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INT. CHUNGO CAVE - LOWER CHAMBER - PITCH BLACK The only illumination comes from pinpoints of light that shine from camping head lamps and bounce off nearby cave walls. The sound of shuffling feet and breathing as people move
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INT. DRAWING ROOM - 1755 - NIGHT A long burning match flares to life, its light filling the screen. Slowly, it moves to light a candle sitting on a wooden desktop. Once lit, the match moves to another candle, then another,
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EXT. FORESTRY ROAD - DAY The SUV speeds down the dirt road, around a bend and out of sight. TRINITY (V.O.) And so began our story.
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EXT. TRAIL - DAY The crew hike down the trail, loaded down with gear. Trinity hurries forward to catch up to Jacob. TRINITY Thanks for making it happen, Jacob.
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EXT. TRAIL - DAY The seven look fresh and energized as they hike down a poorly marked trail through the woods. LATER The climb is steeper and rockier,
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INT. CHUNGO CAVE CATHEDRAL - PITCH BLACK Bobbing headlamps barely illuminate a vast chamber. FLASHES OF LIGHT show its beauty as the teens flash pictures with their iPhones. KEARA
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INT. CHUNGO CHAMBER - MOMENTS LATER Kim is the first to pull herself up through the hole and back to the upper chamber. INT. CHUNGO CHAMBER - MOMENTS LATER Standing around the hole, Kim and Keara help Trinity up over
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INT. CHUNGO CAVE CATHEDRAL - LATER The group stand next to the 150 foot shaft which leads to the surface. The light from the glow stick is beginning to fade. JACOB
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EXT. CHUNGO CAVE ENTRANCE - AFTERNOON Trinity is the last to emerge from the cave. She collapses to the rocky ground and tries to catch her breath as she chokes back sobs. Above the group, the sun is high in the sky. No clouds
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EXT. TRAIL FROM CHUNGO CAVES - AFTERNOON There is no trail for the teens to follow. They have a hard time wending their way down the mountainside. Keara loses her footing and slips, but Tom catches her. EXT. TRAIL FROM CHUNGO CAVES - FOREST - LATER
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EXT. CAMP SITE NEXT TO RIVER - MORNING SUPER: DAY 2 Trinity wakes to a whirring sound. NEARBY Jacob winds up the small orange
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EXT. CAMP SITE NEXT TO RIVER - LATER The teens sit, stand and pace as they talk through what they think has happened to them. ROBERT So what do you think? There was a
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EXT. CAMP SITE NEXT TO RIVER - LATER The teens sling on their backpacks and head down the river. Jacob takes the lead followed by Tom, Keara, Kim, Robert, Andy and last Trinity. Trinity stops, turns and looks back at the camp site.
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EXT. RIVER VALLEY DOWN STREAM - DAY The teens walk silently along the river bank. Tom helps Keara along. Andy brings up the rear. EXT. RIVER VALLEY DOWN STREAM - NIGHT The teens huddle around a camp fire, trying to say warm.
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EXT. RIVER VALLEY - TOWN SITE - MORNING SUPER: Day 5 The teens sit silently around the burned out fire. They look like hell, hair wild and matted, the boys showing the beginnings of facial hair. Jacob does his best to clean his glasses with his grimy shirt.
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EXT. FOREST/SWAMP/FIELDS - DAY SUPER: DAY 7 MONTAGE --The teens hack their way through thick underbrush.
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EXT. SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY (FLASHBACK) Robert stands with his friends, laughing and showing off. Kim, Trinity, Tom are there. Keara sits on Toms lap. They all smile. TRINITY (V.O.)
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EXT. CAMP SITE NEXT TO RIVER - MORNING SUPER: DAY 17 A makeshift camp on the banks of a bubbling stream. Trinity wakes to the sound of Tom putting wood on the fire. JACOB (O.S.)
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EXT. CAMP SITE NEXT TO RIVER - LATER Trinity, Kim, and Keara wade in a shallow part of the river, bathing. Laughing at each other as they kick water back and forth. Finally they stop, hold hands and then hug. Kim starts to
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EXT. FOREST - DAY SUPER: DAY 72 CU on Jacob who FIRES his gun 5 times at a Grizzly bear from close range, panic on his face. BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG!
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EXT. FOREST CLEARING - NIGHT The teens have built a lean-to out of the trees. Two fires burn brightly, one very close to the shelter. Keara is laid out on a stretcher, out cold, her right arm elevated. Jacob and Andy tend to her, wrapping bandages
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EXT. FOREST CLEARING - MORNING Keara is semi-conscious, sweat dotting her brow from a fever that has set in. Kim tries to give her an ibuprofen. Trinity sits to the side waiting anxiously, unsure how she can help.
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EXT. OCEAN HILL - AFTERNOON SUPER: Day 108 The six teens stand on the west coast, overlooking the ocean. The day is gray and bleak, the coast shrouded in fog. TRINITY (V.O.)
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EXT. BRITISH COLUMBIA TRAIL TO SALISH VILLAGE - DAY The six with their Salish native escort make their way towards a coastal village on the banks of the British Columbia shore. Kim, falls, one of the Salish WARRIORS puts out his arms to help her to her feet again. It is clear Kim, is not like
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EXT. SALISH NATIVE VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS ...and directly to a smaller wood plank lodge nearby. INT. SMALL WOOD PLANK LODGE - MOMENTS LATER Inside are beds made of thick bear furs. Just like the first lodge, smoke hangs thick in the air.
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EXT. SALISH NATIVE VILLAGE - DAY The teens are led outside into the cool afternoon air. They make their way to small sweat lodge and enter. INT. SMALL WOOD PLANK LODGE - NIGHT The only light is from a small fire in the center of the
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EXT. SMALL WOOD PLANK LODGE - NIGHT Trinity sits on the ground and writes notes on scraps of paper she has...old maps, etc. Small children wander in and watch in awe. Trinity looks up at the children and then slides over the paper she writes on and lets the children see what
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EXT. BEACH BUILDING - DUGOUT BOAT - AFTERNOON SUPER: DAY 256 Jacob, Tom, and Andy are at work building two dugout boats using axes and other native tools. Trinity helps as she can.
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EXT. SALISH NATIVE VILLAGE - SPRING - DAY SUPER: DAY 291 The six teens stand and look at the two finished dugout boats. TRINITY (V.O.) Finally, Spring arrived and in no
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EXT. OPEN SEA SAILING SOUTH - NIGHT SUBTITLE: DAY 315 The two boats move south, the sea is calm. A full MOON is in the night sky. In Keara, Tom and Andy's boat
