenplays For Your Consideration page.

Bridge of Spies – December 17, 2014 final shooting script by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – hosted by: Dreamworks – in pdf format

In the cold war, A lawyer, James B. Donovan recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers that was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission- with a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel who was arrested for espionage in the US.

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Over on the Scripts up for award consideration page we have three scripts from The Weinstein Company.

Carol – Undated, Unspecified draft script By Phyllis Nagy (Based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith) – hosted by: The Weinstein Company – in pdf format

CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet, is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens.

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MacBeth – Undated, Unspecified draft script By Jacob Koskoff & Todd Louiso and Michael Lesslie (Based on the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare) – hosted by: The Weinstein Company – in pdf format

Macbeth, a Thane of Scotland, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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Woman In Gold – Undated, Unspecified draft script by Alexi Kaye Campbell – hosted by: The Weinstein Company – in pdf format

Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

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John Dies At The End – April 20, 2010 unspecified draft script by Don Coscarelli (based on the novel by David Wong) – hosted by: Horror Lair – in pdf format

A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion?

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Cheater

Two high school students confront each other – and their respective issues – during a history exam.

Sometimes – after reading a number of scripts – one wonders just how many of us writers were “losers” in school.  No matter the generation, you’ll find cinematic or television stories about kids that just don’t fit in.  Breakfast Club, Glee and everything in between – the concept is basically timeless.  And for most of us, it hits a chord… because we know what it’s like to be in those character’s shoes, and would like to see our team come out victorious, at least in some small way.

The protagonists in Cheater are exactly those kinds of kids.  Martha – the smart nerd that gets teased as ugly by the “cool girls.”  And Tyrone – the awkward slacker failing class who’s an artistic whiz in his spare time (and when he’s supposed to be studying.) The two aren’t friends… but they take a history class together. And today’s the day for the big test.  Needless to say, Tyrone’s unprepared.  And Martha?  Well, let’s just say she is, too – for what she’s about to find out.

With scripts like this, the audience bonds immediately with the characters – so you almost can’t go wrong making it.  Add the fact that it’s limited location and six minutes long… looks like you do have a winner on your hands.

About the writer: Pete Barry is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, actor, director and musician. His short plays have been published in numerous collections. He’s also a cofounder of the Porch Room, a film and theater production company, website available at http://www.porchroom.com/.  Please feel free to reach out to him with script requests at petebarry27 “AT” Hotmail.

Pages: 6

Budget: Very low.  You’ll need access to a school hallway and room, and two bedrooms for the kids.  No FX worries here; just make sure your actors can do the script justice.

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The Zero Theorem – undated, unpecified draft script by Pat Rushin – hosted by: The Daily Script – in pdf format

A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.

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