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ScreenplayA 16th century English sailor becomes a double agent while yearning to be reunited with his true love, living in Portugal, during the historic English battle with the Spanish Armada. GENRE: Period-adventure-romance FORM: 110 minute screenplay based on the novel Armada by Charles Gidley published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson(1987), Viking USA (1988)and Globo Brazil (1988). SHORT SYNOPSIS: Tristan Pasco, the son of a murderous Cornish sea skipper, is abandoned by his father to drown off the coast of Portugal. Captured by the Spanish and flogged nearly to death, his life is saved by Sara, who is in a hellish arranged marriage to a Spanish nobleman. Sara is brought before the Spanish Inquisition and risks being burnt as a witch to help Tristan escape. He returns to Spain in the guise of an English Catholic to spy on Spanish preparations to invade England, and sails with the Spanish Armada. 'Wheeler, with published novels and many produced hours of TV ... has written a great epic, filled with romances, action, espionage and historic accuracy about one of the greatest sea battles of all time. Oscar worthy material.' Brad Schreiber, Storytech Literary Consulting. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: TRISTAN PASCO is registered in the Intellectual Property Registry of the Writers Guild of America, Registration # 970094. |
