In 1964 at the age of sixteen I was a junior in High School. I was living on my own due to family issues. I was given an English assignment of writing dialogue for a screenplay. I wrote about my life in a Rooming House and the different characters that also lived there. My English teacher thought I had some talent and arranged for me to get a "full boat" scholarship to a College that specialized in Writing. I turned him down. I did go on in life to be a teacher and school administrator. After watching the movie, The Bucket List, I like many people created their own bucket list. One of the items on the list was to write a Screenplay. At the age of 72, I am writing my first Screenplay about a young man and his trials and tribulations first at West Point and then during his two tours in Iraq as an officer in a tank platoon. This could be the most difficult task that I ever took on. But I am determined.
ORDER OF THE GOLD SPURS Budget: $5M - $10M | Action An injured commissioned officer is tested to the limits of his abilities facing brutal adversity at West Point, and then battles the odds under a ruthless Captain to survive two tours of duty and disaster in Iraq.
POWERS OF PERSUASION Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama A sheriff employing unorthodox police procedures, an unlicensed doctor who goes beyond what is right, and a school principal who battles the system for the benefit of his underprivileged students work their talismanic powers to achieve their individual achievements in this true story.
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Against the socio-political backdrop of the 1960s, an African-American, retired Professor, struggles to adopt an orphaned fourteen-year-old Caucasian boy before he endures further abuse from his drunk uncle, and assists him into becoming a stand-out athlete.