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These are free scripts.  You may download them to read and/or produce.  To produce them, there is a catch, but in the end, the requirements for production aren't that big a deal.  You'll see when you read them below.

Some ask, why give them away for free?  A relative of mine said, "Don't give them away.  Charge something!"  Hogwash.  I'll tell you why they're free.  Because I was once a student, and I was once broke and wanted short scripts to film.  Well, I'm still broke, but these are scripts I'll probably never get around to making and some were experiments in writing that I just had to try, but had no intention of directing.  My dusty library is your gain.  Keep coming back, because I have scripts that are 15 years old in old file formats that I'll try to convert to standard screenplay format.

Requirements for production:

 

1. Tell me you're doing it.  Contact me through the contact page and give me a shout that you're making the short.

2. Notify me of any awards.  I don't care if you come in third in the San Dimas HS, A/V Club Film Fest.  Let me know about any award or honorable mention you get

3. My credit on the film MUST read: Screenplay by Carl V. Rossi.  There is another upstanding playwright out there named Carl A. Rossi and I wish to avoid confusion.  Let's not have people attack him about my scripts, shall we?

4. If your short film will be included on a DVD compilation of shorts or standalone, you must contact me about signing a release form.  This form will legally protect you in case I get hit by a bus and my greedy family decides to sue.  They probably wouldn't, but I've a cousin who is a total bitch.  Just kidding, but you should protect yourself anyway.

5. If you post the short on YouTube, Google, or Vimeo throw me the link, I'd like to check it out.

6. These scripts are not public domain, but you are free to use them as you like.  Like a play by Shakespeare, you can direct it any way you want, but you can't claim you wrote Hamlet.  Same here.  Don't slap your name on the screenwriting credit and be sure to note that these scripts have been registered with the WGA.

7. Lastly, if you have any questions, or if you would like to write your own script based on one of these, read the FAQ.

 

Oh, and lastly, lastly...  If you 'make it'?  Remember me.  My day job blows.

Are you new here and don't want to click on 33 files? Download a zip of all the scripts here.

Have you been her before and you read all the old ones? Download a zip of the thirteen new scripts here.

  1. A Life in the FutureNEW! See a whole new future with the miracle of cryonics!

  2. An Adult WomanNEW! Who owns your body?

  3. Asmara, EritreaSaid hopes to transform Eritrea's primary export from agriculture to oil, but you are seen differently when you're not a big player in the Middle-East.

  4. AutumnTom has amnesia and blood on his hands.

  5. Before HeavenA young man, a young woman, and forbidden love.

  6. BreakdownWhen their car overheats a young man and a young woman share some truth.

  7. BrokenNEW! Sometimes nightmares look like dreams.

  8. The Dangerous TypeA CIA operative rescues her boyfriend.

  9. A Dream of LateA woman accuses her lover of no longer loving her.

  10. FlinchA husband and wife, but who stereotypes who?

  11. Getting BenefitsNEW! Sometimes the only option is a bad one.

  12. Gun, Meet MedicineA man's tolerance to his pain medication is so high, there's no where else to go.

  13. Hands Off!An angel visits John about how he spends his time online.

  14. Having a LaughNEW! Elizabeth is the president of The Chuckle Network, and she knows what viewers want.

  15. How Filmmakers See the WorldNEW! A rumination on the visual artistic mind.

  16. Jurisdiction in RemNEW! Money can be arrested. Who knew?

  17. MeatTwo policemen from two different towns help in the search for a little girl.

  18. Miss AmericaA young woman figures out how to 'make it' in America.

  19. PitstopNEW! When you have to go, you have to go.

  20. PolarisNEW! "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."

  21. A Quiet Place to RestPenelope finds the only place she can sleep is the cemetery.

  22. SensuousNEW! At a dinner party, the hosts cruelly tease their guests.

  23. Sex KickNEW! A couple dreams of making it rich online.

  24. A Sound DeathPenelope is visited by a man who is being relentlessly haunted.

  25. The StrawMardy kills her abusive husband. Now what?

  26. The Sun GirlCan someone marginalized make a difference?

  27. Interview With the TenantJennifer meets her landlady.

  28. The PapNEW! Kevin joins the paparazzi in taking photos of the latest starlet.

  29. The Seat of Clark CountyNEW! Sometimes you just don't have chemistry.

  30. ThirstA woman thirsts for more of what life promised her.

  31. Train WreckRoger is directing the musical, Emancipation!, and it may well be the worst production in the history of mankind. And offensive.

  32. Walking Through the DoorA woman serves her husband dinner, but there's an elephant in the room.

  33. WinnerA young man seeks divine help to win the lottery.

September 15, 2011 That's it. That's all I got for now.