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Crude

Comedy/Thriller
80's pop singer is kidnapped shortly after his wedding to a best-selling writer. The whole NYC, including fans, the media and his Pulitzer winning wife literally freak out.
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Sweet Dreams

Thriller
What if one night you died in your sleep but didn't know it? What if your dream became the reality? What if your dream was a nightmare?
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Zorro 2004

Drama/Family/Action
Following the accidental death of her/his grandmother as the result of a police car chase, an idealistic Hispanic attorney and fencing champion returns to her/his childhood neighborhood to set up a free legal clinic, only to find the neighborhood in dire need of something more than free legal aid, that being an old fashioned hero. "Zorro 2004"-male protagonist; "Zorra"-female protagonist and little more focus on gender bias.
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Play For Me

Horror/Supernatural/Thriller
A young, 337 year old, telepathic Succubus with issues comes to the city for a little harmless sex, grand theft, and homicide and take her mind off of the impending death of her mentor. Her sociopathic tendencies give new meaning to the phrase "girls just wanna have fun".
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Getting Away With Murder In St. Louis

Drama
A criminal defense attorney, who makes his living by knowing the angles, finds a huge loophole in Missouri jurisprudence which allows him to murder his wife. But success does not equal happiness.
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Stellar

Romantic Comedy
A straight makeup artist who everyone beleives is gay tries to get a date with the woman of his dreams by doing her makeup in a very chaotic retail store.
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Days of Yore

Action\Adventure
Jack, after losing his family to plague, kills his first giant and gains the attention of King Arthur and the knights of the round table, who send him on a quest to Albion, Land of the Giants, to retrieve Arthur's sword and save all of England from destruction.
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Nerds Among Us

Comedy
To save his girlfriend, a nerdophobic writer enters the world of pocket protectors, bad haircuts, and ill-fitting polyester clothing to thwart a lunatic bent on recreating the world in his own nerd image.
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Careless Blue World

Romantic Adventure
A midwest teenage couple witnessing a mob hit and stumbling upon stolen casino money make a desperate roadtrip/elopement to Vegas in 1959. Must feature an exciting soundtrack of vintage music by 50s artists.
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The Haunted Bed

Horror
A bed that was made out of a tree, where men and women convicts were hanged in the 18th century, whoever sleeps on the bed has unusual chilling experiences, fantasies, thrills, ecstasies and what not. Bad omens to the carpenter and it goes on,till the whole village becomes harrowing and haunted forcing the villagers to caravan.
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In the wake of Vincent van Gogh

Documentary
The tragic Odyssey of Jelle de Boer, a true historical story on a unique painting collection (721 pieces) including most impressionist Masters - is it real or fake? Press conference scheduled in NY this year.
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Saraba, Sexy

Romance/Fantasy
A man and a woman fall in love on Japanese TV film shoot in Western NJ/eastern PA, they find the difficulties of backgrounds too much to overcome--not cultural but species-he is an Amerindian fox spirit, she's an Asian Indian[or could be East Asian too] Naga.
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Hexenkopf Hill

Horror
A Welsh exchange student gets stranded in Eastern PA as her car's possessed and a strange character rescues her with some spooks and local-type magic
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Friendship

Ghost Story
At a funeral, a ghost is brought together with an old friend from her past and changes are acknowledged/friendships renewed
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Found By Destiny

Suspense/Thriller
Jake's relationships were full of ups and downs!
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Choices

Mystery/Suspense
Donna Jones discovered at a very early age that she was not living in her body alone. Over a period of time the girl within started to grow stronger and more demanding, which forced Donna to do harmful things to herself and other.  But when Donna gets involved with the making of a fake sex murder film something inside begins to take over Donna's entire being. As she the girl within becomes excited on the views of blood, pain and the malicious acts of killing, Donna finds
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Thank God for the Lifeline

Drama
The author describes the lifeline as her mother and her grandmother.  The message of the book is that we all have lifelines. They make many sacrifices for us, love us (unconditionally), believe in us, and are always there for us. We need to take time to let them know that we love and appreciate them today, for tomorrow may be too late. The book is written in the flavor of The Color Purple. According to Nikki Giovanni, "It is a must read."
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Tantrum

