The Bounty Hunters
Feature | English
Production Status: In Development
Genre: Comedy
Awards: Winner of the National Lampoon “Girlz Rule” script contest
Tagline: Grandma needs cash. Now!
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Logline: Newly widowed Peggy finding herself short of cash, impulsively applies for a bounty hunter job and gets it. She then engages her grandson, Alex, and her best friends to capture Harry, a man who swindles older women. He attempts to charm them all, until Peggy finally turns the tables and captures him.
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Synopsis: Newly widowed Peggy, finding herself short of cash, impulsively applies for the bounty hunter job offered to her late husband. She engages the help of her grandson, Alex and her best friends: retired actress Edie and librarian Rosaline, who are all in. Out to save the world, the women's first target is Harry, a man who swindles older women he finds on a senior dating site. They set up a stakeout, which turns into a huge failure. Next, they try to catch him by creating fake dating profiles as heiresses. Harry takes their bait and soon offers Rosaline a financial scam, tries to get Edie into bed, and seems to be falling for Peggy before plotting to steal her home. But Peggy turns the tables, with the help of Alex and her friends.
Producers: Carol Bidault de l'Isle
Writer: Nancy Breslin
Production Counsel: Paige Gold
Duration (in minutes): 99
Budget: $3 Million USD
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About the Producer: Carol Bidault de l’Isle is an award-winning producer, specializing in international motion picture/television financing, distribution, and media asset acquisitions/management. She brings with her over 30 years of industry experience in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
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About the Writer: Nancy Breslin is a fine art photographer who lives and works in Washington, DC. After spending a decade as an academic psychiatrist, she decided in 1997 to leave medicine to pursue a second career as a writer/ filmmaker. Here is trailer of the award winning short animation she created: click here
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