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When the most trusting man in America journeys to Nigeria to collect his expected inheritance promised to him in an e-mail by a prince, he must overcome bitter reality and find his prince in order to see the good in people once again.
That is a funny angle, but I've already developed the premise of a middle school counselor who enrages everyone with his trusting attitude.
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On the eve of their 50th wedding anniversary dinner, Uncles Mark and Robert, help their family come to terms with alcoholism, an issue threatening to destroy a beloved nephew.
Hi Mark, in loglines we usually omit character names: On the eve of his gay uncle?s anniversary dinner, a troubled man must again battle with alcohol and the impact it continues to have on the family; all the while celebrating…
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The lives of an undefeated boxer and a former hitman intermingle on the corrupt and sinful streets of New Orleans as they join forces to save the they love city and the people in it from cataclysm
Interesting; personally, I would specify that this is during Katrina, it is something people can picture, rather than any old cataclysm.
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When an elderly man sues a large bank for foreclosing on him due to a data error, he dies of a heart attack in court, and his daughter then brings a wrongful death suit against the same bank.
This seems too "dog bites man." It may be kind of sad, too; you might need a hopeful twist.
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'While the rest of the world begins to lose their memories. A sole teenager starts to learn things about the world that they had never dreamed of.'
Right, how will this "lucky" teen save existence and all our memories??
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A research scientist races against time to stop two earth-altering events: the rapid deterioration of planet Earth?s gravitational field and her family from completely drifting apart.
I was going for it as ironic logline ending. A family break-up is not going to cause a planet-wide disaster, but it's certainly a big deal for the family!
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Whole human beeing fight for the lost planet earth against the majestically, though, imperfect fallen angel.
When all of humanity fights for planet earth against an imperfect fallen angel...
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The disfigured adopted son of a faith healer conspires to run away from home after he falls in love with glam rock and a beautiful yet rebellious crossdresser named Esmeralda in 1980s Nevada.
I agree it is two adventures in one. Which one will you want to emphasize?
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When a brilliant but unruly CIA agent is unexpectedly assigned to find a missing Chinese dissident, he soon realises all is not what it seems. Not knowing who to trust, his loyalties to friends, family and country are tested to the limit.
(I tried this for brevity's sake) When a brilliant but unruly CIA agent is unexpectedly assigned to find a missing Chinese dissident, his trust and loyalty to his friends, family and country will be tested to the limit.
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A hipster quest for "transcendent" duck tacos is derailed when a failed chef turned health inspector closes the duck truck down.
The pursuit of the tacos is the goal :-) Zen hipsters!
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A selfless man journeys through love and loss when he attempts to break his brother out of prison.
Interesting. I think if you were pitching this an executive would ask what does "love and lost" look like. Did he get dumped? Did his bride get whacked by the mob? It just could add an interesting element.
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A neurotic writer attempts to break his noncompliant criminal brother out of jail while still trying to preserve a relationship with his bipolar wife.
I'll act the thesaurus noncompliant: obstinate, uncooperative, rebellious, unruly, insubordinate, defiant
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When a young bride of an American couple living in Italy is surprised by a pregnancy, she will do all she can to hide the baby bump before her homesick husband decides to pull the plug on her Tuscan paradise and her budding art career.
This is purely a logline, no script yet! My attempt at a romcom concept. I've tried to raise the stakes.
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A dysfunctional dad and his rebellious daughter are forced to join each other in a bike race where they battle the establishment and each other relentlessly.
It seems interesting that both main characters are eccentric; usually one would be the straight (non-crazy) one. Maybe you could expand on dysfunctional with another (1 word) descriptor.
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When Jacob, a genteel theater actor, becomes a mob boss through mistaken identity. He is forced to work with Mia a police detective, in order to incarcerate the notorious Big Bamzy and save his own life.
This is a logline for the narrative of a 10 episode TV comedy series.
Very cool, my suggestion is to make the detective memorable with a one word descriptor: sexy, one-eyed, Amazonian, super-model, you know, interesting!
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After selling their souls to a devil the name of Black, tall-tale legends Pecos Bill and Slue-foot Sue must elude a hell bound fate as well as every cowboy trying to sell ?em out to that varmint.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecos_Bill they are Tall tale legends from Texas, nearly as famous as Paul Bunyan but I get your point about the emotional investment.
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After selling their souls to a devil the name of Black, tall-tale legends Pecos Bill and Slue-foot Sue must elude a hell bound fate as well as every cowboy trying to sell ?em out to that varmint.
I wouldn't name the characters if they weren't tall-tale stars. I'm thinking great name recognition here! :-) Hopefully, they would do better than the Lone Ranger!
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When a single father to a teenage daughter learns that he has a fatal brain tumor, he takes her on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before and to try to teach her everything she might need over the rest of her life.
After being diagnosed with a brain tumor, a single father takes his reluctant daughter on the ultimate road trip to track down the mother who abandoned her. But does Mom want to be found?
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A hipster quest for "transcendent" duck tacos is derailed when a failed chef turned health inspector closes the duck truck down.
this is a short, maybe that's why it seems it's over just as it begins.
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Driven by his father's envy and murderous past, a Viking prince is pursued by jealous gods and a dark temptress in his quest for redemption.
It sounds very cool! #notcomplicated
