FIVE FLORIDA SCREENPLAYS

by Frank Eberling

FIVE FLORIDA SCREENPLAYS contains feature-length screenplays by forty-five year veteran Florida Filmmaker. He traveled around the world and the country during that time, but most of his 3,000+ documentary segments were filmed in Florida. The people he met and the places he visited inspired him to write over thirty screenplays and almost a dozen novels, many of them available on AMAZON. In this collection we are presented withBUT HE WASN’T WEARING A WEDDING RING WHEN I FIRST MET HIMEight age and racially-diverse women go on a weekend retreat to a remote New Smyrna Beach house for a weekend getaway. Lots of laughter and umbrella drinks are on the agenda. But when they discover they share a common secret, chaos ensues. Do they laugh or do they cry? SWEET SURRENDER / DEADLY SURRENDER When two Jamaican sugar cane cutters are brutally murdered in the Glades, a local homicide detective discovers no one really cares. THE FIRST RESORT When a documentary filmmaker accompanies a famous photographer to Key West to document her finishing her latest photo book, the unexpected occurs. A candid examination of choices many artists must face. A GROUPER SERENADESome men come to Florida to fly to the moon or build empires. All Reuben Darville wants to do is go fishing with his friends, spend time with his dog, and marry his long-time love. He discovers that sometimes, not even small dreams come true. HEART SPRINGS / HEART STRINGS Two brothers re-unite to attend their mother’s funeral on the same weekend as the annual Florida Folk Festival. Surrounded by music they have an opportunity to examine their lives and address the future. Set against a weekend filled with Florida Folk and Old-Timey music. The five feature-length screenplays contain NO ZOMBIES, CANNIBALS, VAMPIRES, SUPERHEROES, CHARACTERS WEARING CAPES or TIGHTS or MASKS, CHARACTERS WITH SUPERPOWERS, PLOT DEVICES CONTAINING MYSTICISM, ESP, CLAIRVOYANCE, CLONES, MONSTERS, TIME TRAVEL, OUTERSPACE, ALIENS, DYSTOPIAN or POST-APOCALYPTIC PLOTS, or ROBOTS

672 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2020