Mystery/Suspense/Political Thriller
Tantrum is the highly charged urban score of a young politician's remarkable fall from personal grace and his brief rise to public glory. One story sheds light on the inner conflicts of an elected official. Unbeknownst to him is the evolving story of a trailing female assassin, a former lover and trained activist struggling to escape her difficult past. In between is a dramatic mix of compelling personalities as intriguing plots unfold.
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Untitled

Horror/Thriller
It's about a girl and her life experience in child and family services from birth to adulthood.
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In a Secret Mind

Drama
A novella about a family who inherit a small tree from their neighbor and unwittingly the curse attached to it. Their old pet dog comes back to life but its not the fluffy thing it used to be, instead it wants to lead them up to an old cottage in the lanes where the history of the curse will unfold.
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If We Never Meet Again

Romance
A novella about a man dying of cancer who draws up a list of things he wants to do before he dies and one of them is to set the record straight with his first love but he will not tell her of his illness. Tracking her down he finds her married with kids but unhappy with her bullying husband and although he wants to say goodbye she needs him and more than that she has the power to heal him.
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Losing Three Million Pounds Saved My Life

Drama/True Story
What would it be like to find out you were a multi millionaire, to have it proved beyond a doubt and then to be told you could Never touch a penny of it? This is a True front page story about a winning £3 million pound ($5.4 M) lottery ticket that was thrown away, a divorce, unemployment, depression and then a new hope.
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Hypertension

Thriller
A man goes on a course at an outward bound centre in the countryside that is at odds with the locals, especially when one of its team leaders assaults the village hard men. The course members begin to have 'accidents' but its not the locals who they need to be worrying about, its someone within their own ranks.
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Overtaken

Thriller/Horror
A man is haunted by the dead rock and roll biker gang who blame his father for killing one of their members during an illegal road race, in order to set the record straight he must step into their world and re-run the same race to find out what happened and why. There is a new person in his life though who has their own agenda and wants his soul for something else.
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Stray Bullet

Drama
One night 15 year old Peter Andrews' father is brutally murdered. When Peter sees the same truck that he saw driving away from the murder, and the cops can do nothing about it, he decides to take justice into his own hands.
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Foosa! Primal Instinct

Drama
This is a story of a 'believed-to-be-extinct' giant Madagascan carnivore's struggle for survival whose migratory path to Africa is subjected to interference by man and other animals...
 
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Mr

Drama/fantasy
When a small town hero fails at life in a big city college, he tries to kill himself, but instead he is instantly transported back to the Garden of Eden where he becomes Adam. Still armed with the knowledge of good and evil and his past life, he decides that he alone can stop the fall of mankind.
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Breakers of the Covenant A.K.A.

Drama/Suspense
Murder and intrigue soak up this seedy, southern mystery set in "The Bayou"- Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bishop Charles Hanley commits the heinous crime of murder.
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A Fish Tale

Fantasy
Man and wife Stowaways left on sunken ship survive as best they can in airtight galley as water level inches upwards. When she becomes pregnant what they do will make you wonder - what would you do? It is a Splash The Blue Lagoon. Opps I almost forgot they are expecting twins.
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The Imposter

Crime
Harry Latima forgone the job that earned him six figure income because of his independent. He joined the member of the underworld by becoming the master burglar, forger and professional impersonator leaving no trace for police. Harry became No 1 wanted criminal in Maryland when he impersonated the famous potential US president. But with no lead for police to follow, will it be possible to track him?
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Love In England

Biographical
This is an extract from the biography of Mahatma Gandi. A girl in England loves Gandhi, who is married to Kasturi Bai in his child-hood. This story runs about this love episode. How Gandhi discovers her love and how this episode ends happily is the climax.
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Beowulf

Drama
The greatest warrior of ancient Scandinavia and his battle to the death with a demon named Grendel. An adaptation of the original man vs. monster saga.
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Hot Stuff

Comedy
All heckfire breaks loose in a Deep South town when a family of dimwitted rednecks brew up a moonshine with an explosive secret . It's "Dumb and Dumber" meets "Deliverance"!
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The Virus Within

Sci-Fi
It is the story of seven crew members of two fighter space craft. it is the story of love, adventure and death. a search for an elusive enemy. how these crew members move from one planet to the other and find destroyed civilizations destroyed apparently by the same enemy. how they find the enemy in the end and learn its motive and nature.
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Strike Back

