STARLIT CHRISTMAS - SYNOPSIS

STARLIT CHRISTMAS

Marilyn -

SYNOPSIS:  Ashley and Anthony a middle upper class couple lead a hectic life with two children and plans for the

Christmas season. Ashley works at the local museum where the artifacts have led her to wonder about the deeper meaning of the holiday season.  Her work and the visitation of an apparition of an ethereal being who manifests shimmering  stars magically into trees outside and to others mysteriously, causes an obsession about what is inside of us that she has gotten only glimpses of. Anthony her husband a corporate lawyer is busy helping raise their children Jolene and Riley who love to tease their parents and stir mild chaos. 

Monica a sweet and artistically gifted being creates a magical tree for Christmas filled with white fire like stars and lights which heralds phenomenon in her and her boy friend's lives.  Ryan her love is endeavoring finding solace and peace in his life in the chaotic pace of the Christmas season and struggles to let go of his mother's death.  His moodiness is lightened by Monica's effervescence as she leads him to ease away from his sadness and to move into a joyous season of celebration.

Ellen a young fashion sales lady lives in an old house with her aunt Madge after the death of her parents. Madge lives for weekends with her church baking group who drinks and gambles over baked goods leaving Ellen a little disinterested in the clandestine activities of her older aunt.  Ellen finds companionship with a young tailor who whisks her off to his uncle's cabin in the woods for Christmas leaving aunt Madge to her sordid little group of gals. Paul and Ellen buy a huge, festive train set for the cabin as a gift to Paul's uncle Neil as a surprise for his visit to them on New Year's.

Christmas ensues with more sightings of the mysterious star goddess and the family dinners begin with hilarious chaotic moments of wayward relatives revealing their secrets with children everywhere filled with the magic of the season.

New Year approaches and the festivities are prepared for with Marley's jazz band 'Smooth' rehearsing for a big hotel bash attended by Ashley, Anthony Monica and Ryan who all have an excellent night to the wee hours of New Year with a riveting conversation between Ashley and some guests on the inner magic of the divine.

Ellen arrives home to find aunt Madge dead and a note leaving her everything and gets a promotion.  She  reveals all at the church funeral about Madge's secrets and rebels predicting her reincarnation.

The new year begins and with a pregnancy for Monica and a contemplated engagement offered by Ryan. Ash gets a profound dream giving her some answers about the nature of the divine force within her and a cure for her feverish son.

        

GODS OF THE OCEANS - Synopsis

GODS OF THE OCEANS

-       Original screenplay by Marilyn Starlight. 

LOG LINE:  Gods of the Ocean is a rare film about pro surfing the love of surfing and facing personal growth in the sea of life with its many challenges.

SYNOPSIS:  In the opening scene of Gods of the Ocean Morgan a pro surfer dies under the under tow during a wild ride during an approaching storm. Kelly his bereaved sister is comforted by her boyfriend Jade at her beach house in Malibu.  Both are also pro surfers and after Kelly gets over her loss they enter the Malibu professionals surfing tournament. Jenny Morgan’s ex girlfriend is saved from her attempted suicide after he goes to surf and drowns angry that she left him, and she also enters the tournament with Brent her new boyfriend.  Personal reflections upon their lives and the course of events that have occurred prior to the tournament result in growth of the characters as they approach the tournament.

Chad an ex con who has quietly retired after selling his business; almost loosing it because of jail time, is a semi retired loner who sits and watches his old passion surfing on the beaches of Malibu. His close friend and former jail bird Milton, his main distraction shares mutual interests in custom cars and observing the hypocrisies in life by those who are still impassioned to bully their way through life; their colorful past. Tina, a failed business owner and lover of surfing, finds herself stranded on the street, trying to find a police officer after her trailer is stolen with all her belongings by her ex boyfriend. Chad sees her crying on the street in her pink slippers and pajamas and picks her up.  Chad and Tina form a friendship as he helps her together life back together after the theft of her property.  Tina meets Milton his colorful side kick and the three become close friends. Kyla Tina’s estranged daughter comes to live finally with Tina at Chad’s beach house in Malibu.

Meanwhile the Malibu pro surfing tournament is a wild success with Tracy an Australian surfer who is visiting the US for a year winning the championship along with Jade. Tina Milton and Chad attend the tournament and it reignites Milton and Tina’s passion for surfing. Much celebration occurs following the tournament a dinner and party are attended by the group of friends.