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EXT. OPEN SEA - BOATS HEADING SOUTH - DAY SUBTITLE: DAY 321 The two dugout boats are underway with full sail. Tom stands and looks out over the sea, the wind in his
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EXT. MAZATLAN DOCK - DAY SUPER: May 23,1740 A dock in the harbor just outside the city of Mazatlan. The two small boats slide up to the dock and tie off, the teens stand to offload their few belongings. A short, plump BALDING MAN comes up to them. Looks at the
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EXT. STREETS OF MAZATLAN - AFTERNOON The teens slowly move through the streets of the city, towering above the shorter locals. The noise, the crowds, the bustling and the jostling are all hard for the teens to deal with after so long on their own.
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INT. CHURCH BACK ROOM - NIGHT The teens are led into a small back room. There is a small table and a few chairs. FRIAR BERNARDO It is not much, but tonight you are
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INT. CHURCH - SIDE ROOM - MORNING In the room is a five foot round wood tub, filled with warm water. Next to it is a small wooden table with a mirror, a single hairbrush and powdered makeup. FRIAR BERNARDO
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INT. CHURCH BACK ROOM CONCLAVE - AFTERNOON The girls walk into the conclave, where the boys sit, shaved and cleaned up. They have on an assortment of loose ill- fitting clothing. Jacob looks a bit like the hunchback of Notre Dame.
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INT. CHURCH - DAY SUPER: May 29, 1740 The teens sit in the benches in front of the altar. The Friar stands in front of them. FRIAR BERNARDO So, what are you going to do?
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INT. CHURCH - EVENING SUPER: Day 365 July 3, 1740 Wedding day. The church is still very simple looking, there are no guests, only the six and the Friar. The girls are lined up by the church door, wearing simple
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INT. CHURCH - BACK ROOM CONCLAVE - MORNING SUPER: July 5, 1740 The teens sit at breakfast with the Friar. They're like school kids, giggling and horsing around, smiling ear to ear. As they finish eating, Jacob stands and leaves the room.
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EXT. CHURCH - AFTERNOON The Friar climes onto his small donkey. FRIAR BERNARDO Take care my children. TRINITY
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EXT. ROAD TO DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - MORNING SUPER: July 9, 1740 The teens walk slowly along a quiet dirt road, the Friar riding alongside on his small donkey. All are dressed in their Sunday best, but their best is not very grand. They still look like peasants.
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EXT. DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - COURTYARD - DAY A servant holds the reins of Friar Bernardo's donkey as the teens see him off. KEARA Are you sure you can't stay?
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INT. DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - DRAWING ROOM - AFTERNOON The girls are in the drawing room, looking out a window at the army of workers tending the nearby fields, when they hear the front door open and close. Faint greetings by Don Carlos, in Spanish, then the boys
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INT. DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - BALLROOM - NIGHT The ballroom and dining room are filled with 80 invited GUESTS. Trinity and Jacob stand together at the side of the room, looking around with wide eyes. Trinity wears a emerald dress
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EXT. DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - BALLROOM - LATER Trinity and Keara sit at the piano, playing for a riveted crowd. They end their piece to enthusiastic applause. Kim tears up.
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EXT. HILLS ABOVE THE TOWN - DAY The teens sit under a large tree eating lunch. JACOB We can't stay here forever, you know. We have to start thinking about moving
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EXT. HILLS ABOVE THE TOWN - EVENING The teens ride back to the estate. TRINITY (V.O.) So we had the start of a plan. A plan which in time would change,
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INT. DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - STUDY - LATER Around the desk are all the teens. Kim, Andy, Tom and Keara look tired and disinterested. JACOB The reason I called you is to talk
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INT. DON CARLOS'S HACIENDA - STUDY - DAY SUPER: July 20,1740 Trinity and Jacob stand in front of Don Carlos's desk. He sits and looks up at them. Don Carlos stands and walks around the desk, hugs each of them.
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EXT. MEXICO CITY - ESTABLISHING A WIDE SHOT of Mexico City in all its glory. EXT. MEXICO CITY - HOME OF DON CARLOS - AFTERNOON The teens and their escorts ride up to Don Carlos' city home. The house staff comes out to greet them.
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EXT. PORT OF VERACRUZ - MORNING SUPER: September 1,1740 Tied up at the dock is the SAN IGNACIO, a two hundred foot long Spanish man'o'war. Further down the dock, African slaves are being unloaded from a slave ship. The teens look on, shocked.
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INT. SAN IGNACIO - CAPTAIN'S CABIN - NIGHT The teens sit along a long table. At the head of the table sits the Captain and next to him are his dashing young officers, MANUEL ORCHEZES and FELIPE ORMAZABAL. Crewmen enter carrying trays of food. The Captain gestures
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INT. SAN IGNACIO - JACOB & TRINITY'S CABIN - MORNING SUPER: September 4, 1704 Trinity and Jacob slowly get up to sounds of the crew hard at work. TRINITY (V.O.) This morning we woke up as usual to
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EXT. SAN IGNACIO - DECK - MORNING The Captain paces the deck, concern on his face. The lookout calls down in Spanish. TRINITY (V.O.) The call came down. The three ships
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EXT. SAN IGNACIO - DECK - DAY Jacob and Trinity rush back onto the main deck and over to their friends. They glance over the rail and see the British ships very clearly, closing in fast. The master of arms approaches and hands each of the teens
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EXT. SAN IGNACIO - DECK - MOMENTS LATER Jacob rushes to Trinity's aid. JACOB Are you all right? TRINITY
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EXT. SAN IGNACIO - LOWER DECK - DAY As Trinity reaches the bottom of the stairs she stops short, grabs on to the railing for support. Crumpled up, dead, her back against the wall near the stairs, is Kim.
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EXT. SAN IGNACIO - DECK - DAY Jacob and Trinity return to Andy, Tom and Keara. KEARA (yelling) What took so long?
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INT. SAN IGNACIO - CABIN - NIGHT Andy lies on a bed in the cabin, unconscious, as his shoulder is properly bandaged by a crewman. Across the cabin, Jacob and the ship's doctor examine Trinity's leg and bandage it.
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EXT. OCEAN - NIGHT The San Ignacio is once again under way with only two masts, making slow progress under half sail. INT. SAN IGNACIO - CABIN - DAY Trinity is in Kim's cabin, gathering her belongings. The

