10-25-2017, 02:06 AM
Best Non-IDU Film Submission:
Movie Title: Discovery
Languages Spoken: English with Russian and French translations
Major Characters and Roles:
Doctor Alexander Blakovich- Walter Myers
Derek Langdon- Wesley Merlo
Maria Blakovich- Torri Davis
Johnson Blakovich- Donald Drake
Christopher Blakovich- Jacob Robinson
Andrew Simon- Michael Abbott
Synopsis:
Doctor Alexander Blakovich, or just Alex by his friends and colleagues, is a Nobel-winning biochemist who revolutionized the foundations of biochemistry and teaches at Stanford University. After many year, Alex and his lab assistant, Derek Langdon, have finished the creation of one of the most powerful microscopes in the world, which the named CYCLPS-1, and is capable of seeing past the electrons of an atom. When Alex first tests the CYCLPS-1 with a sample of uranium, the microscope sees past both atom and their electrons until only darkness could be seen. Then, as Alex was about to end the experiment in success, Derek notices several small pinpricks of light the microscope was picking up, and they both moved to investigate. Looking further, both scientists discover the presence of hundreds of galaxies within the sample and are astonished by their discovery. The next day, they carefully introduce other scientists in their department to their discovery and learned that they both discovered a more condensed form of life.
Suddenly, the doors to their lab are thrown open and a dozen men wearing black kevlar and assault rifles attempt to kidnap both men. Derek provides a distraction with the other scientists and allows Alex the chance to escape, where he returns home and finds his wife, Maria, and their three-year old son, Christopher, seated in the living room with a sharp dressed man drinking tea from a porcelain cup. The man introduces himself as Andrew Simon, the CEO of Simon Industries, a bio-company based on developing shady technologies for the right price. Andrew tells Alex that his company had discovered the presence of life within atoms half a decade earlier and were using it to power their most popular power source on the market, the Neur-X Battery. He tries to persuade Alex into joining their Neur-X division and further the technology for the safety of him, his family, and Derek. As he talks, Alex slowly sneaks toward his fireplace and attacks Andrew with an iron poker, knocking him out. Alex and his family quickly get into their family van and drive away as Simon-Industry Agents pursue them. A chase ensues as they drive to the safest place they know; Alex?s distant-brother Johnson, an ex-military nut who lives in a bunker on the outskirts of Stanford, California and could protect them from Simon Industries. After arriving, a gunfight ensues as Johnson?s home-made turrets attack the Agents and causes them to retreat back into the city. Johnson takes Alex and his family inside, and they explain everything, from the CYCLPS-1 discovery to Andrew Simons? threat, and Johnson promises to protect them as long as he can.
Later at night, Johnson and Alex meet at the entrance to the bunker while Maria and Chris slept and discussed what they would do next, knowing that they couldn?t stay in the bunker forever. Both brothers agree that the best course of action would be to return to the Univeristy, steal the research Alex had done on the micro-galaxies, and publish them on the news to discredit Simon Industries. They both take Johnson?s pick-up truck, loaded with heavy weapons, back into Stanford and sneak back into Alex?s lab. When they arrive, the lab had already been broken down and the CYCLPS-1 missing, presumably by Andrew Simons. So, in a last ditch effort to stop Simon Industries, both brothers sneak into their head building in San Diego with Johnson calling his fellow military nuts in the area to create a distraction for the company. Both brothers fight through the docking bay of the building and make their way through the varying levels of the facility until they reached the Neur-X division laboratory with the CYCLPS-1 inside. As Alex tries to move as much data as he could to a flash drive, a shot rings and Johnson falls with a bullet in his shoulder. Both men look to see Derek walk into the lab, aiming a pistol at both men. He blames Alex for abandoning him and tells them that Andrew offered the position of head scientist to the Neur-X project, as long as he stopped Alex from ruining the project. Johnson tries to tackle him, but Derek shoots him again, and Johnson go unconscious from his wounds and presumed dead. Derek pistol-whips Alex and drags him into a tube connected to the CYCLPS-1, telling him that if he loved his discovery so much, he should become a part of it.
Alex sees a flash of white light, and opens his eyes to find himself in a prehistoric world that mirrored earth, within one of the tiny galaxies that he found earlier. He screams in anger, but calms down and watches as the sun of this new galaxy rises in the distance. Now accepting his fate, Alex promises himself to find a way back home so he could get revenge on Derek and Andrew and stop their project for good. As the sun glows brighter, it overlays Alex and then glows less as it transitions to Johnson, limping with his wounds back to the bunker. As he arrives, he finds Maria and Chris still sleeping and smiles to himself. He sits down in a fold-out chair, watching them, and pulls out the flash drive with as much data from Simon Industries as it could hold. He promises to somehow get his brother back, one way or another, and slowly dies within the bunker.
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Production & Background Details:
Director: Jean Leopold Lafayette, appearing for the first time in the IDU Film Festival.
Studio/Producers: Ocean-Man Productions and Moon-Men Studios based in San Diego.
Release Date: Simultaneously along with Film Festival submissions.
