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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

To Be or Not To Be

The majority rules that deceased and/or living actors be used in polls.
Thank you for voting!

Some have suggested actors who are no longer with us to be used in the polls. This poll is to find out whether actors gone by should be included. What do you think? Your comments are greatly appreciated! Petra

Friday, July 25, 2008

In Love on Coffee Breaks

And the winners are:
Juliette Binoche (44%)
Roberto Benigni (44%)
Thank you for voting!

FADE IN:

INT. POLICE STATION. A SMALL TOWN IN ITALY - DAY

A POLICEMAN on his coffee break observes a WOMAN enter a beauty salon across the street; follows her with loving eyes as she makes her way to the telephone.

INTERCUT BETWEEN THE POLICEMAN'S AND WOMAN'S CONVERSATION:

GABRIELLA
Hello, my love.

MICHAEL
Hello, Sunshine.

GABRIELLA
You forgot your wallet.

MICHAEL
I was expecting your call.

GABRIELLA
What?

MICHAEL
I swear...I've been waiting for an hour. Ask Joe.

GABRIELLA
(laughing)
Okay, stop fooling around. When can you pick it up?

MICHAEL
I'm busy now. I'm having my coffee.

Gabriella peers through the blinds of the beauty salon.

MICHAEL
She's at the window, looking at me without seeing me.
(leaning his chin in his hand)
She parks in forbidden places...to tease the policeman who admires her instead of fining her.

Gabriella LAUGHS as she releases the blinds.

MICHAEL
You find it funny? How I torture over my love for you?

GABRIELLA
Okay, ciao.

She hangs up the telephone, takes one last glance out through the blinds, and walks away.

MICHAEL
(sighs)
Ciao bella! Until my next coffee break.

FADE TO BLACK

**written by petra michelle**

http://ifreelance.com/pro/43547
http://petramichelle.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 18, 2008

Wayworn Home

AND THE WINNERS ARE:
Jessica Lange (40%)
Jake Gyllanhaal (55%)
Thank you for voting!


FADE IN:

Ext. Log Cabin. Mid-1800's - Day

A young COWBOY rides up to a modest log cabin set on a farm. As he climbs down off his horse,
geese snap, chickens CACKLE. A WOMAN, his mother's age, opens the door, observing him with a shotgun.

MARGARET
What can I do for you?

JAKE
Thank you, ma'am. I was wondering if you could use any help around the farm?
Mrs. Johnson sent me.

Margaret studies his thin frame and handsome, but pale face.

JAKE
I notice the roof needs mending.

MARGARET
Have you had anything to eat today?

JAKE
No, ma'am. Not yet.

She gestures he come into the cabin.

INT. CABIN. KITCHEN - DAY

Coffee permeates the kitchen and biscuits sit in the center of the table. Jake quickly glances at
its humble surroundings, and stares at a photo.

MARGARET
Sit down.

JAKE
Thank you, ma'am.

Awkward silences exchange between them as Margaret sets a plate of fried chicken and biscuits, and a cup of coffee before him.

MARGARET
What's your name, son?

JAKE
Jake Hadden.

Margaret's eyes widen; she stumbles. Jake quickly assists her to a chair.

JAKE
Are you all right, maw?

She gazes at him questioning how he knew she was his mother, then notices a pendant worn around Jake's neck.

MARGARET
Paw gave you that pendant, didn't he?

Jake's eyes well with tears.

MARGARET
I gave it to him before I left.

While Jake kneels before her, Margaret begins to cry.

JAKE
Don't cry, maw.

MARGARET
I should never have left you, son. Can you forgive me?

Jake rises to hug her.

FADE TO BLACK

**written by petra michelle**

http://ifreelance.com/pro/43547
http://petramichelle.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 11, 2008

Happy Grooming

AND THE WINNERS ARE:
Judi Dench (50%)
Donald Sutherland (60%)
Thank you for voting!

EXT. ZOO - DAY

A senior MARRIED COUPLE is strolling past the Gorilla Exhibit. Two gorillas, sitting just behind the fence, are grooming each other.

GLENDA
Look, dear. I can almost touch them.
(smiling)
Aren't they sweet?

HENRY
Yes, but not as sweet as you, dear.

Henry begins to groom Glenda's hair and caresses her neck.

GLENDA
(shocked)
What are you doing?!

A ZOO KEEPER appears with the gorillas' lunch of cottage cheese, raspberries, and banana tree leaves.

GLENDA
That looks interesting.

HENRY
Mmm, but not as delicious as the cottage cheese, raspberries, and bananas you fed me this morning.

Henry returns to Glenda, grooming her, showering her with affections.

GLENDA
(pondering)
It really does work.

**written by petra michelle**

http://www.ifreelance.com/pro/43547
http://petramichelle.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 4, 2008

A Dangling Divorce

THE WINNERS BY A LANDSLIDE ARE:
Sandra Bullock
Hugh Grant
Thank you for voting!

FADE IN:

EXT. SIDE OF MOUNTAIN IN SWISS ALPS - DUSK

The mountain seems bigger and the temperature colder since the start of the climb.

DAVID
(shouts)
Nan! I can't hear you!

Approximately one-hundred feet below; weak and frozen to the marrow,

NAN
(musters)
Set up camp at the next ridge!

Suddenly, a landslide reshapes the mountain top. David feels a steady tug on his rope.

DAVID
(looks down, panicking)
Nan?!

He sees her through the settling snow, dangling below him.

DAVID
Talk to me, Nan!

NAN
(shouts)
We're spending our divorce snorkling on Maui!

FADE TO BLACK


**written by petra michelle**
http://www.ifreelance.com/pro/43547
http://petramichelle.blogspot.com/