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Film Projects Completed and in Development:
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In Preproduction:

The Blue Book (2010) - feature film (co-writer, Adaptation & Dialogue)
A Bonne Pioche ("March of the Penguins") production, this live action fantasy film is set to begin filming in India in 2010 with director Christophe Lioud. Based on an original story by Guillaume Maidatchevsky and screenplay by Maidatchevsky & Christophe Lioud, Appleseed's Lynne Moses was brought on as co-writer in late 2008 to help the project reach an international audience.

In a mythical and medieval world, where all forms of art and creativity are forbidden, the Red Mountain Kingdom suffers under the rule of the wicked Queen Reki. Raised as a boy for her own protection by Vidur, the village healer, and guided by her fertile imagination, young Kari must discover her true nature and master her magical talents in order to fulfill her destiny to restore children's dreams, thereby freeing the people from the Queen's evil grip. A coming-of-age tale in which dreams, make-believe and fantasy reign supreme.

Pont Neuf (2010) - feature film
Romance / Mystery- A fantasy romance between an American woman and a mysterious Frenchman set in Paris, where Appleseed opened an office in 2008 to facilitate an expanding roster of international feature and documentary co-productions.

Written by Elizabeth Hansen & Lynne Moses. Widowed history professor and romance novel junkie Marie Hutton lives quietly with her older sister Maureen, also a widow, in Southern Utah. Real-life romance unexpectedly re-enters her life in the form of the mysterious Henri when Marie flies to Paris for a professional conference - or is it all too good to be true?

Completed:

Le Chat est Mort (2009) - short film - view trailer
Black comedy - To what extreme would the death of your beloved pussy drive you? Starring Elizabeth Perkins, Peter Story and David Goldman. Winner, 2009 Accolade Award of Excellence.

Written by Lynne Moses & Ben Moses. Directed by Lynne Moses. Produced by Lynne Moses and Andrew Balek. Cinematographer Michael Fimognari. Edited by Morgan Gross. Production Design by Lynn Stuart. Shot in HD on the RED camera. Featured Film at Sonoma Valley International Film Festival in April 2009. Screening July 2009 at the Salento Finebus Terre film festival in Italy.

Mothers Be Good (2006) - short film
Time unfolds backwards in this lyrical tale of a love triangle with a twist. In it, a mature 19-year-old's pregnancy forces her childish young mother to grow up, but is it too late? Scenes and Production Stills - Credits

>Written, directed and edited by Lynne Moses. Produced by Lynne Moses and Andrew Balek. Cinematographer John O'Shaughnessy. Production Design by Glen Hall. This tale of birth and death explores a mother and daughter's transcendent need for each other. As time unfolds backwards through 19-year-old Freddy's pregnancy, we see that Freddy has slowly dropped her role as surrogate parent to irresponsible Petra, her 35-year-old mother, as Petra has gradually become more maternal. In addition, the baby's father, 26-year-old Googie has been transformed from carefree boy to responsible father. We also discover that Googie was originally Petra's boyfriend. As time further unspools, we also learn the extraordinary circumstances in which Freddy and Googie initially conceived the baby and became a couple. When Freddy and Petra are able to fully realize their natural roles as mother and daughter, each becomes free to pursue her own unavoidable destiny.

Official Selection LA Shorts Fest, Big Muddy Film Fest, Reel Women International Film Festival, HatcHfest and Sonoma Film Festival.

One Line (2005) - short film
A developmentally disabled young man's life and family dynamic are transformed when he is given one line in his high school's play.

Written and produced by Aram Rappaport and directed by Lynne Moses as a 12th grade senior project by Aram Rappaport. Executive Producer and Cinematographer Adam Cohen.