Drama
Corazon Atencio reluctantly sheds her traditional role to lead the fight for decent living conditions for all the residents, not just the whites,  of her company town.
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The Pathmakers

Drama
An obsessive writer, a troubled student, a neglected wife, and the intricate relationships that tear them apart and bring them together during a summer lakeside getaway.
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Santa's Little Helpers

Romantic Comedy
A hard-luck loser and a bitter divorcee punch the clock at a certain North Pole workshop, where their true-love Christmas wishes might just come true...if they don't drive each other crazy first.
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Soul Music

Horror
A bloodsucking jazz saxophonist and his obsession with a tormented young
trumpeter whose blood might be the key to lifting the vampire's
century-old curse.
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The 15th Day

Romantic Comedy
Manhattan is the backdrop for the comedy of manners (or lack thereof) when an ex-tabloid hack is forced to pen a smear piece on an up and coming artist. Preston Sturges meets Woody Allen when the two fall in love, and out, and in.
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John Henry

Adventure
The possibly-true story of the steel-drivin' man who raced a steam drill and built the American railroad.
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A Place To Go

Drama/Comedy
After a young mother is diagnosed with a crippling illness, the effect it has on her family is told through her oldest son's eyes.
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The Ghost Riders

Western/Horror
The year is 1879; the wind is blowing through the trees making an eerie and ominous sound. In the horizon we see lightning flashing over the mountains. Closer we see two lifeless souls on the ground lying by a smothered campfire with another lifeless cowboy hanging from a branch of a dead oak tree. In the distance you hear hell coming through the canyon walls which is the sound of death. You can also hear the pattering of the horse's hooves. As we see the
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The Chain Letter

Supernatural Thriller
A screenwriter discovers an old urban legend about a witch and her chain letter and uses it for his next script. We find out at the end that the script that he's writing, turned to a movie is the chain letter.
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Pills & Cocaine

Comedy
When a show-biz big shot comes to town, outrageous comics Jimmy Pills and Roy Cocaine have to do the impossible...Clean Up Their Act!
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Hot On Their Tails

Action/Lesbian
"Hot On Their Tails" is a lesbian-themed road picture about a wise-ass runaway teen, and the twenty-something lesbian who helps her escape from an irate drug-dealer, abusive stepfather and a cheating boyfriend. Along the way, the young girl has to decide whether or not she's gay. And she has a gun.
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Win

Comedy
When Lenny McGovern became head wrestling coach at South Florida State University (SFSU) at a young age, he thought he was getting the opportunity of a lifetime. What he discovered was a diverse mixture of college misfits constantly defying authority with no direction for success. A team that is more focused with booze, fighting, and women. McGovern tries to harness the aggression and unruly attitude of the wrestlers into elite performance in their
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The Star

Mystery
In the year 5025, Micky Malone and her gang of mobster friends defend themselves against the rival gang that killed Micky's husband. After hours of gun shots and hot sex, the inhabitants of the club soon relize that there is more the club than meets the eye. Now the gangs work together when they figure out that one them will not be left alive. Now they will discover the mystery true mystery of The Star.
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Knight's Bane

Action
The Priests, a secret society of vampire hunters for the Catholic Church, has lost contact with one of their own; fearing the worst, they send their prized knight to investigate. In his search, he uncovers a devious plot to make the vampire race known to the world. An engaging tale of one man's life, loss, quest for redemption, and ultimate demise, Knight's Bane is filled with mystery, intrigue, and only one certainty ... war is inevitable.
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Dark Mirror

Action
Detectives Grace Sabenau and Jimmy Alervara think they are tracking a serial killer dubbed the Slasher, they do not realize they are pawns in a multi-dimensional game of intrigue and magic involving other worlds way beyond all they could imagine. As the chilling story opens, the Slasher, who preys on his victims in the labyrinth of deserted buildings in a down town metropolis, gruesomely slaughters a hooker and because of Grace's eagerness to catch
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Sweet Dreams

Drama
After a set of nightmares John Steward is being hypnotized with the main goal being to clean his thoughts. Instead, he remains in his subconsciousness where he is faced with the strange creatures from his nightmares.
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