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Bloody River

Original Story and Screenplay by Robert C. Powers

Based on true Events

Genre: Action/Adventure/War                                        Page count: 99

Logline: The young Naval Officer opposes the war in Vietnam, but when his best friend is captured by the Viet Cong, he volunteers, becomes a river warrior and has to make a hard choice; save his friend or save Saigon! (Based on true events in the Vietnam War)

Synopsis: LIEUTENANT HARRY QUESTER and his best friend LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE TONY ZEE are on duty aboard a destroyer that shells North Vietnamese logistic trucks along the coast of Vietnam. Harry, strong, bold and capable, opposes the war; sees little reason to sacrifice America lives for a far away country. But he “does his duty”. Tony, an eager, free spirit, wants the adventure of serving in a naval force commanded by his father, VICE ADMIRAL THOMAS ZEE.

Tony is assigned to “The River” in patrol boats whose mission is to prevent Viet Cong supplies from moving from Cambodia to Saigon. He urges his Commander, LIEUTENANT BEN BONES, to explore a mysterious canal, used by the Viet Cong on a regular basis. The boat’s engine is clogged with vegetation and Tony goes over the side to clear it. They are ambushed and Ben leaves Tony to be captured.

Harry learns of Tony’s capture and volunteers to go “in country”. His father, also an Admiral, arranges for him to be assigned to Admiral Zee’s staff as the Admiral’s Aide. Harry is not happy with the assignment and longs to be “on the river” where he has a better chance of finding Tony.  Admiral Zee would like to do more to find his son, but his hands are tied by orders not to go into Cambodia.

Harry meets AL CATTALIGNI, a Navy SEAL who is secretly preparing to go into the forbidden territory of Cambodia to find and rescue Tony.

Harry goes on patrol on the river with Ben Bones. They are ambushed and Ben is killed. Harry takes command of the patrol boats and saves the day. Admiral Zee agrees to allow Harry to remain in command and he takes the boats to a new base upriver. Harry meets a beautiful Vietnamese woman, NGUYEN TRI LAI, and pursues her for information about Tony, but it becomes more than that.  Can he trust her?

A new enemy, Mr. Ho, arrives to plan an attack on Saigon with incendiary rockets called “fire canons”. He is based in Cambodia and holds Tony in captivity; plans to use Tony to blackmail Admiral Zee to remove patrol boats (called “dragon boats” by the Viet Cong) from the river to allow him to move fire cannons close to Saigon.

Harry and Al go into Cambodia to rescue Tony, which leads to a danger filled confrontation with Mr. Ho and the Viet Cong. A finale never to forget!

Locations: Eight primary   Characters: Six Primary, Eight Secondary, Twelve Minor

A quick read, Bloody River is a fast paced, original story based on the novel “Quester” that documents true events that occurred during the Vietnam War. The writer lived those events.  May we send the script?