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Seven teens on a spring break adventure stumble into a time warp, forcing them to survive in the 18th century and fight for their lives.

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This screenplay uniquely combines elements of time travel with a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of historical events, allowing for rich character development and exploration of themes such as loss, survival, and the quest for identity. Its focus on a group of teenagers navigating both the challenges of adolescence and the complexities of a different time period sets it apart from typical adventure narratives.

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Genres: Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Historical Fiction, Action, Thriller, Survival, Sci-Fi, Family Drama, Coming-of-age

Setting: 2014 and 1755, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; various locations in the wilderness; and a Salish Native village on the west coast

Themes: Love and Connection, Survival, Time Travel/Dimensional Displacement, Loss and Grief, Self-Discovery and Transformation

Conflict & Stakes: The main conflict revolves around the group's struggle for survival after being transported to a different time, facing physical dangers, emotional trauma, and the loss of friends.

Mood: A mix of adventure, tension, and emotional depth.

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  • Unique Hook: The time travel element that transports modern teens to the 18th century, creating a unique blend of historical and contemporary themes.
  • Major Twist: The revelation that the group must confront not only physical dangers but also emotional traumas, leading to significant character development.
  • Distinctive Setting: The contrast between the wilderness, the Salish Native village, and the opulence of Don Carlos's hacienda provides a rich visual backdrop.
  • Innovative Ideas: The integration of survival skills and historical context with modern teenage issues creates a fresh narrative.
  • Unique Characters: A diverse group of teens with distinct personalities and backgrounds, each contributing to the group's dynamics.

Comparable Scripts: The Goonies, Stand by Me, Lost, The Maze Runner, The Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, The 100, The Secret of NIMH, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Chronicles of Narnia

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