A developmentally disabled 12th grade student, Aaron, inadvertently stumbles into play auditions while seeking refuge from bullies. Asked to present a reading, poem or story to demonstrate his abilities, Aaron enthusiastically shares his favorite story, "The Animal Family." Charmed and wanting to help, the play director gives Aaron one line in the play, a selection of scenes from Shakespeare. As the months of play practice go by, Aaron gains confidence and friends, while his mother hides Aaron's potentially humiliating participation from his protective father. Ultimately, his father discovers the truth and tries to keep Aaron from performing, but reluctantly changes his mind after a fight with Aaron's mother and soul searching. After a nerve-wracking day of the play, Aaron finally performs, not only delivering his line perfectly, but also helping another actor who forgot his own line, much to the delight of his proud parents.

Cruel But Necessary (2005) - feature film
"A Doll's House played with humor for the video age" says Ken Eisner in "Variety."

Co-produced by Lynne Moses. Written and produced by film's lead, Wendel Meldrum. Produced and directed by Saul Rubinek. Produced by Elinor Reid. Cinematographer Steve Ackerman. Edited by Chris Kern.

Tells the story of Betty Munson's strange journey of self-discovery and soul-awakening in the traumatic years following the revelation, on videotape, of her husband's infidelity. Her marriage over, struggling to raise her teen-age son alone, Betty becomes driven to discover other secrets that may surround her and so she videotapes every aspect of her life during the gradual disintegration of her comfortable upper middle-class existence. Sometimes used as an eavesdropping device, other times as a confessional, Betty's camera dispassionately records the layers of family and personal dynamics. The film is seen entirely from the viewpoint of Betty's video camera resulting in a "surveillance tape" that is a kind of voyeurism of the absurd.

Winner - Outstanding Actress in a Female Role - Wendel Meldrum - 2007 Winnipeg International Film Festival

Official Selection - Cinequest, Toronto Film Festival and more.

Hope Ranch (2004) - TV Movie - view clips
Even the most troubled teen can get a second chance at a place called Hope Ranch.

Produced by Ben Moses, C. Thomas Howell, Grant Bradley and Dale Bradley. Story by Chris Howell. Screenplay by C. Thomas Howell and Jim Snider. Additional writer Lynne Moses. Directed by Rex Piano. Cinematographer Howard Wexler. Edited by John Blizek. Production Design by Ruth Bracken. Originally aired on Animal Planet.

Cupid's Prey (2002) - feature film - view trailer
A bright graduate student's life is threatened after she's seduced by her boyfriend's powerful and charismatic father, but who is it that wants her dead?

Screenplay by Lynne Moses (as Lynne Lueders). Executive Producer Ben Moses. Directed by Dale Bradley. Produced by Grant Bradley and Jozsef Fityus.

Rebecca (Katrina Browne) finds herself the unwilling recipient of too much attention. Her boyfriend Matt (Glen Drake), and Matt's father Jeremy (Jack Wagner), who sees himself as the ultimate seducer. Matt's mother, Iris (Joanna Pacula) sees herself as the family guardian. With Matt seeming to straying into the hands of every pretty girl, where could the family end up?

Good Morning Vietnam (1987) - feature film
An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam.

Created by Ben Moses, co-producer, based on the real-life experiences he and his friend Adrian Croanaur had as DJ's for Armed Forces Radio in Vietnam. Directed by Barry Levinson. Written by Mitch Markowitz. Produced by Mark Johnson and Larry Brezner. Starring Robin Williams, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Adrian Croanaur in this hit film for Disney.

Without A Clue (1988) - feature film
A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective - Dr Watson.

Associate producers - Ben Moses and Diana Buckhantz. Directed by Thom Eberhardt. Written by Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther. Produced by Marc Stirdivant. Cinematographer Alan Hume. Edited by Peter Tanner. Production Design by Brian Ackland-Snow and Martyn Hebert. Starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley.

This is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Here Dr Watson is the ace detective and has been using an actor to play the part Holmes. Holmes is a drunken actor and gets on Watson's nerves. When Watson tries to go it alone, he doesn't have much success, so he is forced to let Holmes take all the credit once more.
Summary written by Rob Hartill

Nickel and Dime (1992) - feature film
An odd-couple comedy about a fortune hunter and his nemesis tax collector.

