A lost bullet

Title: A Stray Bullet [107 pages / minutes present run time]

Genre: Biography, Romance, Tragedy, Drama, Martial Arts Action

logline:

Abandoned as a young child, a young man grows up in an orphanage, then struggles to survive prison and overcome impossible obstacles to find God, redemption, and forgiveness for a tragic mistake.

Synopsis:

Noah, at the age of eight, is living with his mother in the East Tampa housing projects when his absentee father comes to visit after being away for two years. After an argument and a slap in the face from his mother, he leaves her to go to Swainsboro, Georgia with his father, and after about five months, his father leaves him beside her. road. He is picked up on the deserted country road by a random greyhound bus driver who tries to take Noah back to his mother’s house in East Tampa, but she rebuffs Noah by slamming the door in his face and, without fail. knowing what else to do, he wanders for hours, ending up in Ybor City.

For six months, Noah lives on the rugged streets of this Cuban neighborhood in East Tampa, sleeping in a dumpster, eating out of trash cans behind restaurants and asking strangers for money. One day, a social worker finds him and offers him a home in an orphanage where Noah spends the next nine years of his life until he graduates from high school and goes off to college. While in college, he goes through a painful breakup with his high school sweetheart and seeks help from an elderly retired psychiatrist who only gives him mind-altering drugs.

He contemplates suicide, but instead accidentally shoots and nearly kills his high school girlfriend and her father. Sentenced to fifteen years in prison, he is recruited to be a dog boy in the prison canine squad to hunt down escaped prisoners who risk their lives by shooting. After a couple of years tracking down and capturing leaks, he is paroled to finish college where he continues his education and graduates. He then earns a master’s and doctorate in psychology helping others find God for many years in his own private practice and is finally granted a full pardon from the Governor (Lawton Chiles) of Florida in 1993.

Screenwriter: Howard Henderson

Director: To be determined

Cast: to be determined

Executive Producer: TBD

Producers: to be determined

“A gun changes everything… a bullet is forever.” -Bob Lee Swagger

In these times of gun violence and mental illness, this film is needed more than ever.

She hasn’t requested my materials, but I’m just sharing my “incredible, compelling, engaging” story that could earn someone associated with her an Oscar nomination if chosen well and marketed correctly. So I know you’ll want more…everyone is asking for more of this story.

‘A Stray Bullet’ is a “surprising, moving and compelling” story of faith and hope, as well as a tragic story of redemption and forgiveness… (according to my critics)

We think everyone will want to see this movie…

Here are similar movies:

Cider House Rules (1999) meets Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Good Will Hunting (1997). Like Nights In Rodanthe (2008) except Howard Henderson isn’t Nicholas Sparks so no one dies and it has a happy triumphant ending, much more like Rudy (1993) given its happy triumphant ending.

AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF FAITH, COURAGE, HOPE, REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS

“Otherwise, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?”

I am a retired psychologist living on Merritt Island, off the east coast of Florida.

(Read what the critics and two [2] Hollywood producers have said below about the story of my life)

Here is the article from the Indianapolis newspaper:

“Noah Came Out of the Storm to Thrive”

by Tim Swarens

Courtesy of The Indianapolis Star (Friday, November 27, 1998)

Noah was eight years old when his father left him on the side of a Georgia highway. The boy waited alone for a Greyhound bus driver to discover him. He takes him back to Florida, to his house and to his mother. But Noah’s mom was living with a new boyfriend. Small children were no longer welcome. Noah stayed to survive on the streets of Tampa. Eventually picked up and sent to an orphanage, he never saw his mother or father again. An abandoned child might be expected to grow into a bitter man. But Noah often exceeded expectations. At a time of year when we give thanks for the good in life, Noé also gives thanks for the bad. “God has been watching over me, protecting me and giving me opportunities that I never would have had if I had stayed with my parents,” says Noah.

