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“Tomorrow’s Pain" tells of a woman’s life as she deals with her pain and takes another chance at love. Tomorrow’s life was based on twisted lies and abandon trust, ripping apart the world of everyone she loved.
How can I live through this..?
How can I trust my heart...
I don’t want to be alone...
In Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town by Kenny Rogers, Ruby's husband is a crippled war vet and can't make love to her so she takes her love to town. Our story is of a young rock singer driving through the desert in his convertible Chevy. He stops for the night outside a motel and a beautiful girl looks round and smiles at him... A theme song has been written for this project.
He thinks he's got it all together in his life. Then she comes along and turns it all upside down. So much love. Is he in way over his heart? Theme song written for this project.
Songwriter loses the love of his life. She left on the morning train. Every day he goes down to the railroad crossing to play his guitar and watch the trains roll by hoping to see her coming back. The sound of the lonesome whistle becomes a metaphor for the sound of his broken heart. A theme song has been written for this project.
Chris did Natalie wrong. He realises now how much he hurt her, he's sorry and he realises that being with her is where he should be. He wants her to forgive him but she is finding it tough. He suggests they could fall in love again a little at a time. Will she accept his apology? Is there enough left in her heart to agree? A song has been written for this project.
A couple meet on a movie tour bus and discover they have a shared passion for Famous Locations where movies and TV shows were shot... and each other. Romance blossoms as they quiz each other on their movie and TV locations knowledge.
The other side of the Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town story. Ruby's husband is a crippled war vet and can't make love to her so she takes her love to town. The other side of the story is a young rock singer driving through the desert in his convertible Chevy. He stops for the night outside the motel and this beautiful girl looks round and smiles at him...
A young woman and her U.S. soldier, separated by a war, keep romance alive through texting until a tragedy occurs that brings about an ending you’ll never see coming.
A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them that they must separate--and that they can do so if they'll only fight with their will power.
A museum visitor, Martin, falls in love with the female figure in Edward Hopper’s painting, Automat. And as Martin’s infatuation for the subject of the painting increases, he “crosses over” and enters the well-lighted café where she resides.
There is magic in this light romance where the worst day of the year for two lonely hearts turns into the best when they let go of the past just in time to listen to the music box and fall in love.
• American Gem Short Script Contest, Hon. Mention
• Oshun 55 Short Script Competition, Finalist