Directed and produced by Ben Moses. Written by Seth Front & Eddy Polon. Produced by Lynn Danielson and Paul Mason. Cinematographer Henry M. Lebo. Edited by Joan E. Chapman. Production Design by George Costello. Starring C. Thomas Howell and Wallace Shawn.

In Development:

Devil's Dream - by Lynne Moses & Ben Moses; adaptation of Lee Smith's novel "The Devil's Dream"
Drama. This steamy, fictional saga traces the development of country music through a hot-blooded, sweet-souled country singer who finds her voice as angels and devils fight for her soul.

Three generations of a talented Appalachian family wrestle their demons as religion and music battle for their souls. Devil’s Dream is a story for today, when society struggles between the disappointments of secularism and the confines of religion. It says that we will find our unique and glorious voices when we speak from our hearts as we draw power from spirit.

Katie Cocker is the grandaughter of Kate Malone, a fiddle-playing beauty with a merry laugh, and Moses Bailey, the son of a backwoods Baptist preacher, consumed by his fruitless efforts to receive God’s “sign.” The struggle between Kate and Moses' passions lives on in Katie's veins. Katie's mother, Alice, and Uncle Zeke took after Moses and devote themselves to the Primitive Baptist Church, while the happiest days of her childhood are spent with the "sinning" side of the family, Uncle R.C. and Uncle Durwood and their wives and children. Katie's aunts and cousin even become country music legends, The Grassy Branch Girls. When Katie grows up, she breaks with her judgemental mother and Uncle Zeke to pursue life in the music business. Her bumpy road, involving a baby struck with polio, a period as a travelling honky tonk starlett with a sexy, but dangerous husband, eventual triumph on the Grand Ole Opry, a hollow crossover period spent in living hard in California, and the tragic loss of her best-matched husband, a fellow country music star. After descending into self-destruction, Katie claws her way back to herself and "finds her own voice" by reuniting the passions of Kate Malone and Moses Bailey in her soul.

Daybreak - by Lynne Moses & Aram Rappaport
Drama. In a mythical America at war, cut off from Middle East oil and deeply polarized, a 19-year-old slacker is drafted. In the 24 hours he has left before he's due to report, he must face up to an unresolved tragedy and win back his lost love while trying to make a crucial decision about his future.

Set in a surreal version of contemporary America, where global war rages, gas is scarce and the draft is back, Daybreak tells the story of 19-year-old Taylor Dansen's last day before he is due to report for service. As Taylor speaks with friends and relatives for possibly the last time, he encounters strong arguments about what he should do - flee to Costa Rica, the haven du jour for draft evaders, stay and go to jail in peaceful protest, or find honor in military service of his country. However, before Taylor can make the decision that is right for him, he must first reclaim his spirit and the love he lost a year earlier in a tragic car accident that killed his girlfriend's younger brother.

Attached cast include Alexa Vega, Joe Mantegna, Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Baker and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Co-writer Aram Rappaport will play the lead and co-writer Lynne Moses will direct.

Walker's Run by Lynne Moses, adaptation of Dr. LeRoy Walker biography "An Olympic Journey" by Charles Gaddy
True story of the brilliant coach and college chancellor who became the first African-American President of the U.S. Olympic Committee while overcoming criticism by black activists and outmaneuvering the often hostile white establishment.

Ray meets Miracle. Born in Atlanta and raised in the thrilling world of Harlem’s heyday, LeRoy Walker is the first in his family to go to college. He goes on to obtain his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology & Biomechanics from NYU and ultimately rises to Chancellor of North Carolina Central University. While working his way up the ladder of academia, he simultaneously utilizes his knowledge-driven coaching methods to take athletes from the U.S. and abroad to the heights of Olympic achievement for 40 years. He is a world-class track and field coach with medal-winning athletes at every Olympics since 1956, ultimately heading the USOC for the 1996 Olympics in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. This story dramatizes not only Dr. Walker’s inspiring career, but also how his approach to improving the lives of blacks in 20th century America sometimes put him in conflict with civil rights activists.