help patients

Today he is a psychologist in Carmel, helping patients overcome their own disappointments. He is also a husband and father, providing his three children with the stability he never knew. For nine years, Noah lived in the orphanage. There he learned to drive a car and play the trumpet. It was him, he says, the first place he felt safe. In their late teens, children from the orphanage were expected to leave. Most joined the army. Noah wanted to go to college. The parents of two friends opened their homes to him, giving him the opportunity to finish high school. While living with one of his new families, he met the man who would become his mentor. Sherwin Broersma, pastor of a Dutch Reformed church in Tampa, took an interest in an orphaned boy in need of a father figure. “He became a very strong role model, a guiding force in my life,” says Noah. “He still uses a lot of the advice he has given me over the years in therapy with my patients.” After high school, Noah headed to Florida State University, where he changed majors four times before deciding on psychology. He discovered that he enjoyed helping others work through his problems. He was also working on himself. “I washed pots and pans at Red Lobster over the summer break. I’d stand in the back, scrubbing, and say to myself, ‘I’m a good person and God loves me.'”

transcend adversity

Noah was a transcendent, the rare kid who can be hit by the worst in life and still thrive. We don’t fully understand why one child rises up when faced with abuse and neglect while most around them sink. But Noah was struck by three positives in a negative childhood. He lived in a well-run institution, where staff members took an interest in him. He found a mentor. And he developed a strong personal faith that gave him hope. “A milestone for me was the ability to forgive my parents for doing the best they knew how,” he says. In his Carmel practice, Dr. Kersey teaches principles that are common to people who overcome adversity. One is to commit to change. Another is to have faith in the process, to wait patiently while the transformation takes place. He also emphasizes that anger and fear can be used as motivators for success. However, success hasn’t erased Noah’s memories of a painful childhood. His biggest struggle, he says, is giving his children the freedom to fail, not to become overly protective of their own experiences. One of those painful experiences motivated Dr. Kersey to complete his education. When he was young, he visited a woman he knew to ask her for help in getting a job. The woman, who a few years earlier had nearly adopted Noah, coldly rebuffed him. “I walked out of his house, stood in his driveway and said, ‘I’ll show him,'” she says. Years later, after finishing his doctorate, he sent the woman a message of thanks. “The best revenge is to succeed in spite of the people who let you down,” he says.

Swarens is a star editorial writer. Copyright (c) 2002 The Indianapolis Star – Reprinted with permission from Tim Swarens

If you like I can send you [107 page] script written by “Howard Henderson” aka me!

This is what critics and producers have said about the story of my life:

“Noah really has an amazing story and has overcome incredible obstacles.” – Jessica Ruskin, Director of Education, Charles M. Schulz Museum.

“I’m very interested in Noah’s incredible life story.” – Gary Puckett, musician and lead singer of Union Gap.

“Noah was a rare kid who could take the brunt of life and still thrive” -Tim Swarens, “Noah Rode Out Storm To Thrive.” Indianapolis Star News.

“Anyone can make tragic mistakes when blessed with good opportunities and support systems and families. Noah had few or none of those advantages. And then he turned everything on its head. He not only has my acceptance, he has my admiration…” Roger Guffey

“I am so in awe of Noah’s story of faith in God and perseverance.” Carey Odum

“Noah’s life story will make you cry, because a child who is thrown into the world to take care of himself is a tragedy.” Ron Barnes, member of CMA.

“If you’ve ever adopted a child, you’ll want to see this movie.” Gerard Venemen, former CEO. The Children’s Home.

“An interesting story with many heartbreaking moments.” -Susan Sheridan

“A triumphant… gripping story.” – Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune

“Noah’s story is very compelling…with a great happy ending. What’s unfair is that he didn’t get to choose his parents.” Omar Alvarez. United States Post Office

“Noah is an amazing man.” – Dr. Jonnie Gonso Ph.D. Retired Licensed Psychologist, Indianapolis, Indiana.

“Never Give Up” – Mark Castaldo, Destiny Pictures

“Never give up”. -Marty Katz, Marty Katz Productions

Thanks again for taking the time out of your incredibly busy schedule to read this. I remain attentive to your thoughts. It will help millions of young people avoid the same tragic mistake I made.

Mark and Marty said they loved my story, but Marty says he wants to wait and see the rewrite and his wife, Campbell, is sick so he’s her primary care provider. Mark Castaldo said that he does not produce this genre of film.

Thank you for reading this far!

peace,

noah

My novel is called Intent to Kill.

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