January 2012 Contest

$32,000 in Awards

Two Best Dialogue Track Awards: $5,000 Each

Winners

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(Thriller and Suspense) With the evidence against her overwhelming and the law closing in, a woman desperately tries to prove she is not a murderer.
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(Comedy) A floundering twenty-something wins tickets to a rock concert and ends up getting pregnant after a night with the lead singer.

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Two Best Actor Awards: $1,000 Each

Winners

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(Comedy, Kids and Family) A young farmboy tries to discover the secret of how 12 beautiful princesses escape each night from the imprisonment of their mad father.

 
 
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(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Comedy) When a princess from their favorite role playing game appears in Chicago, it's up to Ronnie, a gaming nerd in search of adventure, and his nerdy friends to rescue her and save the world.

 
 

Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Awards: $20,000 Total

One Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Winner: $5,000

Five Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Finalists: $1,500 Each

Fifteen Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Semifinalists: $500 Each

Winner

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(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Before James Bond, there was Benjamin Franklin: inventor, philanthropist, and the single largest exporter of kicking British ass. Using his array of inventions and weapons, Franklin is a one-man army thirsty for Redcoat blood, especially when he's wrongly accused of treason.
Winner: Best Script, Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up
Finalist: Best Script, Best Comedy Script, Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up
Semifinalist: Best Script, Best Comedy Script, Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up
 
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Winner: Best Script, Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up
Finalist: Best Test Movie, Best Table Read, Best Script, Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up
Semifinalist: Best Test Movie, Best Table Read, Best Script, Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up
 
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Two Best Dialogue Track Awards: $5,000 Each

Finalists

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(Thriller and Suspense) With the evidence against her overwhelming and the law closing in, a woman desperately tries to prove she is not a murderer.

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(Comedy) A floundering twenty-something wins tickets to a rock concert and ends up getting pregnant after a night with the lead singer.

 
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(Horror, Action and Adventure) In ancient Rome, a team of gladiators must fight its most vicious opponent ever... Zombies. As the outbreak spreads and the cre...

 

Two Best Actor Awards: $1,000 Each

Finalists

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(Drama) Low-rent, hard-fisted hoodlum Richie is a violent loner by nature, yet it is his lady problems that give him the most trouble. When his most recent relationship goes sour, Richie decides to fix what he thinks is broken in his life...the only way he knows how.

 
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(Thriller and Suspense, Action and Adventure) When a nautical treasure hunter discovers a WWII U-boat off the coast of New York, he sets out on an international pursuit to discover the formula to alchemy with a beautiful professor who has a secret agenda of her own.

 
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(Action and Adventure) In 1940, a US airship is sent on a top secret mission into the uncharted African interior in order to intercept a Nazi Zeppelin involved in an archeological expedition that could make Hitler’s armies invincible.

 
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(Comedy, Kids and Family) A young farmboy tries to discover the secret of how 12 beautiful princesses escape each night from the imprisonment of their mad father.

 
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(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Comedy) When a princess from their favorite role playing game appears in Chicago, it's up to Ronnie, a gaming nerd in search of adventure, and his nerdy friends to rescue her and save the world.

 
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(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Comedy) When a princess from their favorite role playing game appears in Chicago, it's up to Ronnie, a gaming nerd in search of adventure, and his nerdy friends to rescue her and save the world.

 

Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Awards: $20,000 Total

One Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Winner: $5,000

Five Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Finalists: $1,500 Each

Fifteen Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Semifinalists: $500 Each

Finalists

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(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Before James Bond, there was Benjamin Franklin: inventor, philanthropist, and the single largest exporter of kicking British as...

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(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Before James Bond, there was Benjamin Franklin: inventor, philanthropist, and the single largest exporter of kicking British as...

 
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(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Before James Bond, there was Benjamin Franklin: inventor, philanthropist, and the single largest exporter of kicking British as...

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(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Little did you know that Benjamin Franklin was the geriatric James Bond of his day. When his greatest invention is discovered ...

 
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(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Before James Bond, there was Benjamin Franklin: inventor, philanthropist, and the single largest exporter of kicking British as...

 

Two Best Actor Awards: $1,000 Each

Semifinalists

Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Awards: $20,000 Total

One Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Winner: $5,000

Five Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Finalists: $1,500 Each

Fifteen Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Semifinalists: $500 Each

Semifinalists

Two Best Dialogue Track Awards: $5,000 Each

Summary of Key Contest Rules

  • You must be at least 18 (or the age of majority where you reside).
  • Your dialogue track must include a reading of the dialogue of the script. It must not include non-dialogue elements such as descriptions of action, music or sound effects.
  • Your dialogue track movie must complete its upload and processing by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the last day of the contest entry period. This could take hours, and possibly more than a day, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time.
  • A total of $500 of the Best Dialogue Track award is offered to eligible scripts that meaningfully contribute to the winning dialogue track.

Two Best Actor Awards: $1,000 Each

Summary of Key Contest Rules

  • You must be at least 18 (or the age of majority where you reside).
  • You must have an Amazon Studios account and be credited in an eligible, full-length test movie or dialogue track that is uploaded and processed by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the last day of the contest entry period. This could take hours, and possibly more than a day, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time.

Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Awards: $20,000 Total

One Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Winner: $5,000

Five Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Finalists: $1,500 Each

Fifteen Script Spotlight: America's Ben Franklin Punch-Up Semifinalists: $500 Each

Summary of Key Contest Rules

  • Your script must be a comedy punch-up of America's Ben Franklin in: The Electrocution String (Script 3), available at http://studios.amazon.com/scripts/4134 but otherwise be wholly original and not contain any material from any later revision of that script.
  • The awards are $5,000 for the winner, $1,500 to each of five finalists, and $500 to each of 15 semifinalists.
  • Your script must contain, on the first page of the script, a list of the page numbers on which changes from the original script have been made.
  • Only scripts between 85 and 160 pages long (in standard script format) are eligible for contest awards.
  • You must be at least 18 (or the age of majority where you reside).
  • To be eligible, your entry must be uploaded between October 27, 2011 and January 31, 2012, and must complete its upload and processing by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the last day of the contest entry period. This could take hours, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time.
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