Screenplays

10 Crimes in 2 Hours by Pete Barry
Action/Mystery/Crime
118 pages Full cast
A department store detective hunts a world-class criminal who threatens to commit ten dangerous felonies in a busy shopping mall within two hours.

Availability:
Rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Bitte by John Dowgin
Drama
5 pages 2 men, some supporting cast
A soldier deals with the memory of an enemy’s death.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Bullfrog by Pete Barry
Drama
16 pages 1 woman, several children
A group of school children on their very first bus trip discover that their teacher’s plans are not what she claimed.

Availability:
Rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Cheater by Pete Barry
Drama
5 pages 3 women, 2 men, some supporting cast
Two high school students confront each other – and their respective issues – during a history exam.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Conference Call by Pete Barry
Comedy/Horror
5 pages 4 men, 2 women, some supporting cast
Jeremy’s management team had better resolve the problem fast – before it resolves them.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

The Cosmic by Pete Barry
Action/Adventure
118 pages Full cast
A superhero, left insane from a cataclysmic battle, discovers himself relegated to an asylum with the very villains he once fought. Now he must stop the inmates from unleashing an alien horror upon the world – while his sense of reality continues to crumble.

Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Fair Share by Pete Barry
Comedy/Drama
5 pages 1 woman, 1 man
Fay and Eddie discover that their relationship is built on lies, damned lies, and statistics.


Availability:
Currently under option, in preproduction.

 

Focus by Pete Barry
Thriller/Horror
5 pages 2 men, 1 woman, 1 unspecified
A man suffering from a rare psychological fixation disorder recounts the tragedy of the woman who loved him. Based on the short story Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe.

Recognition:
Honorable Mention in the Moviepoet May 2008 contest Poetic License.

Availability:
Shooting rights retained by the Porch Room. Read the script.

 

Jam by Pete Barry
Sci-Fi/Thriller
5 pages 1 man, 1 woman, supporting cast
Ray’s stuck in traffic, not going anywhere – until the voices start pouring out of his radio.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Lux Et Veritas by Pete Barry
Comedy/Horror
7 pages 3 men
A pair of satanists perform an annual ritual for their patron demon.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

The Masterworks by Pete Barry
Drama/Caper
16 pages 6 men, 1 woman, 1 either
A criminal’s heir and a violin maker’s daughter seek revenge by plotting to steal three priceless musical instruments in the middle of a concert.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Mile 42 by John Dowgin
Action/Thriller
17 pages 5 men, 1 woman, large supporting cast
When an extreme distance runner encounters a human trafficking ring during a desert ultramarathon, he must battle both exhaustion and criminals to save innocent lives – and himself.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Mousetrap by Pete Barry
Thriller/Horror/Comedy
9 pages 2 men, 1 woman
A cashier on the graveyard shift encounters a customer with a serious mouse problem.

Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Phantom Pain by Pete Barry
Drama
5 pages 3 men, 3 women, 1 any, supporting cast
Sam finds his voice.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Play Dead by Pete Barry
Thriller
5 pages 7 men, 2 women
A young Shakespearean actor learns the secret of how to perform a convincing death scene.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Reality TV by J. Michael DeAngelis
Thriller/Horror
18 pages 5 men, 4 women
A faded tv star meets his biggest fan – a troubled young woman with very special powers.

Availability: Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Restraint by Pete Barry
Drama/Horror
4 pages 1 man, 1 female child, 1 any
A father, trapped in a quarantined city, tries to save his daughter from a terrible fate.


Availability:
Currently under option, in preproduction.

 

Secret Recipe by Pete Barry
Family/Thriller
5 pages 5 men, 3 women, supporting cast
Cara finally discovers a recipe that no one can resist.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Sex Sex Sex by John Dowgin
Drama
3 pages 2 men, some supporting cast
Sex sells.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Speaking Terms by Pete Barry
Comedy/Romance
5 pages 1 woman, 1 man
Two roboticists try to find the words to spark their budding office romance – but they’d better not let their machines do the talking.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Spike Train by Pete Barry
Sci-Fi
7 pages 7 men
A government agent turns to a group of scientist psychics to uncover the last thoughts of a murdered man.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Suck by Pete Barry
Drama
1 page 4+ men, 2+ women, supporting cast
Life sucks, and then you die.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

That Which Survives by Pete Barry
Drama
1 page 2+ men, 2+ women, supporting cast
A prehistoric artist tries to outlast his short life expectancy.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Turing Test by Pete Barry
Animated/Sci-Fi
15 pages 4 men, 4 women, 1 unspecified
The manager of a cyberspace country club must determine which of the guests at a virtual sweet sixteen party is a robot.

Recognition:
4th place finalist in the 2008 NYC Midnight Screenplay Competition.

Availability: Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.

 

Weeds by Pete Barry
Comedy
1 page 1 man
An aspiring gardener raises a surprising crop.


Availability:
Shooting rights available – contact the author. Read the script.