Loglines & Screenplays by Hillary Dixon Rust

GENRES: Comedy

After running their lives into the ground in NYC, two hapless buddies decide to go work for a cowboy con-man at his fireworks stand in West Texas for a month in the hopes of earning enough cash to make a fresh start in LA.

GENRES: Crime, Thriller

A man’s life is derailed after being accused of murdering his wife. Four years later he’s finally forced to confront the past when his best friend shows up unexpectedly digging up everything he’s been trying to bury.

GENRES: Crime, Experimental, Thriller

A drug addled private detective somehow manages to hire himself to do a detailed surveillance on himself when he unwittingly finds himself the star of a series of DVD’s entitled “Following Charles” that appear to be about the exact day he is living. Compelled by morbid curiosity to watch the entre series, fantasy and reality become indistinguishable as he seems to be following himself to his own death. (Groundhog Day meets Memento)

GENRES: Horror

There's a sign at the entrance to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon reading "Take only memories, leave only footprints". The winter care takers for the lodge will wish they had heeded this warning when an early snow storm has them trapped and the wandering stranger of local lore finds his way to their camp. (The Great Silence meets JAWS)

GENRES: Comedy, Crime

Darren is ready to retire from being a drug dealer but his quirky boss, even stranger suppliers and idiot buyers are reluctant to see him go. With pressure mounting from all sides he agrees to one last big deal but he’ll be lucky to make it out alive. (Snatch meets True Romance)

GENRES: Horror, Thriller

A struggling painter uses her art as an outlet to keep her nightmare visions of a giant menacing black bird in check. But after the birth of her daughter the visions become more intense and she becomes convinced the giant black bird is coming to take her baby.

GENRES: Action, Comedy

A man's life gets turned on its head when he finds a magical time traveling tree growing out of the side of his office building and to protect it he is thrust into a battle with the evil forces of the universe. (Big Trouble In Little China meets The Golden Child)

GENRES: Comedy, Crime

Gary and Wyatt are big time high school losers whose plan to pull off a robbery at their small town bank goes horribly wrong when Wyatt accidentally shoots his not so secret crush and they are forced to go on the lamb. With a little help from Gary’s uncle Sam, and new plan to get out of town, they keep assuring themselves that everything is going to be fine. (Raising Arizona meets Sugar & Spice)