Running Time: 128 Minutes.
Movie Title: Discovery
Languages Spoken: English with Russian and French translations
Major Characters and Roles:
Doctor Alexander Blakovich- Walter Myers
Derek Langdon- Wesley Merlo
Maria Blakovich- Torri Davis
Johnson Blakovich- Donald Drake
Christopher Blakovich- Jacob Robinson
Andrew Simon- Michael Abbott
Synopsis:
Doctor Alexander Blakovich, or just Alex by his friends and colleagues, is a Nobel-winning biochemist who revolutionized the foundations of biochemistry and teaches at Stanford University. After many year, Alex and his lab assistant, Derek Langdon, have finished the creation of one of the most powerful microscopes in the world, which the named CYCLPS-1, and is capable of seeing past the electrons of an atom. When Alex first tests the CYCLPS-1 with a sample of uranium, the microscope sees past both atom and their electrons until only darkness could be seen. Then, as Alex was about to end the experiment in success, Derek notices several small pinpricks of light the microscope was picking up, and they both moved to investigate. Looking further, both scientists discover the presence of hundreds of galaxies within the sample and are astonished by their discovery. The next day, they carefully introduce other scientists in their department to their discovery and learned that they both discovered a more condensed form of life.
Suddenly, the doors to their lab are thrown open and a dozen men wearing black kevlar and assault rifles attempt to kidnap both men. Derek provides a distraction with the other scientists and allows Alex the chance to escape, where he returns home and finds his wife, Maria, and their three-year old son, Christopher, seated in the living room with a sharp dressed man drinking tea from a porcelain cup. The man introduces himself as Andrew Simon, the CEO of Simon Industries, a bio-company based on developing shady technologies for the right price. Andrew tells Alex that his company had discovered the presence of life within atoms half a decade earlier and were using it to power their most popular power source on the market, the Neur-X Battery. He tries to persuade Alex into joining their Neur-X division and further the technology for the safety of him, his family, and Derek. As he talks, Alex slowly sneaks toward his fireplace and attacks Andrew with an iron poker, knocking him out. Alex and his family quickly get into their family van and drive away as Simon-Industry Agents pursue them. A chase ensues as they drive to the safest place they know; Alex?s distant-brother Johnson, an ex-military nut who lives in a bunker on the outskirts of Stanford, California and could protect them from Simon Industries. After arriving, a gunfight ensues as Johnson?s home-made turrets attack the Agents and causes them to retreat back into the city. Johnson takes Alex and his family inside, and they explain everything, from the CYCLPS-1 discovery to Andrew Simons? threat, and Johnson promises to protect them as long as he can.
Later at night, Johnson and Alex meet at the entrance to the bunker while Maria and Chris slept and discussed what they would do next, knowing that they couldn?t stay in the bunker forever. Both brothers agree that the best course of action would be to return to the Univeristy, steal the research Alex had done on the micro-galaxies, and publish them on the news to discredit Simon Industries. They both take Johnson?s pick-up truck, loaded with heavy weapons, back into Stanford and sneak back into Alex?s lab. When they arrive, the lab had already been broken down and the CYCLPS-1 missing, presumably by Andrew Simons. So, in a last ditch effort to stop Simon Industries, both brothers sneak into their head building in San Diego with Johnson calling his fellow military nuts in the area to create a distraction for the company. Both brothers fight through the docking bay of the building and make their way through the varying levels of the facility until they reached the Neur-X division laboratory with the CYCLPS-1 inside. As Alex tries to move as much data as he could to a flash drive, a shot rings and Johnson falls with a bullet in his shoulder. Both men look to see Derek walk into the lab, aiming a pistol at both men. He blames Alex for abandoning him and tells them that Andrew offered the position of head scientist to the Neur-X project, as long as he stopped Alex from ruining the project. Johnson tries to tackle him, but Derek shoots him again, and Johnson go unconscious from his wounds and presumed dead. Derek pistol-whips Alex and drags him into a tube connected to the CYCLPS-1, telling him that if he loved his discovery so much, he should become a part of it.
Alex sees a flash of white light, and opens his eyes to find himself in a prehistoric world that mirrored earth, within one of the tiny galaxies that he found earlier. He screams in anger, but calms down and watches as the sun of this new galaxy rises in the distance. Now accepting his fate, Alex promises himself to find a way back home so he could get revenge on Derek and Andrew and stop their project for good. As the sun glows brighter, it overlays Alex and then glows less as it transitions to Johnson, limping with his wounds back to the bunker. As he arrives, he finds Maria and Chris still sleeping and smiles to himself. He sits down in a fold-out chair, watching them, and pulls out the flash drive with as much data from Simon Industries as it could hold. He promises to somehow get his brother back, one way or another, and slowly dies within the bunker.
-END-
Production & Background Details:
Director: Jean Leopold Lafayette, appearing for the first time in the IDU Film Festival.
Studio/Producers: Ocean-Man Productions and Moon-Men Studios based in San Diego.
Release Date: Simultaneously along with Film Festival submissions.
Running Time: 128 Minutes.