Script File
NVFF Pitch of The Outside Curtains
1. Category & Genre: Film/Sci-Fi
2. Title: The Outside Curtains
3. Logline:
Billy Williams feels the universe collapsing in on him when he is injured while hauling ore from the asteroid belt, but soon finds hope in a program that enables him to find the edge of the universe and beyond, culminating in the first off-Earth human birth of his daughter: Hope.
4. Pitch Synopsis:
Billy is struck in the head while mining in the asteroid belt, resulting in a Traumatic Brain Injury that disables him from his career: flying spacecraft. While working through his rehabilitation therapy, Billy is approached by a recruiter to take part in a space probe program where his TBI is desirable because his limited ability to differentiate fantasy from reality will enable him to map the far reaches of the universe and even travel beyond its edge, the outside curtains. During one of his first flights, Billy learns that the probe program is ripping the universe apart and must be stopped. Billy teams up with his friends to put an end to the arrogance that threatens the very fabric of space. Their efforts result in the end of the probe program as well as a settlement on a new “Earth” where Billy’s girlfriend, Autumn gives birth to their daughter, Hope.
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Scott EnnisWriter
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Project Type:Screenplay, Treatment, Other
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Number of Pages:1
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Country of Origin:United States
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:No
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Student Project:No
Bio
Timothy Scott Ennis
Having experienced creative success as a poet, Scott is now focusing his creativity on screenwriting. Scott believes firmly in the statement: “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” ― Henry David Thoreau
Scott has stood up to live in the following ways:
Raised all over the USA due to his father's service in the US Navy: Washington, Hawaii, Connecticut, Virginia, California, Idaho, and Utah.
Spent 2 years in South Africa at the end of apartheid, 1985-1987.
13 years service in the US Army, including Airborne Special Forces. Stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, Ft. Benning, Georgia, and Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Earned a BA in English Literature, 1993 from Weber State University.
Worked as a technology project manager for 20 years.
Competed in Ironman triathlon and Boston Marathon both in 2009.
Presented poetry and related papers at several academic conferences including: The National Undergraduate Literature Conference, Weber State University, Intersections, University of California, Irvine, and Renovations, University of Nevada, Reno.
Poetry Published by McGraw-Hill and internationally commissioned by Faidon Design, Sweden.
Survived a near-fatal accident in 2010 and sustained and lives with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
Currently pursuing an MFA online in screenwriting from Academy of Art University.
Lives next to the Pacific Ocean in Ocean Shores, Washington with his wife and two daughters.
Written more sonnets than Shakespeare and now working on writing more screenplays than Shakespeare's plays.
Cinema is poetry.