The Boy's Ranch
A Drama Film
"PG 17" Rated
Written by Larry Palmer
Tag Line
: Youth and enthusiasm meets age and treachery
Log Line
The transformational journey of two bad boys who, through discipline, tragedy and forbidden love, discover the true meaning of life.
Synopsis
This film is based on a true story that occurred in the early 1970s at the New Horizons Boys Ranch, remotely located in the breathtakingly beautiful mountains in Oregon. The film does some character building of the two main characters’ dysfunctional families, and shows us how they got into trouble with the 70’s lifestyle of fast cars, fast girls, and an abundance of drugs. Their high schools teachers were faced with out-of-control students in the classroom. Tough decisions had to be made by parents, educators and judges in the best interests of the boys and to heal all parties involved. The two families involved don’t want the State to take over control and make the decisions for them, so they do some research and find the facility in the remote mountains of Oregon. There are no walls around the facility, but it is very difficult to escape because it is 52 miles to the nearest town and very rugged terrain.
When the two main characters arrive at the facility, they are immediately given a butch haircut. and their street clothes are taken from them. They are given bright neon yellow shirts and PE shorts so they could be easily seen in the forest. If they try to escape they are then given bright colored dresses and one of three new hair cuts to choose from and they are now barefoot. From the mess hall scenes, classroom scenes, work detail, free time, escape scenes, punishment scenes, to the forbidden love scenes of the main character and the daughter of the owner of the Ranch; it is one of the best coming-of-age films ever written. Youth and enthusiasm turns drama and healing into forbidden love and forgiveness after a horrible tragedy. The film will not only attract the age group that flocks to the theaters, but it will also pull in baby boomers who lived through this magical era. This film also has the potential to be a weekly series with the tremendous amount of material available from new kids arriving at the facility and their families, to the healed ones rejoining their families and following them back into society. Since the problem of what to do with troubled youth still exists today, maybe even to a greater degree, we think this film could also be written to address today’s issues in a series that would resonate with all ages.
WGA Registration #1094637
