The First Four: A Screenplay Collection

A Collection of The First Four Screenplays Written By James Paul Nelson

This collection includes

Rail Birds - Colin is a cash game poker pro, so is Jordan, but Jordan has something that Colin does not. A beautiful girlfriend named Isabelle. What happens when sex, money and deceit fill the air between them? This story is the first full length original screenplay written by James Paul Nelson. In this story, James writes about themes he knows quite well. Gambling, drugs, sex, and fast money. Characters are forced to look at themselves and their situations and deal with the consequences.

The Other Me - Derek Moon is the janitor at a public university where he has worked for two years. Life for him is just cleaning toilets and picking up after kids who don't respect him or even acknowledge his existence. When Derek stumbles on a dimensional gateway device created by three students who are social outcasts. He and anyone who uses the machine can live alternate lives and fantasies. How would you use a device like this? What would you do? Where would you go? How would you live?

Talking With Stella - Jesse Lopez is an ICU nurse in Bennett, Colorado. He's young, handsome but every bit of a womanizer. Jesse has a special ability to enter the minds of coma patients and provide guidance to the sick and dying. When a Jane Doe accident victim is thrusted into his care, it becomes a race against time to save her and get her family to be with her.

Heathen - Andrew is a trust fund baby, who will inherit his father's production company when he passes away. He has all the money he could ever ask for, but after a chance meeting with a Catholic girl named Jennifer. Andrew begins to go through a philosophical transformation which he never asked for. What happens when the things missing in life are the things money can't buy? In this screenplay, James examines grand themes about love, money and legacies. A story about finding one's self and transforming into who you want to be.