Archive for the 'Screenplays' Category

Fade In Quarter-Finals!

Posted by Locked Horns on March 19th, 2008

“Cowboy Dreams” and “Desert Angel” - two short film scripts penned by Locked Horns’ own Steve Briscoe - have advanced to the Quarter-Finals in the 12th Annual Fade In Awards. Read more about the competition here and click on the link “2007 Quarter-Finalists Announced.”

“Cowboy Dreams” - a surreal comedy about the nightmares plaguing an ex-gunfighter in the Old West - is the next film on Locked Horns’ production slate. Look for major announcements regarding that project very soon!

2008 Phoenix Film Festival - 2nd Place!

Posted by Locked Horns on March 14th, 2008

WINNER! The Redhead, an original feature-length screenplay written by Locked Horns’ Steve Briscoe and Paul DeNigris has been awarded 2nd Place among screenplays set in Arizona in this year’s Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Challenge.

Read more about it here.

2008 Phoenix Film Festival Top Ten!

Posted by Locked Horns on February 17th, 2008

UPDATE! The Redhead, an original feature-length screenplay written by Locked Horns’ Steve Briscoe and Paul DeNigris has been named as one of the TOP TEN screenplays in this year’s Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Challenge. Read more about it here.

2008 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Quarterfinalist

Posted by Locked Horns on February 1st, 2008

Our original feature screenplay The Redhead, written by Steve Briscoe and Paul DeNigris, was announced today as one of the Top 20 entries in the 2008 Phoenix Film Festival Arizona Screenplay Challenge, presented by IFP/Phoenix. More details can be found here on the Phoenix Film Festival website.

LOGLINE: A coming-of-age roadtrip comedy, The Redhead tells the story of Josh Duffet, 18-year-old son of a plumber in suburban Buffalo, New York. With his plans for the future - including a football scholarship to Arizona State University - put on indefinite hold because of a shoulder injury, Josh settles himself into the rut of working for the family plumbing business until Uncle Stan, consummate car collector and Josh’s lifelong mentor, gives Josh a mysterious handcrafted racecar and sends him on the adventure of a lifetime - to see the country and discover what’s most important… himself.

The Top 10 screenplays will be announced February 15th, the Winners on March 13th. The 8th annual Phoenix Film Festival runs April 3rd through 10th at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatres.