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In addition to his work as a patent agent and
technical writer, Mr. Oppenheimer pursues stagecraft and screenwriting.
He has written six scripts (stage plays and screenplays), with
more in progress.
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Mr. Oppenheimer’s most
recent screenplay—a political mystery/drama entitled
The Patriot Act—took 2nd Place out
of more than 5000 submissions in the 2006 Scriptapalooza screenplay
competition.
The screenplay also made the Semifinalist Round (top
80 of 2000 scripts) in the Writers Network 14th Annual Screenplay
And Fiction Competition.
The
Patriot Act deals
with the fallout when a future President of the United
States sends government agents sneaking
into
the home of a Very Important Person American, without a
warrant, for national security reasons. Mr. Oppenheimer
is currently seeking agency representation and/or production
company involvement for The Patriot Act.
- Another screenplay, Infinite Power,
also revolving around national politics and the Oval Office.
Infinite Power is a political thriller with a sci-fi
twist, pitting an ordinary American citizen again the President
of
the United States as they race to see who can resolve an explosive
international crisis before it leads to cataclysmic war.
Infinite Power made the Quarterfinalist
Round in the 2008 Page International Screenplay
Competition.
Mr. Oppenheimer is currently seeking
agency representation and/or production company involvement
for Infinite Power.
- A stage play, Here, features
several middle-aged adults whose lives have not turned out
exactly
as planned, and who ask
themselves the painful question: “How the hell exactly
did we wind up here?” Along with the adults are two
teenagers who pose the parallel question, “Are we also
going to wind up, you know -- there?!”
Mr. Oppenheimer is currently seeking
directors, theatres, and/or producers interested in considering
Here for full stage production.
- Another screenplay,
The Philosopher,
is a cross between My Dinner With Andre and Die
Hard. Several philosophers debate the values of courage
and confrontation on the one hand, vs. kindness and gentleness
on the other; only to be confronted, in the end, with a terrorist/hostage
situation that puts all their values to the test.
- A fantasy/sci-fi screenplay, The Diamond Drug, revolves
around both a corporation, and a family, caught in a conflict
over a drug which could heal spinal injuries, yet which has
potentially disastrous consequences for humanity as a whole.
The script has won awards and/or letters of recognition in
several screenplay competitions. The Diamond Drug made it to
the second round (the top 10% of some 4000 submitted scripts)
in the Austin Heart Of Film Festival competition in both 2003
and 2004.
- Another stage play, Do You Believe
Me Now?, received staged readings at venues in
the Washington, DC area (The National Theater, Charter
Theater, and The Writer’s
Center). The play deals with a moral dilemma faced
by a young doctor— a psychiatrist-in-training—caught
between the demands of an older supervising doctor
and three different patients.
- Spying On The
College Of Your Choice is a screenplay which revolves
around two young students, both attending the
same university
based on scholarships – a science scholarship
for one, and a football scholarship for the other.
The screenplay
deals
with
mystery and intrigue surrounding the reasons these
two young people were offered scholarships to begin
with.
Mr. Oppenheimer is actively seeking producers
and/or directors interested in developing several of these projects,
especially
The Patriot Act, Here, Ultimate Decision,
and The
Philosopher.
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