Tina and Chad grow closer in their relationship as Chad finds her bright, effervescent company takes him out of his solitary moodiness that only Milton was able to pull him out of with his sarcastic humor and wisdom about people and their motivations that Chad shares. Milton still has an edge that violence against innocents evokes where he steps in, ends the violence effectively and gets the hell out of the area. Chad tired of the L.A. crime scene retreats to his beach side home to find peace and spends time with his friends who are few for he does not allow many into his life unless they are genuine and non judgmental about his past. Milton has the same disdain for those who cannot take direct communication and is painfully direct with people or ignores them and goes about his business.  

Jade, Kelly, Jenny and Brent travel together to another tournament in Hawaii and rent a luxury condo by the beach together.  A vacation with intense surfing ensues for the group who finds inspiration in the local beauty of the land and their relationships blossom. Hawaii proves to be a thrilling surfing experience for the couples with Kelly winning the pro women’s division and winning an endorsement for Surfing Gear; a local Hawaiian outfitter.

A hurricane hits Malibu and Tina, Chad and Milton hole up with Kyla weathering the storm with generators for their card game into the wee hours. Chad’s beach house is saved from damage and the characters resume normal life. The Hawaii troupe return to Malibu after Jade, stuck in a small bachelor in Malibu buys a condo on the big Island.

Milton saves a damsel in distress, Laurie who is being dragged to the car of her boyfriend.  Milton ends his attack on Kelly and drives her home with Chad shaking his head again at Milton’s heroics. Chad asks Tina finally to marry him and Milton guarded but interested begins to date Laurie.  The end of the film culminates with Milton turning down Billy an ex con’s offer to do a drug deal and skip to the Caymans.  Milton chooses his new life with his legitimate business and budding relationship with Laura over returning to crime. Chad marries Tina creating a permanent home for Kyla and the young surfing group decides to plan a trip to Australia in the following year to the International surfing championships. Gods of the Oceans celebrates the success of those in the film who find within them the supernatural power of success over adversity.

  

THE BIG CATS - Synopsis

THE BIG CATS

Original screen play by Marilyn.

LOG LINE:  The Big Cats is a story about the magical and mysterious rain forest where Salika, a new ascended master, lives on a sabbatical away from her partnership in a green technology firm.  She meets Dryke a private contracted soldier who’s suffered a head injury and he is intrigued by her as the story unfolds.

SYNOPSIS: Salika is a mysterious woman who is from the USA visiting a tropical rainforest region with a small town near by of indigenous people on a sabbatical from her green technology business; Solar Stars Technology after her ascension. Dryke a private soldier injured in the forest is found by her companion a black panther Naila and leads him to Salika who cares for him at her house in the forest.  He recovers and learns all about her stay in the area and sees phenomenon about her that is supernatural yet subtle as a mysterious character in a wild land of great beauty and a strange unspoken magnetism occurs in Dryke to Salika and the land. 

Mean while Josh a technical writer for Tidwell Chemical in the big City of the USA is on vacation and meets Malley a young professional model who is distressed after seeing a nude man run through the hall in the elegant hotel. Josh invites her to spend time with him after having been traumatized him self nearly mugged outside on his way back from town and returning to the hotel. Josh and Malley form a close bond during their chaotic vacation that ensues in a murder at the hotel and the staff on the lookout for Loretta the cross-dressing streakier disturbing the guests.  

Back in the rain forest Dryke has explored the area and taken some time off and is contemplating the future.  He learns from Salika more about Solar Stars back home in the USA run by her disgruntled partner who misses her terribly. Dryke takes her offer to work for the company and flies to the US to meet Lawrence her partner.  He stays for a short period of time and then they are called back due to a contract gained by Salika for the company in the rain forest where they are building a coffee plantation on newly acquired land by a wealthy local from a larger city Tisret.

Salika remote views at a local ancient temple ruin deep in the jungle and Naila is her guardian that keeps her safe; the black panther that came to her as a cub. Eagles appear in the sky identifying the Andromedans in the area looking over the activity that ascended masters attract to them and they converge in a harmonic for upliftment of the vibration in the area where they appear.

Josh and Malley are dealing with more chaotic events in the city trying to make sense of it in relation to their lives. Josh gets him self fired from Tidwell Chemical on purpose when his boss is immovable on innovation of expression added to his job.  He lands a green technology job with Solar Star technology and meets Lawrence who is his dream boss with a great sense of humor and love of adventure.  

One year later celebrations arise of many successes and a way forged out of chaos for the characters by their own sheer will and courage to be living visionaries in both great and modest ways.