CIRCUS TRAIN
ACTION ADVENTURE COMEDY DRAMA FAMILY MELODRAMA YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE CRIME
1960s & '70s
Billy Jim Baker
Logline
The Grandest Circus on Earth presents a three-ring ensemble dramedy of spangled circus soul's 500 mile railroad odyssey to a bad luck town. A trapeze tragedy is born, clown miracles laugh and gypsy lives change together riding the mile-long, silver CIRCUS TRAIN.
Genre
Action,Adventure,Comedy,Drama,Family,Melodrama,Young Adult,Romance,Crime
Short Summary
In the summer of 1972, an ominous, foreboding, super cell cracks the sky over Lubbock, Texas with 5 mile streaks of lightning and thunder. It will help make circus history and a storm whipped, hellacious move out night, for men and animals, loading the mile-long, Remington Bros Circus train.
There is much circus joy and sorrow that will live and die rolling 500 miles of life changing track, on a three-ring train ride to Monroe, Louisiana. For performers, a theatrical impresario, a waylaid taxi driver and a daring young man on the flying trapeze, the joy will cushion the fate that awaits
Setting
Texas/Louisiana
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Quest,Tragedy
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age,Twist,Other
Mature Audience Themes
Nudity, Language/Profanity
Main Character Details
Name: Juan Paulo Felice
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Charming,Engaging,Gracious,Underdog,Naive,Masculine,Selfless,Empathetic,Modest,Skillful
Additional Character Details
Name: Zion Katz
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Funny,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Confident,Decisive,Engaging,Greedy,Educated,Leader,Unapologetic,Visionary,Outspoken,Blunt,Masculine
Additional Character Details
Name: Glintner Saegert
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Role: protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Confident,Decisive,Engaging,Heroic,Honorable,Leader,Skillful,Blunt,Masculine
Additional Character Details
Name: Saundra "Toots" Rona
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Role: skeptic
Key Traits: Aspiring,Charming,Confident,Desperate,Empathetic,Flexible,Heartthrob,Insecure,Naive,Strong Moral Code,Romantic,Sexy
Development Pitch
In this ENSEMBLE Dramedy, get ready to ride the tracks without the spangles and spotlights framing a jigsaw puzzle of amazing people and a cacophony of eccentric, endearing gypsies, aboard the Grandest Circus On Earth's circus train. The allure of the circus, also involves an aura of mystery into the lives behind the curtain of these colorful characters of every size and nationality. The 120 page tale is a gritty and honest depiction of life on the road as a circus performer, compete with clown joy and center-ring sorrow. It is a train ride that will touch every age and a twist ending performed without a net. From a feature, this story could translate well into a series.