Script File
Cavendish, Pepys, and the Zombie Kiss of 1666
Samuel Pepys, amateur scientist and Navy Secretary, has lost his wife, Elizabeth, to the London plague of 1666. Margaret Cavendish's anti-plague julep is a sure remedy for this scourge, but it requires generous amounts of Sam's blood. The plan is to employ Robert Boyle's pump to drain the poor Navy Secretary dry -- after Sam's carnality has been brought to a boil by the blandishments of Aphra Behn and others. Elizabeth Pepys, looking much the zombie, rides to the rescue of her beleaguered husband and a flurry of neck biting ensues, ending in a relaxing evening at the famed Hell Fire Club.
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James FitzmauriceWriter
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Number of Pages:10
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:Yes
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Student Project:No
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International Independent Film Awards
Award Winner -
Hollywood Blood Horror FestivalHollywood, CA
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Rocky Mountain International Film FestivalSilverthorne, Colorado
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Independent Shorts AwardsEncino, CA
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Hollywood Forever Film FestivalHollywood, CA
December 8, 2019
Quarter Finalist -
NYC Indie Film AwardsNew York City
September 21, 2019
Selected -
Marina Del Rey Film FestivalLos Angeles
October 16, 2019
Selected -
LA Live Film Fest
November 1, 2019
Selected -
Florence Film Awards
August 3, 2019
Florence, Italy -
Florence Film AwardsFlorence, Italy
August 3, 2019
Selected
James Fitzmaurice, Emeritus Professor of English at Northern Arizona University, Honorary Fellow at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Retirement writing: "Barack Obama Remembers a Young Poet" and "Margaret Cavendish, Virginia Woolf, and The Cypriot Goddess Natura" (performed in Nicosia at the CVAR Museum in April of 2017). Producer - "The Farce of the Fisherman," performed in Nicosia at the CVAR Museum in March of 2018.
Additional pre-retirement activities: Post-doctoral Fellow, Yale University 1983; Guest Professor, University of Tuebingen, 1986; Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, 1996.
For this short, think Ben Elton's "Upstart Crow" meets "Young Frankenstein."