Borrowed Boy teaser synopsis


BILLY FRELAINE is a good-looking, well adjusted fourteen-year-old boy with an attractive girlfriend named JENNIFER. But Billy is confused and frustrated that she won't let him get past first base with her.

At the mall, Billy is discussing the subject of girls with his hormone-driven male friends, some of whom are more worldly than him on the subject.

And then...

A mysterious and sexy twenty-four-year-old woman named IRENE approaches Billy. Much to the surprise of Billy and his adolescent friends, the much older Irene suggests that Billy share an ice cream with her and that they then take a drive together.

Riding in Irene's (stolen) car, it slowly dawns on Billy that they have traveled for a long time and that they have left the city. Eventually they arrive at a rundown farmhouse, inhabited by a grizzled, cynical alcoholic named RICHARD.

Irene is an obsessive and twisted romantic and Billy quickly loses his virginity to her. But Billy soon realizes that he has in fact run away from home. On top of that, he must also deal with Richard's violence, pathos and manipulations.

Back in the city, an intense police detective named LANSDALE is assigned to find Billy and his kidnapper Irene. But Detective Lansdale has ghosts of her own and handles the case very differently than she had planned...

All of the characters discover unexpected truths about real life, morality and themselves. Think Blue Velvet, Brokeback Mountain, The Dreamers or Last Tango In Paris....the road less travelled.

The screenplay Borrowed Boy is a page turner and has many bizarre and thought provoking twists and insights. Although it is a drama, there are many moments of black humor.

Enjoy.

Script by David Heller Karp

Script revisions by Michael Karp
(818) 515-8917 * mckarp@aol.com

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Sample casting ideas:

Irene, Detective Lansdale, Richard



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