Dress Blues by Lynne Moses
‘Tween comedy. A resourceful teen spends the day of her prom trying to replace her ruined dress, which changes her whole life by the time her date arrives.

A teen chick flick in the tradition of Clueless and the later Olson twin movies. In this story, a Prom Queen candidate must replace her ruined prom dress on the very day of the prom. In the process, everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Dad’s Visa is cut up, Mom’s car is towed, and she’s mixed up in robbery at the mall jewelry store. She gets arrested, attacked by robbers and discovers her boyfriend cheating with her best friend. After all that and more, she still arrives home with just an hour to go with NO dress. However, her adventures have made her a better person, and she ends the evening with newfound confidence, a great new date, a renewed friendship, and a better dress.

Gus by Lynne Moses
Family drama. A young man and his ultra-smart dog foil assassination plot.

An ultra-smart dog leads his rebellious teen owner and his musician friends to foil an assassination plot after the kids discover a way to hear the dog's thoughts.

Chromosome 23 by Hal Greenfader
Tongue-in-cheek SCI-FI/metaphysical drama.

Roswell, New Mexico – 1975: A young college student and her professor climb to the highest hill to make love, when suddenly a bright light appears in the sky and when the prof comes to, the girl is gone. Thirty years later she reappears in the town, not aware that any time has elapsed. The professor is married, everyone at school is different, and she has to sort out what has happened to her…and to her friends…in those three decades.

Pledge of Allegiance by Hal Greenfader
Drama. A ten-year class reunion takes a dark and sinister turn.

Six friends from a Texas military academy pile into a van to go celebrate their ten-year reunion with a seventh who is in prison for murder. The dusty road trip across the desolate countryside turns into The Big Chill as these seemingly normal, friendly classmates begin to reveal who they really are.

Run Away Home by Lynne Moses
Drama. Based on a Greek myth, a young woman in anti-Bellum Missouri must discover the true value of her supernatural gifts in order to set others, and her own heart, free.

Inspired by the Greek myth of Atalanta and the Golden Apples, Run Away Home is told in the tradition of magical realism in a uniquely American setting. In southern Missouri on the eve of the Civil War, a beautiful young woman is unwillingly reunited with her powerful, slaveholding father, who abandoned her in the woods as a baby. She rebels against him, but finally accedes to his wishes that she marry – except any potential fiancé must first beat her in a foot race. As the races commence, her suitors painfully learn that she has been gifted with superhuman speed. As she struggles for her own independence, she and a fine young man support some of her father’s slaves in their escape. Ultimately, her heart is freed from bondage with the help of three magical apples the young man brings to his own race with her. By the end of the contest, they have each won the other, as well as their happiness.

Tall, Dark & Handy by Ben Moses & Lynne Moses, Story by Garret Cohen
Romantic Comedy.

A twist on the classic Cyrano de Bergerac story. A painfully shy, but extremely talented handyman agrees to renovate a beautiful woman’s “fixer” while letting her charming, but incapable, boyfriend take the credit. While working on the home, the handyman falls in love with its owner, and she falls for the man who is customizing her house with such insight and understanding into her taste and needs. Eventually the truth comes out, but everyone must risk presenting their true selves to earn their ultimate rewards.

Just the Way You Are by Ben Moses & Lynne Moses
Faustian Romantic Comedy.

Pete, not long out of a terrible divorce and sworn off women forever, meets Allie, the girl of his dreams and falls in love. But he’s terrified and insecure, and when things start to seem to go wrong, he makes a deal with a strange friend: immortality in exchange for his emotions, so he will never have to face that pain again. We follow him for the next 30 years, as he remains as he was, a successful-at-everything hunk of a guy, and Allie marries, has children, matures and lives a wonderful life – which Pete must witness from the outside looking in.