RECKONING

SCREENPLAY BY STEVE FEKE 

 SYNOPSIS

Fourteen year-old ALBIE STONE, strong, slender and athletic and his two pals, NORBERT RICHTER, a quick witted, nerdy genius and LEONARD OLSON, a good natured, heavy set clown are spending the summer together and exploring one of their favorite haunts, a mysterious cave just outside of their hometown of Bedford, Oklahoma.

The murder of an entire family in a neighboring town has cast a pall over the community but the boys are determined to enjoy their time away from school and isolate themselves from their bully "friends".  Only ALBIE possesses the strength and determination to stand up to the constant taunts of TOMMY NELMS and LARRY JASON.

ALBIE’s hair trigger temper is inherited from his Vietnam War veteran fighter pilot father, ERIC STONE.  Partly to work out the rage within him and partly to "romance" the slightly older MARY SUE DOWNEY, ALBIE enjoys running across the Oklahoma countryside with this equally athletic and captivating young lady.

While at the caves the boys meet a Native American, KILLBIRD, who ultimately wins their confidence and teaches them much about the true history of his people and the importance of the caves.  There is something, however, very unusual about this new friend. 

The mass murderer strikes again but this time he is caught and community life returns to normal.

One afternoon the bullies attack Norbert and ALBIE retaliates violently only to draw the ire of his Dad.  GLORIA STONE, (ALBIE’S Mom) and ERIC have different views of the need for physical confrontation and ALBIE is caught in the middle.  Conversations with his Dad and with KILLBIRD make ALBIE even more sensitive about the nature of his inner turmoil.

The final dramatic conclusion is played out at the caves when FRANK DIGGART, the killer, suddenly and violently reappears and draws ALBIE and KILLBIRD into a deadly struggle that polarizes the community and forever binds the spirits of the ancient warrior and his pupil.

While this film has moments that are warm and filled with wonderful kid humor it will be spiritual, mystical... and incredibly scary.

PROJECT DETAILS 

Title:    RECKONING

Genre:     Coming of age thriller with a strong mystical element.  

Log Line:  In that awkward summer between being a kid and becoming a young man, a boy confronts a serial killer and an ancient Indian spirit . . . and discovers the warrior that dwells within him

Budget:    $6.25 MM

Director:   Steve Feke

Story:      Arvin Short

Script:      Steve Feke

Producers: Jim Beshears, Ken Sutherland and John Thompson

Steve Feke (Writer/Director) Credits include: “When A Stranger Calls”, “Mac And Me”, “Keys To Freedom", “Papa Was A Preacher”, “Dark Shadows”, “Missing Persons”, “Hawkeye”, “The Profiler”, “Beastmaster”, Flatlands”, etc. (Writer and/or Executive Producer): “Keys To Freedom”, “Papa Was A Preacher” (Director). Executive Producer/Head Writer for “Kojak”, USA Network television series starring Ving Rhames

Jim Beshears (Co-Producer) Credits include: “Shrek” “Forces of Nature”, “Saving Private Ryan”, “The Prince of Egypt”, “Amistad”, “Rocky V”, “Tango And Cash”, “Lock Up”, “The Comfort Of Strangers”, “Days Of Thunder”, “Witches Of Eastwick”, “Coming To America”, “Oscar”, “The Fugitive”, “Blue Chips”, “Beverly Hills Cop 3”, etc.

Currently: Head of Animation Postproduction for DreamWorks SKG.

Ken Sutherland (Co-Producer) Credits as film composer and songwriter include: “Savannah Smiles”, “Papa Was A Preacher”, “Dark Before Dawn”, “Shadows on the Wall”, “Big Bad John”, “Black Rider”, etc. Written and produced songs for recording artists such as Marty Robbins, Lee Greenwood, Red Steagall, etc..

Currently: Composing film score for feature length documentary, “Dancing With Torah” for the Holocaust Center and writing and producing record albums in Dallas while directing development of BFS Entertainment.

John Thompson (Co-Producer) Film credits include “The Baby     Sitters”, “Chain of Command”, “The Comfort of   Strangers”, “Hercules”, etc. (over 50 film production credits for films produced domestically and overseas).
Currently: Executive Producer for Nu Image Films in partnership with Millennium Pictures.

For additional information contact:

Ken Sutherland

Tel:     214-321-7002

Email: bfscine@swbell.net