BEST Scene Screenplay: MONDAY'S HERO, by Larry Downes
BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS • 3m 51s
In a college football-crazed town, after the big game, three of the players are accused of a hate crime of beating a gay man to death. The task of defending them falls to the school’s former All-American football star turned lawyer. CHRIS CAMPBELL, the lauded letterman now with a briefcase, is aided by an expedient college administration and a loyal police department but he hides a guilty conscience and has never been involved in a murder trial. What’s more, the prosecuting attorney is ABALARDO VAS, the most prominent attorney in the state, who also happens to be a gay man with a grudge against the college football team.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Buzz: Geoff Mays
Chris: Allan Michael Brunet
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